In their own words...
EDUCATION PROGRESS
MAY 2012
Classroom activities:
Normal class activities including making correction
for some questions of the past mid term exams done on last march
Benefit: To enable pupils to know their mistakes of
the past exams.
Offering Sign Language Training in Health
Institutions:
Two nurses from Muhimbili National Hospital and one
volunteer from Tanzanear, (Emma Sweet) attended sign language training to
enable them to communicate effectively with the deaf at their working places.
That is because there are neither public nor private hospitals in Tanzania
offering sign language services to the people with these hearing disabilities.
Benefit: This program will pave way for smooth
communication between the health staffs and deaf people looking for treatments
Advisory Supports to deaf parents/Guardians:
After failure of three deaf students to join Kenyan
schools as secured by UMIVITA, we gave their parents to transfer them to local
institutions.
At the end, Mr. Clemence Chilunda from Emotomo Boys
Secondary Sschools and Ashraf Wahid and Nemat Zulfikar of Mumias Girls
Secondary School both in Kenya are in a move to join Amani Vocational Training
Centre of Iringa after the end of first term.
Benefit: The students would study in an environment
that has a reasonable cost as well as furthering dream for better future.
Enabling the transfer of a deaf girl:
UMIVITA successfully transferred Rehema Ndonya from
Pugu Kajiungeni to Benjamini Mkapa High school which has special unit for the
deaf.
Benefit: Enabling Rehema to study in a suitable and
friendly environment.
Home visit:
UMIVITA visited Mr. Richard Chussi, deaf student
lives at Mbagala Rangi tatu who failed to continue with his studies at
Malangali High School of Iringa due to lack of school fees. We continue in
order to find way to help him return back to school. UMIVITA is now contacting
with the Ministry of education and vocational trainings through special
education department about exemption of school fees for this orphan.
Benefit: This we optimist will return Richard back
to Malangali for his future dream
Location and attendance at evening classes:
The project was conducted at Mtoni-Twiga and Temeke
deaf units from Monday to Friday with average number of 45 and 35 when it was a
fear of Tsunami in Indian where pupils have to hurry to their homes. 14 hours
spent per week.
EDUCATION PROGRESS
MAY, 2012
First term preparation exams:
Pupils were prepared to face their terminal exams
examinations to be done early next month. Main priorities were to deal with
difficult questions and to avoid stress during tests
Benefit: Pupils are ready to do their exams.
Sign Language to Buguruni Teachers
UMIVITA met with Buguruni School for the deaf head
teacher to discuss about renewing sign language training among the school’s
teachers after the disastrous attendance due to unknown reasons despite that
there is no charges for participants. The head mistress is going to discuss it
with other teachers to find a solution to poor attendance problems.
Benefit: The meeting is going to give us another
step to what to do in the program intending to improve communication between
the school staffs and the deaf children.
Advocacy meeting with Permanent secretary:
Miss Tungi Mwanjala met with Permanent Secretary of
Ministry of Gender, Children and Community Development Ms. Kijazi to raise
issue of Mr. Timothy Augustine, young deaf person who completed a bachelor
degree in community development at Tengeru Community College but who was unable
to collect his academic documents due to his failure to pay the fees. Ms Kijazi
showed an interest to help this young man as soon as possible.
Benefit: Would enable Timothy to obtain his
academic certificates and hence use them in search for job.
Meeting with Commissioner of Education:
UMIVITA also made an advocacy meeting with the
commissioner for education at ministry of education and vocational training
about education problems faced by the deaf as well as about her promise to
include previous staffs of evening classes on honorary payments in this
financial year. At the end of the conversation, she said that she should first
accompanied with UMIVITA to deaf schools/units to witnessing what we told her
before taking actions that would reduce the lack of teachers.
Benefit: This will not only decrease lack of
teacher problems but also offer employment to young deaf teachers.
Location and attendance:
The project was conducted at Temeke and Twiga deaf
units and average number of attendance were 51 pupils with 14 hours being spent
per week.
PROGRESS REPORT
June 2012
Employment opportunities
After having interview in previous month for four
deaf people at Radar Development , one of them, Mr Bakari Ally successful get
employment at CCBRT hospital as a laundry machine supervisor.
The other previous interviewee, Mr. Khaji Soud had
get a place at Tanzania International Container Services (TICTS) , one of the
largest investor in Tanzania and in Sub Saharan Africa . TICTS is one of the
few private companies that are abiding to UN Convention on Disabled. We
witnessed different types of disabled working there.
Benefit: The employment would enable these young
deaf people to build their lives at the present and future.
Visit by the FCS
Foundation for Civil Society staffs visited UMIVITA
to asses the organisation capacity as well as implementation of its funded
project that saw UMIVITA having its Five Years Strategic Plan as well as
Financial Regulation.
Benefit: We were able to learn something amiss in
our every day operation and hence improving the way we are working.
National Executive Board Meeting:
UMIVITA executive board meeting convened to discuss
last year and future business as well as completion of project funded b y FCS.
Benefit: To abide UMIVITA, solved many difficult
answer as well as showcase of good governance
Attending a four days workshop
UMIVITA was among disabled organisations invited by
the Foundation for Civil Society to a four days workshop conducted at Ubungo
Plaza and facilitated by various local and international figures to discuss
implementation of international disabled rights of 2006 (UNCRPD) and the
Tanzania disability act of 2010 .
Benefit: Learned many disabled rights that would
enable us to advocate for our clients.
And other day to day activities
EDUCATION REPORT FOR JUNE 2012
Meeting with Open University of Tanzania (OUT):
UMIVITA met with Head of Assistive Special
Technology Unit of OUT, Dr. Cosmas Mnyan to clear way for deaf people to join
the unit as per discussion with our Patron who is the Vice Chancellor of OUT,
Pro. Tolly Mbwette. Dr. Mnyanyi agreed with our recommendations including
availability of Sign Language interpreter during a lecturer. However, Dr.
Mnyanyi recommended that all deaf students to enrol at the unit should start
with learning Computer application while friendly environment for other course are
under way.
Benefit: Enabling deaf people to get university
education in the coming year.
Providing advice to deaf people:
UMIVITA provided advice to three deaf people who
wanted to continue with their education but unable to cover school/college
fees. Salehe Muhaiki, an orphan residing at Manzese we introduced to his MP,
Hon. John Mnyika who has a special fund from the government to assist his
voters. The same was to Ignas Augustine of Butimba Teachers college .
Benefit: The fund we contacted is going to assist
them to continue with their studies.
Advisory service to parent of deaf person:
UMIVITA met with Mr. Karim Nditi , a kigamboni
resident who has deaf daughter, Miss Salma who passed to public secondary
school at Iringa girls but failed to join there due to falling ill. The parent
was seeking advice on what to do after her daughter being late to report at the
school for three month now. We advised him to come with documents that will
enable us to follow up the issue at ministry of education in order this young
girl can rejoin the school next year which we hope she would be physical fit to
study.
Benefit: Enabling Salma not to lose her opportunity
to study.
Sign language training in Iringa:
UMIVITA Iringa Branch got fund from The foundation
for Civil Society for sign language training for teachers and nurses of Iringa
region. UMIVITA headquarters is going to facilitate some of training out there
Benefit: The project will smooth communication
between teachers, nurses and deaf people in Iringa
Location, attendance and hour spent:
The evening classes at this month was conducted at
Temeke deaf unit buildings. The attendance was low as some students travelled
outside Dar es salaam and others were chosen to join Dar es salaam region
sports team to participated in all primary schools sports which is going to an
end in July.
