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Dear brothers and sisters,
It might ring to your mind that in one way or the other, our organisation needs to starbilises its financial base so that it can perform in fully phase. It was on this regard where the specific committee "TYVA Fundraising committee-1" responsible for organization management (OM) was launched.
The committee was tasked to fundraise in three main ways which were primarily thought by the members to be effective in participation. And these were through having;

  1. A fundraising dinner
  2. Fundraising forms
  3. TYVA T-shirts

TYVA T-SHIRTS
Contemporarily the purpose of this mail is to inform you on the female tops(vitopu) which will be on the hands of the selected distributors to be announced soon.This will soon be followed by T-shirts,the TOPS will be sold at 4000 tshs each. I hope and pray that this will trigger you to pass this information to one another. Our expectaction is to sell 100 T-shirts on the first approach.
We really need not to say anything on the quality and cuteness or how fashionable these fabulous tops will be, coz you know we wont let you down.Yaani ni kwality!!!!!!Please do save your money kabsaaa so that when the tops are ready na distributors are known the tops can be sold out veeeeeeeeeeery fast so that we make a 2nd attempt.

With regards,
Elly Mgumba-Deputy Sec. General(TYVA)
ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMANT-Head


From Yohana Elias Mabuba, representing TYVA

This is to inform you that on the October 26th, 2003 to November 14th, 2003 I represented The Tanzania Youth Vision Association on a Training Workshop on NGO and Multisectoral Management of HIV/AIDS that took place in Port Elizabeth-South Africa.

This three weeks training workshop was attended by twenty three participants from five different African Countries namely Tanzania, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Kenya and South Africa. Fortunately, amongst the 23 participants that were selected to participate in this training workshop, only two Tanzanians were selected to participate, one of them being a member of The Tanzania Youth Vision Association (Yohana Elias Mabuba).

This very interesting training workshop had eight major Ojectives or course Contents and these were to
  • Develop a Personal Understanding of and Awareness on HIV/AIDS.
  • Understand the Human Social and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in the Local Setting.
  • Strengthen Personal Communication Skills in Sensitive Areas and improve the Communication Culture within the Organization.
  • Analyse the different components and actors of the district and other responses to HIV/AIDS in the context of the National Strategic Framework.
  • Act effectively to improve intra-and inter-sectoral cooperation.
  • Initiate and support Community Involvement.
  • Prioritise, Plan, Implement and Manage Quality of Specific Interventions.
  • Develop and write Research proposals.

Amongst other Programs, the course also included five Field Visits.Two of them were Home Based care center that provides care for the people who living with HIV/AIDS. One was a Voluntary Counselling and Testing site. Another field visit was Youth Based Center were Youth usually come to the center and are being entertained with music and sports and at the same time informed about HIV/AIDS. The last site was a Day Care center of People living with HIV/AIDS. At this center, PLWAs visits the center for the aim of being advised on how they can cope and live with HIV Virus.

All these programs ended on 14th of Novemder this year and on the 15th of the same month, every participant departed to his/her home country. However, prior to the departure, every participant were awarded a Certificate that certifies that he/she attended the training course and had successfully completed the training.

With regards, Yohana Elias Mabuba




Summer camp!!

Announcing the first African International Summer Camp for young activists 22nd to 28th August 2004 at the Kenya Technical Training College, Nairobi as part of the YOUNG PEOPLE change the world! programme organised by the National Youth Organisation, Kenya

Young people aged 18 to 25, and groups of young people from youth organisations and also youth leaders aged up to 35 and youth professionals are invited to join us at our summer camp in August 2004. This will give you the opportunity to meet with other young people from around the world to discuss issues, share ideas, see development in practice, enhance your practical skills, develop collaborations and make contacts that will continue beyond the Summer Camp.

The Summer Camp is being organised by young people from the National Youth Organisation of Kenya, and has the support and good wishes of the new Government of Kenya. The programme will consists of:

skill workshops (fundraising, advocacy, communication, project planning, IT, etc.) theme workshops and discussions. visits to see selected local projects.

skill workshops (fundraising, advocacy, communication, project planning, IT, etc.) theme workshops and discussions. visits to see selected local projects.

There will be fun events such as a final night disco. There will also be the opportunity to stay on for a further 3 weeks to work with a youth project. Those interested in this part of the programme will need to meet the costs of the extra stay, but these will be kept as low as possible by using cheaper hostels and hotels in town. Further details will be posted on the summer school website.

Costs:

From Europe and America, $260. From Africa, $150. From the rest of the world, $200. Cost includes airport pick up and full board and lodging for the duration of the Camp.

To find out more:


Whether you would like to come on your own or as part of a group, if you are interested in attending the summer camp please contact Solomon Ligaga for further information and an application form by telephone on 00-254 7 2284 8475 or 00- 254 7 2276 2906 or 00-254 7 2163 9779 or by e-mail to summercampkenya@yahoo.com.




Na Mashaka Mgeta (Nipashe Tuesday, August 12, 2003)

Serikali imeshauriwa kuanzisha mpango wa kutoa ruzuku kwa vijana wanaojishughulisha na kilimo vijijini, ili kupunguza wimbi la kukimbilia mijini.

Hayo yalisemwa jana na Mwenyekiti wa taasisi ya vijana ya Tanzania Youth Vision (TYVA), Bw. John Mnyika alipokuwa akizungumza na waandishi wa habari kwenye ukumbi wa Idara ya Habari (Maelezo) Jijini Dar es Salaam.

Bw. Mnyika alikuwa akielezea juu maadhimisho ya siku ya vijana kimataifa, inayofanyika leo jijini hapa ambapo mgeni rasmi atakuwa Waziri wa Kazi, Maendeleo ya Vijana na Michezo, Profesa Juma Kapuya. Alisema, katika utelekezaji unaokidhi matakwa ya soko huria na mfumo wa utandawazi, serikali haina budi kuiga kutoka mataifa yaliyoendelea ambayo yanayoboresha sekta ya kilimo kwa kutoa ruzuku kwa wakulima. Hata hivyo, Bw. Mnyika alisema ingawa utoaji ruzuku kwa wakulima umekuwa mgumu kutekelezwa, lakini kipaumbele kinapaswa kutolewa kwa wakulima vijana, ili kuwakoa na hatari zinazowakabili wanapokimbilia mijini.

“Kama vijana watapatiwa ruzuku kutoka serikalini, tuna uhakika wa kuwepo idadi ndogo ya vijana kukimbilia maeneo ya mijini ambayo yanakabiliwa na matatizo makubwa ikiwemo ukosefu wa ajira,” alisema. Aidha Bw. Mnyika alisema, pamoja na jitihada hizo vijana wanatakiwa kupewa stadi za biashara ili wamudu kuendesha shughuli zao na kunufaika na mikopo inayotolewa na benki na taasisi mbalimbali za kifedha.

Hata hivyo, Bw. Mnyika alisema taasisi nyingi za fedha, zinatoa mikopo midogo midogo kwa vijana, kutokana na dhana iliyojengeka kuwa, vijana hawawezi kuendesha miradi mikubwa ya kibiashara. Alisema, vijana wana uwezo mkubwa wa kuunda nguvu kazi katika uchumi wa kitaifa na kimataifa na hivyo kuinua maendeleo ya kijamii, kiuchumi na kisiasa.

Akizungumzia juu ya siku ya vijana kimataifa leo, Bw. Mnyika alisema maadhimisho hayo yataanza kwa maandamano yatakayoanzia viwanja vya Mnazi Mmoja kupitia barabara za Bibi Titi Mohammed, Uhuru, Samora hadi viwanja vya Karimjee. Aidha, alisema mada mbalimbali kuhusu utandawazi na ajira kwa vijana, zitawasilishwa na kujadiliwa na washiriki wapatao 200 wanaotarajiwa kuhudhuria maadhimisho hayo. Maadhimisho hayo yameandaliwa na TYVA kwa kushirikiana na asasi ya Youth of United Nations (YUNA) na yamefadhiliwa na Shirika la Kazi Duniani (ILO) na halmashauri ya jiji la Dar es Salaam.




IYD 2003

By Secretary General, Daniel Bernard

Dear all,

On behalf of Tanzania Youth Vision association (TYVA) and the Youth of United Nations Association (YUNA) I wish to extend the invitation to you to attend the mentioned event on 12th August 2003 to mark the Day for young people throughout the world.

The theme for this year is Globalization and Youth Employment: challenges and opportunities.

In his message UN Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan says; "Youth make up more than 40% of the world's total unemployed. There are an estimate 66 million unemployed young people in the world today -an increase of nearly 10 million since 1965. Under-employment is also another growing concern .The majority of new jobs are low paid and insecure. Increasingly, young people are turning to the informal sector for their livelihood, with a little or no job protection, benefits, or prospects for the future."

"Finding a decent and productive work for young people everywhere" is therefore an ideal the world community should strive for and secure to help the youth population, the importance of which do not need to be over emphasized.

Along this line TYVA and YUNA are organizing one day event to contibute towards this social concern for and with youth in Tanzania. On 12th therefore the event will start by a solidarity Rally from Mnazi mmoja grounds at 08.00am to the Karimjee Hall at about 10:00am. this is to be followed by a one day dialogue in the theme in Tanzanian context. The ministry of labour youth development and sports will present a paper on the that. Other papers from ILO, TUCTA, ATE and the speech of guest of honour (we have invited the minister for Labour youth development and sports to officiate the event.)

TYVA and YUNA with the support from ILO will provide you with lunch and water during the dialogue. Since you are an integral part in the solutions to young peoples' problem we kindly invite you to come and share experience with other young people around the world.

Please pass the message to friends and partners to make the day fruitful.

Thank you for your patient, I am looking forward to meet you at Mnazi Mmoja on Tuesday August 12th on 8:00am for the rally and then at Karimjee Hall for the dialogue that will end sometimes by 4.00pm.

Welwel, Daniel Bernard.
Sectretary General, TYVA





WFUNA
WFUNA - 2003 Film Festival

Dear Friends

This year, the United Nations Association Film Festival will kick off on October 22-26 at Stanford University, followed by a traveling festival to the rest of America, including San Francisco, Washington DC, Berkeley, Monterey, Sonoma, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, and at Harvard University. The theme this year is "PROMOTION OF UNIVERSAL RESPECT". The festival will feature thirty films from all over the world, which will provide our audiences with an inside look at some of the most serious current human rights issues facing individuals in various countries. Tentatively, our opening film is ROBERT CAPA IN LOVE AND WAR by Anne Makepeace and Susan Lacy and our closing film is BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN by Nancy Kates, Bennett Singer. A complete list of the films can be found on our website.


For more information, please visit our web site www.unaff.org or give me a call at (408) 561 4193. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me and we can arrange to discuss in more detail. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.



Sincerely,
Bee Thiam Tan
Coordinator, UNAFF/UNAFF TF






Liberalism Serminar
(Purery Tanzanian)


Discussion
Once again Tanzania-groomed facilitators have managed to facilitate the Liberalism in a Day seminar on 12 April 2003. The seminar, based on the One day Liberalism facilitation manual developed in South Africa, and adopted to fit Tanzanian environment, was held at the Tanzania Telecommunication Limited Staff College, in the vicinity of Dar es Salaam City, last Saturday. The 28 participants came from various youth organizations in Dar es Salaam.


Tanzanian youth have shown a very high interest in learning more about liberalism. Knowing about their eagerness to learn, FNF East Africa office has provided one of the very rare opportunities for “youth to youth” exchange of knowledge.

And once again Tanzania-groomed facilitators have managed to facilitate the Liberalism in a Day seminar on 12 April 2003. The seminar, based on the facilitation manual developed in South Africa, and adopted to fit Tanzanian environment, was held at the Tanzania Telecommunication Limited Staff College, in the vicinity of Dar es Salaam City.

Thomas Mongi of the Liberal Club for Youth Development (LCYD), in collaboration with Baruani Mashare (Tanzania Youth Vision Association) and Masozi Nyirenda (FNF) organized a one day seminar on liberalism.

The 28 young participants came from the Liberal Club for Youth Development (LCYD), Tanzania Youth Vision Association (TYVA), Youth of United Nations Association (YUNA), and University of Dar es Salaam Human Rights Association (UDSM-HR). The group was unique as it composed of the youth with diverse knowledge in the fields of media, political and natural sciences, economics, psychology and legal affairs. The seminar was opened on Saturday 12 April 2003 around 10.00am by a welcoming address from the main facilitator, Baruani Mshare, followed by an introduction of facilitators and the programme in general. Thereafter, a brief presentation on the activities of FNF in Tanzania, East Africa and in the world, in general, was given by Masozi Nyirenda, Programme Officer with FNF-East Africa Office.

The activities started with the introduction of “Freedom” and “Freedom to Choose” followed by the discussion on “Pillars of Liberalism” where by the assistant facilitator, Elly Mgumba, lead the participants in discussions and several simulations on “ Human Rights” and “ Rule of law “. The main facilitator, Baruani Mshare, guided participants in the discussion on the issues of “Free markets and Private Property” and “Liberal Democracy”. The last topic to be covered was “Comparing Ideologies”: participants presented their knowledge about different ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism and nationalism, and related the countries which either are or were practicing any of the ideologies. Since this seminar was the “dry-run” for Tanzania, the East Africa Director, Eva-Maria Koehler-Renfordt, took particularly note of the suggestions and comments of both the participants as well as the facilitators for the future activities. The participants commented that they learned a lot in just the “blink of an eye” and they can view the world in a different manner. Some requested that a series of such seminars be conducted frequently.

Indeed for the facilitators and the participants, the best part which was very exciting was the uses of simulations in the facilitation manual, which captured participants’ attention and drew them closer to the reality of life, hence easy facilitation and understanding for “ Learning is Fun!”


By Masozi Nyirenda
Friedrich Naumann Foundation East Africa


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Tanzanian youths in Liberalism Action

FNF East Africa and the Tanzania Youth Vision Association (TYVA) have organised yet another ‘Liberalism – an Examination of Basics’ workshop from 14. April to 19. April 2003, at Njuweni Hotel, Kibaha Coast Region about 40 kilometers from Dar es Salaam city.

Mmmh looking good guys

Thanks to the Easter holidays 25 students from secondary schools and universities could attend, all of them active or prospective members of TYVA.

Through word of mouth the news had spread and quite a number of young people had to be turned away: the one-week workshops on ‘Liberalism – an Examination of Basics’ continue to be very popular among Tanzanian students of secondary schools and universities. The participant oriented facilitation methods combined with well prepared inputs from the facilitators never left a dull moment.

Highly motivated participants examined the political environment of Tanzania and how it affects their daily life. Freedom, human rights and market economy were enthusiastically debated and conclusions drawn in view of the participants outlook towards their future life in Tanzania.

The study tour to the former slave trading site and capital of German East Africa, Bagamoyo, let the students cool off their seminar heat in the lovely Indian Ocean.

The Kibaha workshop will certainly not be the last ‘Liberalism – an Examination of Basics’ workshop in Tanzania!



Eva-Maria Köhler-Renfordt
Director for East Africa


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Liberalism seminar held at Bagamoyo
Participants
For the first time Tanzanians facilitated the seminar “Liberalism - an Examination of Basics” in January, 2003. It was held at the Livingstone Club in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. This seminar was based on the curriculum of the previous one. The 16 participants came from youth organisations and political parties in Tanzania. The three facilitators were outstanding participants from the first seminar, which was run by Ms. Kylie Hatton from South Africa and Mr. Rejoice Ngwenya from Zimbabwe.

The young participants came from Tanzania Youth Vision Association (TYVA), Youth of United Nations Association-Tanzania (YUNA-Tz), United Democratic Party (UDP), Chama cha Demokrasia na Mageuzi (CHADEMA), and Civic United Front (CUF).

The main facilitator was Mr. Baruani Mshare who was assisted by Miss Agnes Hant and Mr. Elly Mgumba. While Mr. Masozi Nyirenda organized and supervised the seminar.

The seminar was opened on Monday 27. January, 2003 around 8:30 am by a welcoming address by the main facilitator Mr.Baruani Mshare, followed by an introduction of the facilitators and the programme in general. Thereafter Ms. Julia Stoermer, an administrative officer (FNF) gave a presentation of the FNF activities in East Africa and Tanzania in particular. She then presented a video on FNF ideas, visions and activities world wide. The video presentation was shown for the first time in Tanzania. It gave highlights on the idea of liberalism and its fundamentals. The participants were stimulated and became eager to learn more about liberalism.

The seminar started with the review of the political environment in Tanzania and how it affects the organizations/ parties. The participants in their groups reviewed the history of Tanzania before independence, during independence struggles and post independence. The political development in Tanzania, according to participants, have been clouded by a one party monopoly leading to the formulation of centralization of power by the government and some elements of violation of democracy, rule of law and human rights to citizens who showed signs of opposition. The collection of excessive power lead to the building up of corruption, bureaucracy and inefficiency in the government.

The seminar exposed participants to the three mainstreams: Socialism, Conservatism, and Liberalism, their task was to assess them. The discussions brought up challenges as many participants had no exposure to all the mainstreams.

Other subtopics were: the property as the guardian of liberty and pre-condition for a flourishing market; Democracy, Human rights and Rule of law, where by all participants agree that all the three are interdependent; on the competition, markets and choice: the pre conditions for wealth and progress, participants were exposed to what should be handled by the state and what should be left for the market to take care of.

Apart from the seminar activities, participants had an opportunity to visit the Bagamoyo municipality, one of the famous former slave trade centres on the East African coast. There was so much to learn and see from the historical sites. In the evenings they had time to kick off their pressures from the seminar by playing volleyball, walking on the beach, swimming, and having discussions on current affairs.

There are calls from partner organizations and parties requesting FNF to extend its Liberalism training to university students, local authority administrators and citizens both in urban and rural areas. We are now devising some plans to start up with the University of Dar es Salaam political science students, and counsellors in some municipalities in Tanzania, probably, by the end of the second quarter of this year.



By Masozi Nyirenda




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