Dr. Thadeus MkamwaSt. Augustine University of Tanzania

April , 2014SUDET Workshop-University of Tampere

Identify major community services issues which have to be looked at in order to resolve social problems as shown in the video clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UODCeqpVEEE

Young offenders People with mental health conditions School non-attenders (truants) Drug and alcohol abusers People with learning and physical disabilities The homeless The elderly Orphanages Child headed houses Early pregnancies

The life expectancy-below 51 years average Decline in infant and under five mortality,

BUT overall Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and prevalence of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis still high

Intervention-Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT), Counselling and Testing, distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets, health care to orphans, the elderly etc.

Challenge: Increased social worker workload

Uncontrolled population growthSocio-cultural changes, HIV/AIDS pandemic and poor socio- economic trends

The situation: welfare services are in great demand due to these increasing social problems, which are exacerbated by poverty, and the effects of HIV/AIDS

Specific problems which need social welfare services interventions including:

Child labour, early pregnancies, child abuse, child neglect and family rejection

Alcohol and drug abuse, increasing levels of destitution, commercial sex (prostitution), cases of sexual assault

Households headed by children and /or elderly people

Family disintegration, marriage breakages, number of street children, number of orphans, vulnerable children

Widows/widowers, elderly (aging), human trafficking especially children

The shortage on the social welfare staff Decentralization Policy: Social Welfare services to be rolled out to the lower levels (Previously Social Welfare services were rendered at Central and Zonal level only)

The government policy of 2002 which does not allow standard seven leavers to be employed as social workers

Scheme of services does not allow employment of lower level Social Welfare cadres including the certificate and diploma level

These cadres are trained at the Institute of Social Work Dar es Salaam but in most cases are employed by the private sector employed in the government facilities

The Government operates decentralized health system, i.e., three functional levels:

District (Level I), Regional (Level II) and Referral hospitals (Level III)

Community Based Social Work is practical: It is offered from the village levelReduces bureaucracy in

implementationPrinciple of subsidiarity-

decentralization

Lack of sources of financial services (esp. rural areas)

High information barriers, infrastructure, women being neglected

Poor linkages with the formal sectors Bureaucracy in reaching out to the poor

Poor accessing the national services in the economy

CB Social work - inclusion of the youth (and low- income earners)

Make available and accessible financial services and opportunities to the youth

CB-SW makes the services cost effective, fair and transparent

Mainstream the youth, women, low income earners in the national welfare services agenda

Enhancement of quality of life and wellbeing of vulnerable individual, groups and families

Early childhood care and development

Transformation of social welfare services: Accessible, Available, Affordable, Approachable

Enhances: subsidiarity and collegiality

SAUT & Western Ontario University: local women’s groups on a sustainable nutrition focused social-enterprise based on probiotic yoghurt

These micro-enterprises have economically empowered women

A means for women to facilitate health within their communities

Enhanced the local economy- the probiotic yoghurt is helpful for people living with HIV/AIDS and nutritionally compromised

Under the leadership of Kivulini, NIMR, SAUT, BMC and CUHAS -establishment of:

Micro-enterprises which have grown from three to ten community (probiotic yoghurt) kitchens in Mwanza

Since 2012, approximately 4000 people have been purchasing the probiotic yoghurt or receiving it free of charge as beneficiaries living with HIV/AIDS

Probiotic bacteria has been shown to build immune response, and reduce diarrheal diseases that occur because of prolonged use of antibiotics, ARV’s and HIV/AIDS itself

As a nutritious food supplement, the probiotic yoghurt would be an ideal addition to the management of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

 Increase food security Secure the future of children and youth Stimulate sustainable economic growth

Tanzania Institute of Social Work (ISW) Strengthen the Tanzania’s social welfare

workforce and to strengthen the social work profession in Tanzania

Goal 1: Organizational development, advocacy, recruitment and retention and establishing a regulatory framework

Goal 2: Establishment of national Social Work Council to regulate the social work profession

Goal 3: Enhance continuing education for SWs

The national professional association for social workers in Tanzania

TASWO is non-profit and nongovernmental and was established and registered in May 1982 with a registration no. SO 629

TASWO: professional liaison body which incorporates National, Regional and International associations

Furthering the development of social work professional values, ethics and interests

Registration and regulation of social workers Ensure actors are informed of the needs and

objectives the Social Work profession Recognition of the profession of social work Preventing the use of unqualified staff Provide public protection-get services from

qualified social work staff Recognition of a statutory accreditation

authority of institutions which offer SW training

The AIHA (American International Health Alliance (AIHA)

Social Work Program expanded in 2010 Involves strengthening of social work education by standardizing and harmonizing BSW and MSW programs in potentially twelve institutions in Tanzania

Tanzania Emerging Schools of Social Work Education Program (TESWEP)

Partnership with JACSW/MATEC of the University of Illinois in Chicago

Hyena Square - Published on Mar 14, 2014 on Youtube

Hyena Square (2007): Hyena Square in Dar Es Salaam is a hang out for Tanzania's young prostitutes

For downloads and more information visit http://journeyman.tv/57777/short-film...

Open Data for Africa: http://tanzania.opendataforafrica.org/rckvryg/tanzania-country-outlook-economic-business-environment-and-health-sector

Vinisha Venugopal (2014). African Development Bank Group

World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance (September, 2011)

World Population Prospects. The 2010 Revision. (Updated June, 2011)