USE WISELY GOVT ASSISTANCE -DODOMA TASAF BENEFICIARIES ADVISED
TASAF beneficiaries receiving social
protection aid at Msalato Ward in Dodoma Municipality should utilize
properly assistance they receive from the government to transform their
lives and eradicate poverty by the year 2030.
The advice was given by United Nation’s
representative in the country, Mr Alvaro Rodriguez yesterday when the UN
Agencies plus Nordic Countries team made an official visit with
management of some of civil and community projects financed by those
agencies in the country.
Mr Alvaro said, the UN and Nordic Team
were in the country to learn the development of society achievement both
in social and economical bases after UN Agencies gave various forms of
aid in the country and see if the people had actually been helped to
fight poverty.
The team hailed the work done by TASAF
in the country particularly after receiving true testimonies of
beneficiaries at Msalato Ward. It said it was reassuring that Tanzania
may attain its goal to eradicate poverty by the year 2030.
A beneficiary from Msalato Ward, Agnes
William Kuderi, 30, told the delegation that before the TASAF program,
almost 478 clans in the village had a difficult life. They could not
manage their three meals a day. Moreover, the villagers could not send
their kids to school or acquire basic health services or shelters.
The elderly there, who previously were a
burden to them, lived a better life after the assistance. The
delegations also visited Agnes’s new home, constructed after TASAF
assistance. Also visited in the same period was Msalato Water Dam under
construction.
After completion, the dam will have a
capacity of 12,125 cubic meters square. Msalato Ward management said,
the dam so far had cost intensive human labor intensive worth 30mls as
part of community contribution to construct it in accordance with TASAF
regulation.
Meanwhile, the delegation said Tanzania
has a lot of potentials to produce food and is able to give enough
assistance to feed refugees within central and southern corridor. The
World Food Program (WFP) said, it will continue collaborate with
Tanzania to execute its mission in the country.
The comment was said by WFP Head of
Supply Chain in the country Mr Riaz Lodhi in Dodoma yesterday when UN
and Nordic team visited WFP’s food milling factory and storage
warehousing at Kizota Area in Dodoma Municipality to see WFP food status
for refugees at Kasulu and DRC refugee’s camps.
Mr Lodhi further said, Tanzania has good
enough land with more favorable weather and political conditions than
other countries in east and central African states. The state, he added,
gave UN and Nordic agencies assurance to bring more assistance to
Tanzania to attain UN goals.