“Right Time, Right Intervention , Thank you Amref ” Charles Wambura’s Testimony.
“TAKA NI MALI Project has come at the right time, previously , we encountered a challenge of having tons of wastes produced, something which required a huge chunk of the municipal budget to pay for waste collection, but after the project started to be implemented at our council we have noticed that the running costs for waste collection is minimal since now citizenry are seeing wastes as an opportunity to get income.
We will surely not leave these positive results go in vain, we shall continue to support the community groups and the project interventions, efforts have started because we are now including the groups into our Council Plans where we have included the costs of training to the community groups and also this year we supported the groups to attend the National Nane Nane Exhibition in Morogoro to showcase their work ”, Charles Wambura, Municipal Principal Health Officer at Ilala DC.
The Taka Ni Mali project demonstrated how community driven efforts can create lasting impact. It reduced cholera cases by 80% from 2017 to 2019 and empowered 145 women and youth, increasing employment by 60%. Income for these groups grew by 198%, and over 60,000 people were directly reached through awareness campaigns. The project also strengthened partnerships between local authorities and waste entrepreneurs. These successes were made possible with support from Madrid City Council and implemented by Amref Tanzania partnership with the Tanzanian Government.
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