9th June 2012 the Arusha Roots & Shoots Monthly symposium

On 9^th June 2012 the  Arusha Roots & Shoots Monthly symposium with SLOGAN: DISCOVERED POTENTIALS IN YOUTHS 

and the THEME: 

 PUBLIC EMPOWERMENT AND THE ROLES YOUTH CAN PLAY TO THE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMICAL MOVEMENT 

 was conducted as usual at JR INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-ARUSHA

 with more than 20 students from each school, which were

Olmotonyi  Girls Seminary, Kimnyaki Secondary, Arusha Secondary, Elerai Secondary, USA-RIVER ACADEMY, and Ngarenaro secondary .

PCCB representatives were invited to address the Audience on ‘The role of youth in combating Anti-corruption in Tanzania’

 and Dr. Suma Kaare the principal from DANISH were invited to the event to address on However Public empowerment and the role of youth

  while Mr Kashinde was invited for Reproductive health and teenager Characteristics. 

However, the coordinator for Roots and shoots was present and gave stress on importance of youth to understand on the application of what they learned during the Symposium on their daily life.

CONGURATULATION TO THE NWE ROOTS AND SHOOTS CLUB, Olmotonyi  Girls Seminary FOR JOINING ROOTS & SHOOTS

 Olmotonyi  Girls Seminary - Roots and shoots members in pause at JR Institute of Information Technology

Roots&Shoots Club at Ilboru Secondary School – “Black rinos”. A very active and well organized club!

Roots&Shoots Club at Ilboru Secondary School

“Black rinos”. 

A very active and well organized club!

Last week Jane Plöchl, the volunteer of Roots&Shoots was invited by the members of the Roots&Shoots club at Ilboru Secondary school to inform the members about Roots&Shoots and the ongoing monthly activities of Roots&Shoots in Arusha.

 After a general information lecture and question and answer time, the students showed her their activities, like building up a tree nursery, cleaning the river, growing vegetables and flowering the school compound as the following pictures are showing.

 FROM BLOG MANDARI K.V

" This is a good example to All the Roots and Shoots Clubs in Arusha to have their activities on their blog so as we All see how much we collectively work to accomplish our common Goal of Preserving the environment , not for today but for our future and to make this world a better place for each individual...  HONGERA 'THE BLAK RHINOS' ..."

Youth educational Symposium

the Jane Goodall Institute, Tanzania

For Wildlife Research, Conservation and Education 

P.O.Box.7418 Arusha, Tanzania Tel: +255-755-662-681 Blog:htt/rootshootsnorthtz.blogspot.com

Roots & Shoots - Arusha

Youth educational Symposium

Date: April 28^th, 2012

Venue: JR-Institute of Information Technology

RATIONALE:

Understanding potential values of African Women to the Environments, Animals and Human Communities, the Jane Goodall Institute in Arusha, through its youth based programme (Roots & Shoots) will conduct a one day educational symposium for 120 Roots & Shoots Girls from Arusha Secondary School, Olmotony Girls Seminary, Kaloleni Secondary, Mringa Secondary and Elerai Secondary Schools.

The main purpose of this event will be to provide them with the wide range of opportunity for them to share, practice, discover, realize, interact, exchange and experience new patterns of skills, knowledge and inspirations for them to take compassionate actions towards making meaningful differences in their native lands and communities.

It is at these events that students will be brought in face to face discussion with the qualified experts  in the field of environments, Animals, Communities according to their. Experts will present topics and advise technically on how the youth clubs can best perform activities and projects in their schools to make  their country a really better place for all living things, while inspiring to become the really citizens of tomorrow

EVENT SLOGAN: Yes. We can make it happen!

Theme: The role young African women can play to the environments, animals and human communities

 

SPONSORING COMPANY:  TANFOAM-ARUSHA

Key speakers and Topics:

1. Mr. Japhet J. Mwanang`ombe – Starting a R&S Club in the neighboring school
2. Ms. Jane Ploechl – Global Climate change the role of African young women to mitigations
3. Dr. Janemary Ntalwila – Natural Resources Management and the roles young women can play in conservation
4. Dr. Lowenya Mushi – Animal Rights and how young women can help
5. Ms. Iren Mushi – A woman living with HIV/AIDS. Her own life history and experience with her commercial sex work. 

INVITED ORGANIZATIONS

• Global Service Corps
• African Wildlife Foundation
• The Nature Conservancy
• OIKOS East Africa
• Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
• Tanzania National Parks Authority
• National Natural History Museum
• Municipal Education Department

SYMPOSIUM SESSIONS

Session One: Club’s projects and activities presentations, discussions, questions and answers

Session two: Mringa secondary School’s research presentation on values of Tanzanian National Parks

Session three: Experts presentations, discussion, questions and Answers

BLOG ARTICLES APRIL, 2012

ROOTS & SHOOTS -ARUSHA

BLOG ARTICLES APRIL, 2012

1     1.   Roots & Shoots is proud to become the champion of Christmas fair for establishments and promotion of Tree nurseries and planting in Arusha municipality through a vast network of its clubs.  Under this sponsorship, the office in Arusha has conducted practical hands on training on how to establish tree nurseries to 7 secondary schools around Arusha. The training focused at developing skills and altitudes to the Roots & Shoots members on how to collect seeds, which to collect seeds to the trees, when to collect, how to organize polythen tubes, preparing tubes, soil mixing, potting, sowing, seed treating and general nursery management. Clubs have received the materials and potting is underway at St. Joseph Ngarenaro Girls, Ilboru, Ngongongare, Ngarenaro and Lowasa Secondary Schools. Other schools doing tree nurseries in Arusha include Mringa secondary, Elerai Secondary, Joseph Primary, Burka and Azimio primary Schools.

   2.   On 1^st, April, 2012 Tanzania marks a tree planting day; in order to promote tree planting spirits to the public. Roots & Shoots, as one of Government`s agent supported these government efforts by inspiring members to carry out public planting. On 13^th, April, 2012; 23 Roots & Shoots members from JR-Institute of Information Technology Arusha conducted a public planting at orolieni ward office areas. This place is one of the few remaining watershed and open areas, and in order for community members to understand the values of trees and the importance of tree planting, this activity was inaugurated by the mayor of Arusha municipality Hon.Gaudence Lymo. Honorable Lymo commanded the work of Roots & Shoots clubs in Arusha and invited members and leaders to educated members of Arusha fully council at the municipal and promised support at anytime should Roots & Shoots needs. Members were lead by the Regional Chairman Mr. Kleruu Sumaye, R&S Patron Mr. Bosco Anyitike; Coordinator Mr. Japhet, and a team of government officials (Ward executive Officer, Municipal Environmental Officer, ward chancellors, and local government leaders in the areas) where 190 trees of different species were planting in order to provide shade, timber, flowers, and protection of watersheds.

  3.   In order to bring children into direct engagement of, inspiring and empowerment on the plights of their Country`s environments and community issues, Arusha Roots & Shoots secretariat has facilitated children`s environmental education video film shows on a title “Mama mazingira yangu, mazingira yetu” in order to provide children with the deep understanding on the values of environments, the status of environmental degradations and options they can take forwards to mitigate these environmental problems. In this programme 26 members from Azimio primary schools attended. At the end of the programme members were asked to think of and write/draw something they think people should do to protect the environments. 26 Beautiful articles were collected in order of compiling an environmental education children`s book.

    4.   Roots & Shoots at St. Constantine International School have become actively involved at ensuring that Jane Goodall`s Roots & Shoots Programme office becomes the most up-to-date and a well functioning office in Tanzania. With the most effective and successful projects; St. Constantine International School club started to setting the office with furniture’s, catterns, and stationeries’, then they funded the Roots & Shoots graduation ceremony where 11 clubs in Arusha participated, marking this event one of its kind; of which its accomplishment resulted into having Mr. Donald Curnado (Organizer and club patron) being promoted as a school event organizer. In order for this club to make positive changes to happen for the better and best environments (participate in conservation projects) the club has decided to carry out partnerships in Understanding with Lowasa and Ngongongare Secondary Schools. In this efforts, the club has supported partner clubs with 2-water tanks (1000litres) so that these partner clubs can harvest rain water and store water to promote tree nurseries in their schools and quensequently benefit the surrounding communities.

ARUSHA MAYOR CHAMPIONS A YOUTH TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN

ARUSHA MAYOR CHAMPIONS A YOUTH TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN

The Mayor of Arusha municipality; honorable Gaudence Lymo has commanded  JR-Institute of information Technology of Arusha by its efforts to inspire young people to take compassionate actions to wards conserving the environments in Arusha. Championing a special inauguration of youth`s tree planting campaigns in Arusha Hon. Lymo called upon volunteer spirits among the young people in  Arusha through these types of service learning and community support. He asked them to support communities by educating them through voluntary services such as tree planting, waste managements, flowerings and vegetable gardening in groups in order for the municipal to support them. He said the municipal has funding, to support self initiated projects, and youths are the prime target, so by volunteering, youths of Arusha can become self employed so they become the main workforce to the national. The activity was organized on Friday 13<sup>th</sup>, April, 2012; by Jane Goodall`s Roots & Shoots Arusha, a world wide environmental and humanitarian education club for youth in primary, secondary and college students, where 23 JR-College students, members of this Jane Goodall Voluntary club participate to recover pristine vegetation in one of the Arusha`s watershed areas.

Speaking at the event, Jane Goodall`s Roots & Shoots Coordinator; Mr. Japhet Jonas said his office, in collaboration with JR-Institute have joined the government`s efforts to promote tree planting in Tanzania. He said, the government has declared 1^st, April each year as a tree planting day, where people at different cadres from families, communities, departments, local to national level are inspired to carry out tree planting by means of boundary planting, creating natural regenerations, tree nursery establishments, forest plantations etc.

He said Tanzania has about 34million hectares of forests; but the rate of 400,000hecters being slashed each years can not be left to the government alone because the impact affects everyone. He said today Arusha is facing a serious problem of draught, especially in areas such simanjiro, monduli and other places, yet there are prolonged tones of charcoals coming to Arusha each day. No body is thinking of where are these Charcoal tones coming from, who is causing this and who is using these charcoal and whether there is a balance between the trees being cut and those being planted. During rain seasons, the lower places in the city are usually prune to floods. All these are environmental calamities demanding the tree planting as a sole solution.  He said his Institute inspires young people to understand that trees are the main solutions for environmental change by providing medicines, flowers, timbers, fuel wood, shade, fruits, fodder, and rains and are potential for soil conservation and water catchments. “Once these young naturalists understand, they will be inspired to establish tree nurseries, carry out voluntary planting and promote silviculture and pomology in Arusha”. He emphasized.

He said people in Arusha town are planting trees for attractions, fence, shade, and fruits and this forms   a valuable part of our natural heritage, regardless of challenging environments for these planted trees. In some suburbs still inhabitants make use of trees for boma strengthening, housing construction and entrepreneurs are making furniture’s out of use of tree products. Schools are protecting buildings using trees and are also making use of flowering species for decorations, fencing and environmental teachings. “Jane Goodall`s Roots & Shoots - Arusha believes that Tanzania is a country with astonishing biodiversity and vast environmental resources, but that natural heritage is seriously endangered by a general lack of education, awareness and information which needs to be culturally communicated to the public, to respond to the needs of a rapidly growing population.  Education about, awareness of and engagement in environmental issues to the young people would only be absolutely vital to ensure that the country develops its economy in a way that it manages to preserve and sustain the environments, while improving the livelihoods of the Tanzanian people”. Said Mr. Japhet

Speaking at the event, the Roots & Shoots regional Chairman, Mr. Kleruu Sumaye, said his club has established tree nurseries in 11 Primary and Secondary Schools around Arusha where 32000 seedlings have been raised to comprise tree species of indigenous, naturalized, flowering and agro-forestry species potential for public and school planting. He said students are trained on how to collect seeds, treat seeds, sow, carry tube potting and day to day`s nursery managements. “We will invite the Arusha community members to take trees and show them how to plant, when to plant and where to plant. In this way we will be able to assist the nation with tree planting efforts and so we will make changes to happen by ensuring that students and members of the public in Arusha become environmentally sensitive. By so doing we are sure of starting to see that environments becomes one of the priority agenda in people`s day to day`s life”. He concluded.

CHANGES BEGIN WITH ME.. MARCH 2012 SYMPOSIUM

Burka Primary School Visited Arusha National Park

article by Jane Plöchl

visitation of Dr Jane Goodall to Roots and Shoots -Arusha

Dr Jane Goodall, the Founder of Roots & Shoots Club, has Visited Arusha Roots and Shoots Club Office on Thursday 01/03/2012. She had a short talk with the secretariat, with JR -Institute of Technology also she was able to attend and address  Roots and Shoots members who were gathered at JR -Institute of Technology hall.

Dr Jane with Arusha Roots and Shoots Secretariat

Mr Mir, Director of JR -Institute of Technology(left) Dr Jane Goodall and Mr Japhet (right), The Roots and Shoots -Arusha Coordinator

Mr Cosmas Haule,(left) Mr Mandari K.V( right after Dr Jane) and Mr Cleru Sumaye( far right) in a picture with Dr Jane -representing the secretariat.

The Roots and Shoots Audience stood for Tanzania Tanzania Song to Welcome Dr Jane

The Roots and Shoots Audience stood for Tanzania Tanzania Song to Welcome Dr Jane

Mr Cosmas Haule giving a Secretariat report to Dr Jane and the Audience

Students of Peacock Roots and shoots Club of St Joseph Ngarenaro Sec School showing a traditional dance to entertain the Gathering










A student From Mringa Sec School roots and Shoots Club presenting their Clubs Activities














Dr Jane Goodall giving a short speech to the Roots and Shoots Audience

   

the Jane Goodall Institute, Tanzania

  For Wildlife Research, Conservation and Education

            

  P.O.Box.7170, Arusha, Tanzania        Tel +255 272 506 461      Cell +255 755 662 681

    1. The Roots & Shoots regional secretariat is pleased to acknowledge the visit of Dr.Jane Goodall, the world known Primatologist, conservationist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, Roots & Shoots, UN-Messenger of Peace in Arusha from 29th,February through March,2nd. Dr.Jane Goodall, scheduled to address at St.Constantine International School, Themi suit Hotel and Kondoa Conservation Center, will also visit the Roots & Shoots office located in sakina, along Nairobi road, at JR-Institute of information technology, where R&S members from clubs will present and discuss with projects they do to help improve the environments, animals and human communities. A special world class film named Jane`s Journey will also be screened at the Office on the day.

2   2. Roots & Shoots Government Volunteer Coordinator appointed.

The Director of Arusha Municipality Hon’ble Mr Gaudence Lyimo (the Arusha City Mayer) has appointed Mrs. Caroline Kowori, Educational director of Arusha Municipal as a Roots & Shoots Government Volunteer Coordinator with effect from 17/02/2012.

3. Roots & Shoots Monthly Youth Forum sponsorships. The board of directors and management of Tanfoam Arusha have approved a sponsorship of Tshs.1,980,000/= Equivalent to $.1,300 for the year 2012 in order to facilitate Roots & Shoots Youth Forums. These are educational gatherings bringing over 100 secondary school students, Roots & Shoots members from different schools each month in order to present, share, discover and interact what they do to improve their own environments, animals and human Communities. This is also the time where students have opportunities to meet face to face with highly qualified and experiences field experts from areas of environments, animals and Communities. The forums are technically designs to suits the main pillars facing the world today in areas of global climate change, global warming, environmental issues, organic farming, forest management, conservation practices, wetlands management, soil sciences, environmental laws, Environmental economics ,Animal rights, animal behavior, wildlife managements, National parks, Fish farming, Birds identifications, Sustainable agriculture, early pregnancies, HIV/AIDS, Family planning, Tourism, Drug abuse, traditional culture, Technology and youth, development studies and International Partnerships

4. Roots & Shoots Tree Nursery promotion sponsorships.

 Organizers and the steering committee of Arusha Christmas Fair has approved one year`s sponsorship of Tshs.500,000/= amount to be used to promote skills, knowledge and inspirations of members towards learning about and starting Tree Nurseries in six different Schools around Arusha. These Schools includes Ngongongare Secondary (USA-RIVER), Mringa Secondary (Sakina kwa Idd), Ngarenaro Secondary, St. Joseph Ngarenaro, Burka and Azimio Primarywill raise a total of 10,000 seedlings and will help other school clubs to learn about the interface between the growing rate of invasive plants against the native species which are disappearing in the city. 

5. Roots & Shoots Office sponsorship. In honor of Dr.Jane`s visit to to st.Constantine International School, Dr.Jose  Maldonald and management of St. Constantine have approved the support of one meeting table with six chairs, one couch set, two small shelves and one Computer Desk top to the Roots & Shoots. This support is glorious and comes at an edible moment in time where the Office extend prestigious support a Roots & Shoots club at St.Constantine under the guidance of Mr.Donald Curnado started already to equip the Roots &Shoots with furniture, and materials. This support will provide enabling working ability of the office and space for drop in Roots &Shoots members visiting the office regularly.

6 .Roots & Shoots friends of Museum group is formed. In collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History, Roots & Shoots has formed a group of exceptional students dedicated to assist the Government`s anti-quit department by providing interpretive knowledge and skills to the Museum visitors through establishment of botanical garden at the Museum. This garden will help the Museum to bring a collection of rare and species near to extinction to be raised, and also raise medicinal plants in order to help people understand plants that cure different diseases.  This group is made of Students from JR-Colledge, Arusha Secondary, Elerai Secondary, Iliboru Secondary, St. Joseph Primary, Mringa Secondary.