Realising the aims

How we realise our Objectives?

Education

To date (August 2011) we have improved the educational environment of the Waangwaray, Managha and Sinai Primary Schools and Kwaraa, Kwang’ the Frederick Sumaye Secondary Schools by:-

• Renovating 14 Classroom
• Building 2 new classrooms and the foundations for two more classrooms
• Putting 1 new floor, a door and 5 windowns in a classroom
• Renovating 4 teachers offices
• Completing the building of 2 teachers houses
• Building 2 kindergartens
• Building a farm store
• Building 3 toilet blocks
• Drilling 2 boreholes at 2 schools to provide water
• Created a new library
• Installing 3 computers for the teachers
• Training the English teachers to speak and teach English to a higher standard
• establishing a reading competition
• Purchasing more text and reading books
• Providing educational toys and learning materials
• Sponsoring 2 kindergarten teachers
• Funding the building of a dormitory
• Building a solar pasteurisation roof
• Sponsoring 7 students
• Digging a well and installing a water pump and water tank system
• Building a food store

The impact has been to motivate the teachers, staff and community. The number of children now attending the Waangwaray kindergarten is over 100 from just 30 two years ago. With these young people starting their education earlier they will be better placed to excel.

In the process of building and renovating the above we have employed local builders, bought all the materials locally and paid for local businesses to transport them to site. The salaries are predetermined at 30% of the material costs, this ensures that all builders get a fair pay. We never replace builders with volunteers. All our volunteers work alongside the local builders.

Community projects

The Rural Integration Project that was rolled out nationally by central government, sought to build capacity in local communities for them to recognise their own development needs and to seek assistance from the authorities in developing them. This is a bottom up approach that is more likely to address the real rather than perceived needs of the community and thus is the best forum for resolving problems prioritised by the community. LTT seeks to work within this structure to assist them realise their goals.

• LTT has funded the training of 3 Waangwaray Women’s groups to learn to make and sell fuel efficient stoves, water boilers, toilet slabs, flower pots and rainwater harvesting roofs.
• LTT has discussed with the groups the importance of reducing the deforestation of their environment to secure their futures. In partnership with the Waangwaray Village Chairman and the primary school, LTT has funded the planting of over 1000 trees in the community.
• LTT has assisted community groups and individual farmers establish fish ponds that can generate additional income for the groups/households
• LTT has funded the training of the Sinai Community group to learn about pig husbandry and loaned the group the funds to buy 10 piglets, and will continue to fund the groups training courses.
• LTT has funded the establishment of the Manyara Girl Guides

Health

• LTT has run an HIV awareness session in the community. This is now being provided by another NGO
• LTT encourages the community to provide lunch for their children and has launched a matching feeding programme
• LTT has planted a number of fruit trees around the school for the benefit of the students.
• LTT runs hand washing training to students to prevent illness

Pro-poor strategies

• LTT supports local businesses where possible and has sold a number of articles of clothing, jewellery and art and craft items in the UK on their behalf.
• We arrange for guests to visit Peter the craftsman in his workshop and visit local cloth shops
• LTT will continue to seek pro-poor links that can be incorporated into its activities
• LTT will encourage all its partners to follow similar strategies to encourage high employment and opportunities for outsourcing some operations

Sustainable practices

• LTT seeks to ensure that its operations work in close harmony with the people to provide benefits for today and safe guard the opportunities of future generations.
• LTT will seek to ensure that its operations have as minimal negative impact on the ecology of Tanzania.
• LTT can arrange, at the visitors request, for fruit trees to be planted to offset the carbon footprint caused by its operations.
• LTT will work with its service providers to ensure their practices follow, as close as is reasonably practicable, sustainable guidelines

Culture promotion

• LTT has set up links with UK schools and social organisations in order to promote and discuss the cultural aspects of Tanzania.
• LTT is seeking to make links with the media to promote the importance of culture on a global scale and will be seeking to open debate on how this vital part of life is ignored when conflicts arise, and how by improved cultural understanding greater peace and harmony can be developed and maintained.
• LTT takes visitors to a variety of places to see the different culture and to understand the impacts that environmental factors have on culture. (Weather, water, other people etc)
• LTT is constantly researching into the historical archives to understand the history of Tanzania and gain a better understanding of what life was like prior to colonisation, and then understand the impact that Germany and Britain had on Tanzanian culture.
• LTT are working to ensure that all our operations achieve the highest standards
• Through the greater understanding of cultural concepts and its role in every aspect of our lives, we can start to understand how and importantly why people are different, and rather than persecuting people for their differences we can start to celebrate them, understand them, tolerate them and even learn from them.

Cultural value

1. By promoting culture LTT seeks to help Tanzania understand and put into perspective their different cultures, and to value and treasure them.
2. LTT understands that culture is ever changing and does not want to prevent Tanzania from developing its culture.
3. Visitors will be able to discuss with local communities the differences in culture, both the successes and failures that both have witnessed. This will make Tanzanian society think about the impacts that development might have and so build in suitable controls to ensure that their sustainability is not compromised.

Responsible Tourism

LTT believe that Responsible Tourism is tourism that should:

• minimize negative economic, environmental and social impacts
• generate greater economic benefits for local people and enhances the well being of host communities; improves working conditions and access to the industry
• involve local people in decisions that affect their lives and life chances
• make positive contributions to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage embracing diversity
• provide more enjoyable experiences for tourists through more meaningful connections with local people, and a greater understanding of local cultural, social and environmental issues
• provide access for physically challenged people
• be culturally sensitive, encourages respect between tourists and hosts, and builds local pride and confidence.

LTT recognizes this definition and seeks to always ensure its operations can be defined as Responsible Tourism as defined above