Youth employment and entrepeneurship in Tanzania - Benedicto Hosea at UK All Party Parliamentary Group Tanzania October 2018
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Benedicto Hosea, Founder of Mboni ya Vijana Community Based Organisation from Kigoma, Tanzania, and local rep for Tanzania Development Trust talks about his experiences of promoting entrepeneurship and employment in the small rural village of Zeze where he lives and works.
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Youth employment and entrepeneurship in Tanzania - Benedicto Hosea at UK All Party Parliamentary Group Tanzania October 2018
- 1. Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship Benedicto Hosea benosea86@gmail.com
- 2. • Zeze is a small village in Kigoma with 9600 residents, • It is an Ujamaa village founded in 1974, • 42% are youth (15 – 35 years old). • Subsistence farming is the major livelihood activity.
- 4. Microfinance • Trains youth and women in small businesses • Provides women small loans of up to £68 • 327 women have benefited so far.
- 6. Success of the Scheme Teosia (above) used to live in grass thatched house but she has built better house from her small business profit. Anjela (left) did not have business before 2016 because she couldn’t access capital. She started a shop selling shoes, soap, and other industrial products. She then transferred her business to Morogoro for a bigger market.
- 7. Agriculture loan & training scheme •Provided loans to 155 youth: • Gave food and Income security • Improved environment by reduced shifting farming and use of kerosene and firewood
- 9. Borehole Hand Drill and Pump • Access to water in Kigoma is very bad • People crowded to ponds and seasonal streams to get water.
- 10. Hand drilling & Rope Hand Pumps We have drilled 32 boreholes since 2016. This technology gives youth employment and a water solution to rural areas like Kasulu district. More than 16,000 people have so far benefitted.
- 12. Training workshop Established in 2016 • 47 youths trained in carpentry (31) and welding (16). • 22 youth (8 female and 14 males) trained in wind turbine making for electricity generation. • 24 (13 women and 11 men) trained in soap making. • more than 100 direct and indirect employment to youth of both sexes.
- 13. Training workshop Iron works Wood works Training on Wind turbine making Soldering training to youth
- 15. Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation Deforestation and wild fire in Kasulu district are biggest challenges to stop We launched bee keeping to protect trees
- 16. Measures • Training community about climate change • Establish projects coping to climate change, ie, beekeeping, fish farming, etc. • Trees and vegetable growing,
- 17. Children out of School We have set up informal school for children before joining them to the training workshop.
- 18. Impact • Created employment to more than 500 youth and women • Improved livelihoods • Increased confidence about business • Improved status of women • Community more motivated to try new ideas and diversify.
- 19. Challenges • Access to capital • Poor access to transport • Distance to markets • Absence of agricultural processing factory
- 20. Next steps • Expand income generating initiatives to provide more employments, • Invest in cassava, maize and sunflower processing factories to reduce loss of crops after harvesting, • Increasing irrigation to allow year round farming • Lobbying for land use plan.
Editor's Notes
- Provides technical skills