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SILAS NG'HABI


Title and Organization:		Secretary General, Victoria Environmental & Fishery Development Ass. Tanzania (VEFDA-T)
Gender and Age:		Male, 42
Location:		Mwanza, Mwanza
Country of Residence:		Tanzania
Country of Birth:		Tanzania
Languages:		English , Kiswahili



Website:		http://www.mwanzacommunity.org
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About Me

I represent VEFDA (T) as the Secretary General.VEFDA (T) – Victoria Environmental and Fishery Development Association Tanzania was found in 2000 and in February, 2001 received legal identity by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tanzania with registration number SO. 10824.With inception offices in Mwanza city, the organization’s mission is: to create environmental awareness to riparian communities in Lake Victoria by empowering them to effectively utilize the natural resources so that they achieve sustainable development.

As a leader I have accoimplished various of Organization tasks; srategic plan focuses on empowering the communities through facilitation of the environment economics. Management of the ICT based project namaely Open Knowledge Network project Feb - October 2005.Research papers; Eco-tourism in Lake Vctoria, E- Botanical Gardens:

I have a vast background in microfinance and enterprenourship development with a bankinga and microfinance profession,on progress Microfinance and Community Economic Development - student at Martyrs University, Uganda.

Awards: Master Teacher Award by iEARN USA - in Youth Collaborative Laerning, Social Studies and Geography.

Skills and exposure:
- Marketing of Finacial services - BOT Institute Mwanza
- Project Development and Management - IICD/amref MWANZA
- Business Administration - SME - Business Care Mwanza

Workshops; Nile basin: Network member TNDF - Equitable utiolization of Nile Water - Dar es salaam
- Invited Speaker: World Evironmental Education Congress (3WEEC) Turin Italy.

My Context:
"For past 16 years I worked in the banking and Microfinance industry. The career exposed to rural povert economic development activities and micro- lending to the poor. For the entire still the bnation is talking of poverty, poor energy resources, environmental destruction, low affordability to basic education and unemployemnt.
The experience proves that not only economic initiatives can enable people chase poverty - it should intergrate other initiatives such as; health, water and snitation services, enough supply of energy and education.
Poverty situation exerts pressure on natural resources. therefore if the communities especially in rural areas are not well informed, well supplied with the learning that enable them to use their natural resources sustainably, money (lending par se) wont help them to eradicate poverty.
My current initiatives is to enlighten the community; youth, women , adults and other actors to respond to sustainable way of looking at issues. This does not mean we leave the entire work to the elites. Communities have potential in dealing with their issues, they have experience and alternatives. In working with them together we can be able to cahse poverty. In our region - lake zone Tanzania these potentila have not been adequatly utilized or put into task. Such other avenues like: cultural diversity, eco-tourism, human potentila right artcraft etc. need to ne put into pipelines so that they can create opportunity forinvolvement, interactive learning and jobs creation.Loacl people and the international community .. all have to act."

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