NEWS LETTER
INTRODUCTIONžZara Charity aims at supporting vulnerable groups within their local communities such as orphans, porters who climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, marginalized groups like the Maasai women group(Make A Change) and in addition to that, Zara Charity is also supporting the Ngorongoro Marathon which raises awareness against Malaria.
žDuring the last years we have developed our own projects further. In the following we will give you a summary of what we have done up to now in our individual projects.
Mount Kilimanjaro Porters Society (MKPS)
žThis project supports porters who climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Meru due to the fact that most of the porters are low income earners and they have low or no education at all, so the project is aimed at improving the living and working conditions of those porters, especially by providing them the following: ž
Free education during the low season, such as health education e.g. MALARIA and HIV/AIDS, financial management education, mountain sickness education, environmental conservation education and English.
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As of late, all porters have their own bank account and bank card, which will help them to handle their money better; due to this, some of the porters pursue their own businesses, can afford to build their own houses, pay their bills and are taking care of their families in terms of basic needs such as food, shelter, clothes and education material.
žIn terms of environmental education we have started and partly finished several tree planting projects around Moshi and Karatu (Highview Hotel) in order to raise awareness on environmental problems and to give employment to the porters during the low season.
EQUIPMENT'S FOR HIKING
žThe porters’ work is not easy; they have to walk in low
temperatures and carry a heavy weight. Zara Charity attaches importance to the
fact that their maximum weight doesn’t go beyond 25 kilos including their own
gear. For the porters’ safety, Zara Charity guarantees, that the following
equipment is available:
žrain trousers and jackets
žwarm trousers and jackets
žshoes
žprivate bag and take-away food
žmedical check up
žhiking sticks, gloves and caps
Wages
žZara Tours Adventure in Collaboration with Zara Charity is aimed at ensuring a minimum standard of wages. In so doing, we are making sure, that every porter who is registered under the company receives 15,000 Tsh per day. We’re also seeing to it, that as registered porters, they have an identity card and a bank account, which can help us to distribute their salaries on a regular basis. In addition to that, we are able to secure the properly handling of money of our porters
Porters sign for their wages
LOAD CARRIED BY THE PORTERS
žApplying
accordingly to the Tanzania National Parks Act, it is recommended, that every
porter should carry a load limited to 25 kg. This weight includes the company
cargo and the porters own gear. Assuring this requirement, our company in
collaboration with Zara Charity affirms that the following standards have to be
checked together with the visitors from the point of departure at the hotel:
žInitially, the whole cargo for the travel has to be prepared
žAccording to the number of porters and visitors we have, the
load has to be distributed equally
žNot to neglect is lastly the weighing of each individual
cargo to comply with the required standards of 20 kg per porter plus 5 kg in
addition for the porters own gear
žIt is not only
this individual effort, proposed by the company in collaboration with Zara
Charity, but also the management of the respective National Parks, that cares
for the compliance with these guidelines. Before entering a park’s gate and
climbing the mountain, the parks’ officers are in an endeavor to approve the
proposed weight of each cargo.
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FAIR TIP DISTRIBUTION
žA tip is not
comparable to a contract. The charges depend on the willingness of each visitor
due to various reasons, mentioned below:
žHow the visitors have enjoyed their tour trip in general
žThe visitors contentment depends on the assistance they
received during the trip, but also
žon the clarification of the natural features observed,
žon the individual caring
in case of accidents or disease and also
žon the food prepared.
žConsidering
these services, the visitors can agree to provide a motivation to the crew for
a well done job. This is the normal process the company is aware of, but in
order to assure a fair tip distribution among the employees, the company under
Zara Charity has decided to provide a tip sheet. Thereupon, we specified six
important employees, such as guide, assistance guide, porter(s), cook, waiter
and the toilet porter. Bearing the sheet in mind, the visitors can discuss
about the amount of each category. After the crew is back from the trip, the
MKPSs office makes sure, that the employees confirm with their signature on the
aforementioned sheet the amount of money they received. 
CLOTHING AND
EQUIPMENT CLOTHING
žWe are
conscious of the fact that the work which is done by the porters is hard and
exhausting. In order to ensure their safety, the company is checking their
clothing and equipment and is adapting it depending on the trip they are going
to. There’s a difference between hut and camping route, latter is harsher. At
any rate, the following equipment is supposed to be provided to the porters and
the guide before their departure:
žrain trousers and jackets
žwarm trousers and jackets
žshoes
žprivate bag
žtake away food
žmedical check up
žhiking sticks
žgloves
žcaps
žThe mentioned
equipment assures the porters safety during and after the tour trip.
CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT STORE
KILIMANJARO ORPHANAGE CENTER
This project is aimed at supporting orphans within the local community so that they can obtain their basic needs such as food, shelter, clothes, as well as education to improve their living conditions.
Since there is a big request on food in order to satisfy all the children, the orphan center has decided to grow the most needed food on their own and therefore some acres of land were bought in order to plant maize, rice, bananas and onions. Given that the growing of maize was very successful, they were able to feed both the pre school kids and the orphanage for the whole year.
WORK AT THE FARM
Currently a new dormitory has been built as well as the new
toilet and bath rooms.
The kids are also supported in their different religious
believes, where they achieve spiritual care.
The orphanage also has a school bus which takes the children
to their schools and returns them to the center again.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
žMr. Victor, who has been working at the Orphan Center for about one year, decided to apply for the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center and has been sponsored by the Kilimanjaro Orphanage center during his studies. Now he has successfully finished his studies and will become a doctor and he’ll also care for the children at the center.
MAKE A CHANGE PROJECT
This project aims at supporting Masai women so as to liberate them from their traditional belief, which is based on oppression, exploitation and elimination of women within their society.
In order to improve this situation and to help the Masai women in Karatu/Ngorongoro, ZARA Charity plans to build an educational training centre for them. It will be built in the Highlands of Karatu. Not only a class room, but also accommodations for students and teachers as well as washing and dining houses have to be built. We hope that the skills learned in the center will help those women to grant their family a better living by establishing their own business or by getting employed.
MAKE A CHANGE SELL THEIR PRODUCTS IN KARATU
MAKE A CHANGE PROCEEDS
So as to
afford a project like this, some of the Masai women have designed several
dresses that have strong influences of the Masai colors and jewelry. The
dresses are being sold at High-view Hotel Karatu and Spring land Hotel Moshi,
they can also be ordered online. The benefits from the sale will then help to
establish the set-up of the educational training center.
DESIGN CREATED BY THE MAKE A CHANGE GROUP IN KARATU
NGORONGORO MARATHON
Ngorongoro Marathon was held on 6th April 2013 in Karatu, Arusha region. The race against malaria took place for the sixth year in a row and was organized and sponsored by Zara Tanzania Adventures, Zara Charity, Tigo Tanzania, Chuchu, African Safaris, bougainvillea Safari Lodge, Hans Paul Automechs Limited, and Simba safari. A total of 536 runners participated.
PARTICIPANTS ON THE RUN
BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THE RUN
The aim of
this annual event is to inform the local community about malaria according to the statistics from FEMA it was found that
malaria is a disease which kills more than 650,000 people a year in Africa.
In the
Southern Sahara desert 88 million of people live at the risk of getting
infected by malaria. It's believed that there are indicators where
approximately twenty million people will be infected or suffered from malaria
this year.
While in
Tanzania only about one person dies every minute due to the disease. It is
based on these statistics that we as Zara Tanzania Adventure and Zara Charity
decided to initiate this race in terms of ngorongoro Run since 2008 to raise funds that will be used to help
communities in Karatu and Ngorongoro for prevention, access to treatment and education about
this disease and its risk.
This is the sixth race since its
inception and we are grateful for the success we have gained, whereas last year
more than 200 international runners were able to share this with the 300
children running and bringing the total participants to 500
ARRIVALS AND WINNERS AWARD
WHAT WE DO
For the money we have raised we managed to do the following: -
Provided mosquito nets for orphans and karatu Hospital.
Assisted in completing construction in the respective maternity wards including ceiling board and windows
Also provided integrated education to the community about how to terminate reproduction of mosquitoes and the importance of prevention against malaria, including encouraging the use of mosquito nets. Through these communities we managed to identify and significantly reduce the prevalence of malaria which has decreased greatly.
DONATION AT THE KARATU HOSPITAL IN BY ZARA CHARITY
Many people
are interested in supporting those vulnerable groups in a developing country
like Tanzania. We guarantee that those who are in need of help will benefit
from the provided charity news letter zara1@zaracharity.com
For further
information please visit our website www.zaracharity.com where you can find
each of our Zara Charity member groups that are truly taking responsibility for
those vulnerable groups and exhibit high transparency requirements.
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