Good Harvest Organization
General Information
Email address
goodharvestorganisation@gmail.com
Primary contact's full name
FILBERT CHUNDU
Do you have an OSM account?
Yes
If yes, what is your OSM username?
GoodHarvest
Please indicate the name(s) and OSM usernames of any additional individual(s) who will be leading the execution of the project if this application is successful
FILBERT CHUNDU and USER NAME is GoodHarvest
If you have an OSM account, please check the boxes that apply
I am an active mapper, I am a beginner mapper
What is the name of the community group/organization this pitch is being submitted on behalf of?
GOOD HARVEST ORGANISATION
Is your organization/community group legally registered?
Yes
If you indicated "No" above, please indicate the name of an organization who would be able to accept the funds on your behalf
GOOD HARVEST ORGANISATION
Proposed project location
MPANDA -KATAVI- Tanzania
Have you previously been AWARDED any grants?
No
Please indicate the total funding amount you are requesting
7,500,000 Tshs
Information About the Project
What is the problem that you are working to address in your community?
(In this section please describe in detail the challenge that your project addresses. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
Many young girls in the Region face gender-related violence and poverty, which often force them to enter into prostitutions and crime to survive. Without access to good food, quality education and basic health care there is little opportunity to break free from these problems
What motivates you to work on this issue?
(what is the reason that triggered, inspired you to work on this issue, we recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
One of the major concerns related to girls in the Region is education and protection with a number of families that fall below the poverty line. Young Girls become the unfortunate targets as we see the high drop-out rate, poor performance and early marriages. The most valuable educational tool for girls here is a bicycle and not a pen. The future will be different when girls get good education.
Have you worked on solving the same issue before?
Yes
If yes, what have you already done to solve this issue?
(Please be specific and highlight your greatest accomplishments, We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) If none, write N/A
we did awareness creation in schools and families. We came up with an idea of the proposed Rent2Own Bicycles Project for Girls which will be run on credit initiative to ensure sustainability and creating the sense of ownership
If yes, what challenges have you faced in your work to solve this issue, and how did you respond to these challenges?
(Please be specific and highlight your biggest challenges and how did you solve them, We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) If none, write N/A
The big challenge is lacking the much needed financial resources for most Parents and secondly is gender inequality when it comes to educating girls. They see as a waste of resources and prefer to see them getting married so that the family can get money
If no, what do you anticipate as challenges while working towards solving the issue?
(Please be specific and highlight the biggest challenge you might face when working on this project ,We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)If none, write N/A
Parents' attitude towards educating girls. It is seen as a waste of resources and manpower. second challenge is resources in our part.
Describe your sustainability plan
(In this section please describe how your activities will continue post-funding. If you are applying for funding to purchase equipment, explain who will store/use the equipment you purchase, and if you have long term sustainability plans for your community's development. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
The Project will be run on a credit initiative where Bicycles will be provided to students after agreed monthly payment of 3,000 Tsh. This monthly contribution will be used towards maintenance and sustainability As the Project progresses it is envisaged that We will enroll on more schools
Project Goal
What are your community defined project goals
(Please explain your project goals. This can include: setting goals such as "we will train X number of new community, "we will register as a legal entity", or "the data will be used by X", and why these goals are important to your community such as "we intend to engage X number of women in mapping activities so that we can empower local women” We recommend your response be a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
To encourage female in improving the societies they live through responding to challenges by improving female participation in mapping as well as improving awareness of open source, digital technologies and platforms amongst themselves and all stakeholders through peer-peer participation.
What are your project long-term goals?
(Please describe your project vision. This can include: where you see your project in five years' time, how you want your data to be used, future partnerships you'd like to establish, or how you would like your project to grow (or not!). We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words)
To make geographic data readily available to researchers, government agencies and all stakeholders in the Region so that it will make it easy for them to respond rapidly to vulnerable communities and crises when they occur. establishing and training mapping teams in Schools and colleges.
1.Training and Equipping community members with mobile phones and open-source mobile data collection applications to capture coordinates, take pictures and complete dedicated questionnaires.
2.To make open data collected available to the key stakeholders. These mobile data collection tools will enable hands-on follow-up by the Government of Tanzania and NGOs
3.The project aims to use digital technologies to bridge information gaps in the Region by training more members in open source data tools.
4.Mapping Tanzanian border Towns in Katavi to help local health responders monitor potential avenues for covid 19 and ebola transmission.
List the tools you intend to use during your project and why
(Please describe which tools you plan to use to collect, update, clean, or store you data and why. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
We will use Kobo Toolbox(odk) as a free open-source tool for mobile data collection. This tool is convenient for us to collect students’ data who will be receiving bicycles. We will also use Open Street Map Tool (Maps me ) to be used implementing mapping activities in the Region and OsmAnd.
What additional knowledge or skills do you need to improve the effectiveness of the project?
(if there is any addition training you will need example how to use open source tools ,how to write good report etc please identify them below and why, We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) If none, write N/A
We have been training with (Crowd2Map-Tanzania) representative twice a week with a group of ten people The training is on Tuesday and Friday as from 4:00 in the afternoon.via ZOOM. Topics to be covered is how to use kobo tool box, odk osmAnd and maps me. We would love to know about community mapping because we want to start mapping mining sites in the villages adjacent to katavi national park where they have a problem of human and elephant conflicts. So we would love to know more about open source tools
Explain how you plan to share your stories
(Please give examples of how you will use to share your stories with others. This can include: how you will publicize your news, where you will collect media content, how you will use social media channels, and if you will reach out beyond your immediate network to share your stories. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
Through mass media like Facebook and Instagram accounts. We will aslo be having monthly feedback meetings with our key stakeholders during these meetings stories will be shared. We will also use our Community Radio at least once a week to have a Radio program to publicize the project's objectives. monthly staff and stakeholders meetings will also be used to share the information and experience.
Ownership
Describe who will own/access and use the data
(It is important that the data you generate during the project is useful, and that it will be used to advance humanitarian and/or development challenges locally. In this section, please include: if the data you will be collecting has been requested by who , if there is an established formal relationship with any organization , and if there is an existing MoU between you and the partnering organisation, and how long have you been working with the partnering organisation. If your organisation or community is going to be the data user, please describe how will they use the data, and how they will access the data also is there possibility of other similar organizations to access and own the data . We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 400 words.)
For the time being it will be Good Harvest Organization, However the Red cross society katavi branch and the Office of Regional Medical officer have expressed interest of wanting the data for future projects. Currently some volunteers from Red Cross are attending mapping training organized by Good Harvest Organization through Crowd 2 Map Tanzania
Describe any other community/organization you plan to approach and share data for the purpose of the project impact
(In this section, please describe any additional partners you might be working with or share data with since they have indicated the need of data that will be collected. If there are no additional partners (beyond the data user) this must be stated here. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) if none write N/A
we have approached Red Cross society katavi branch, the office of Regional medical officer and Katavi new vision Organization and have all expressed interest of wanting to be trained in open data source tools so that they can use in their projects in the future
Inclusion
How will you ensure that your project activities will consider gender/children?
(Please describe how you will engage women/girls and school children in your project activities. Please include the number of women, girls or marginalized groups you plan to work with and how, and at which point in your activities you plan to engage them. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words).
by tackling gender barriers to education. With the help of kobo tool box-ODK collect we will be able to uncover nuanced insights about the barriers girls face in completing secondary education so that we can design content that speaks to girls’ realities.
Open Knowledge Evolution
Explain how you plan to expand your mapping community
(In this section, please include: your approach of working in a peripheral area to expand the knowledge, how will you engage new members from an unexposed community, how many new members you plan to recruit, and how will you retain community members throughout the duration of the project and beyond. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
We plan to first train more mappers especially in schools and colleges. We would then continue implementing mapping activities in the Region, By mapping all health facilities present in the Region as well as community health workers, mapping mining sites and villages experiencing Human -Elephants conflicts.
Cooperation
Describe the communities you are already working with
(This may include local government, private sector, institutions or OSM communities (as examples). If you are not already working with any of the above communities, please state this and explain how you plan to work with other communities in your project. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
We were introduced to OSM tools with JANET CHAPMAN, founder of the Crowd2Map-Tanzania.Since July/03/2020 we have been volunteering mapping important places in the City of Mpanda. For more information https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/GoodHarvest.and currently we have recruited ten new mappers who are being trained by the Crowd 2 Map twice a week via zoom.
Describe other communities you plan to approach, or establish relationships with, for the purpose of the project
(We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
We have applied for partnership with an Organization called GIRL EFFECT. Girls Effect it is an UK-based Organization that uses TEGA (Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors) to empower Girls to address Gender-based violence. TEGA trains girls in data-collection With authentic peer-to-peer insights. some Volunteers from Red Cross katavi branch are already attending mapping training organized by us in Mpanda . Hopefully we will aslo start mapping training with VETA and medical students in the near future.
Supporting Documents
Please share a PDF version of your proposed budget
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Please share a PDF version of your proposed project plan
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Submission
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Https://www.instagram.com/goodharvestorg
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Https://www.facebook.com/goodharvestorg
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Will this grant co-fund an already established project?
No
Please confirm that you have checked your application, and answered the questions to the best of your ability
Yes - I'd like to submit my application