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Vice President of Tanzania, Dr Gharib Bilal answering youth questions.

Dr Sipho Moyo, ONE Afrika Executive Director giving opening remarks at action/2015 launch

Margaret Mliwa, Restless Development Country Director speaking at the event.

Some of the youth telling the Vice President their priorities

Deputy Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth, Juma Nkamia welcoming Vice President Dr Bilal.

According to new research, almost a billion extra people face a life of extreme poverty if leaders do not make key decisions on poverty, inequality and climate change at two crucial summits in New York and Paris later this year.

That's the warning by more than a thousand organisations around the world which are launching a new campaign called action/2015, calling on local and world leaders to take urgent action to halt man-made climate change, eradicate poverty and address inequality.

The new calculation released by the action/2015 coalition shows that the number of people living in extreme poverty – on less than $1.25 a day – could be reduced dramatically from over a billion to 360 million by 2030.

However, if leaders fail to deliver and build on the growing momentum for ambitious deals at the UN Special Summit on Sustainable Development in September and the UN Climate talks in Paris in December, and scale back their efforts, the number of people living in extreme poverty could actually increase to 1.2 billion by 2030. This increase would be the first in a generation (since 1993) and almost a billion higher (886million) than if resolute action is taken. Under this scenario, 1 in 3 of the world’s population would live under $2 a day.

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize winner who put her life on the line for the right to education said;

“2015 must be the year the world wakes up and delivers a safer, more just future for children and young people. We all must play our part in ensuring this is the case. Do not let this opportunity go to waste.”

Alongside Malala, dozens of high profile activists including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mo Ibrahim, Angelique Kidjo, D’banj, Queen Rania of Jordan, Bono, Ben Affleck, Bill and Melinda Gates and Ted Turner have backed the coalition of over a thousand organisations in more than 120 countries around the world. The campaign is calling on world leaders to agree plans to eradicate poverty, prevent dangerous climate change and tackle inequality at these summits.

action/2015 – announced by Malala when she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize – is one of the biggest campaigns ever to launch – combining environmental, human rights, development organisations and faith networks. From household names like Amnesty International and Save the Children, to campaign and advocacy organisations like ONE, to grassroots NGOs working with local communities, the movement aims to make sure the agreements of 2015 are shaped by the people.

In Tanzania, youth campaigners have meet with His Excellency Vice-President of Tanzania Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dar es Salaam for a discussion on their aspirations for the future and the action they want from their political leaders in 2015.

One of the campaigners, 14-year-old Eva of Malinzanga, in Tanzania, told the Vice President;

“This year, as I turn 15, our leaders will agree a new plan for a better world. If they make it really good, and then actually stick to it, there could be almost no extremely poor people – anywhere – by the time I am 30. It’s our future that’s at stake. That’s why I and thousands like me are demanding they make the right choices in 2015”

Dr Sipho S. Moyo, Africa Executive Director of the ONE Campaign, giving opening remarks at the event said;

“Tanzania's Development Vision 2025 is an ambitious plan to move from low-income to middle-income status by 2025. For this to be achieved, the right policy priorities have to be put in place to tackle in particular extreme poverty and growing inequality by providing basic social opportunities like good education and fostering an environment that creates what the International Labour Organization (ILO) calls decent employment. It is imperative, therefore, that the government moves rapidly and efficiently through its Big Results Now (BRN) strategy that is aimed at scaling up government’s focus and commitment to eradicating poverty and hunger and thus ensures that 2015 becomes the year that brings this great country closer to a safe and prosperous future for everybody. ”

Margaret Mliwa - Country Director Restless Development Tanzania, also addressing the event said:

The launch of action/2015 is significant for young people of Tanzania. It paves the way for dialogue with their leaders from now and throughout the years. With coordinated action and unity in pushing for ambitious decisions in 2015 to address poverty and inequality, we can all work to make Tanzania a better place.

With so much at stake, this is truly the year for young people to mobilise and ensure that the decisions made by their government are representative of the Tanzania they wish to see.

As part of the launch, activities are taking place in over 50 countries all around the world. Many of these are spearheaded by 15 year olds – a constituency who will be among the most affected by the agreements:

· In Uganda young people will challenge the Foreign Affairs minister to listen to their demands when they hand over a petition signed by over 10,000 young people;

· In Nigeria, 15 year olds will quiz the finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on national television;

· In South Africa, 15 year old campaigners from across the country will meet with Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula in the historic township of Soweto to challenge him to play a part securing a safer future for their generation.

· In New York, the Secretary- General of the United Nations Ban Ki- moon will meet a group of 15 year olds to discuss why we need global action in 2015.

· In the UK, some of Britain’s leading youth activists will meet Prime Minister David Cameron and Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Opposition, to urge them to seize the opportunities of 2015.

action/2015 is calling on the public to join them in their calls to ensure world leaders commit to a better world. Throughout 2015 the campaign will provide ways for everyone everywhere to get involved in influencing the outcomes of these global debates that could achieve:

• An end to poverty in all its forms

• The meeting of fundamental rights, tackling inequality and discrimination.

• A world where everyone can participate and hold their leaders accountable.

Mkuu wa Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara (CBE), Prof. Emanuel Mjema (kulia) akimkabidhi Mganga Mfawidhi wa hospitali ya wilaya ya Mkuranga Dkt. Anwar Milulu (kushoto) msaada wa mashuka yenye 90 yaliyotolewa na chuo hicho kusaidia wagonjwa katika hospitali hiyo.Makabidhiano hayo yalifanyika jana wilayani Mkuranga kama sehemu ya Chuo hicho kuadhimisha miaka 50 toka kianzishwe mwaka 1965.Baadhi ya Wauguzi na wahudumu wa afya wa hospitali ya wilaya ya Mkuranga wakiangalia moja ya shuka kati ya mashuka 90 yaliyotolewa na Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara (CBE) kusaidia wagonjwa wanaolazwa katika hospitali hiyo.Mkuu wa Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara (CBE), Prof. Emanuel Mjema (katikati) akitoa ufafanuzi kuhusu msaada wa mashuka 90 yaliyotolewa na chuo hicho katika hospitali ya wilaya ya Mkuranga ikiwa ni sehemu ya mpango wa chuo hicho kutoa huduma kwa jamii.

Baadhi ya viongozi wa Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara CBE wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja na baadhi ya wafanyakazi wa hospitali ya wilaya ya Mkuranga jana.

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Na. Aron Msigwa –MAELEZO.

Mkuranga, Pwani.

Wananchi wilayani Mkuranga wametakiwa kujenga utamaduni wa kuchangia damu kwenye benki ya damu iliyoko katika hospitali ya wilaya hiyo ili kupunguza tatizo la uhaba wa damu linaloikabiri hospitali hiyo.

Kauli hiyo ilitolewa jana wilayani Mkuranga na Mganga Mfawidhi wa hospitali ya wilaya hiyo, Dkt. Anwar Milulu wakati akipokea msaada wa mashuka 90 yaliyotolewa na Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara Dar es salaam (CBE) kwa lengo la kuwasaidia wagojwa wanaolazwa katika hospitali hiyo.

Alisema kuwa hospitali hiyo kwa sasa inakabiliwa na changamoto ya uhaba wa damu kutokana na mwamko mdogo wa wakazi wa wilaya hiyo wanaojitokeza kuchangia damu jambo linalosababisha upungufu wa damu na usumbufu kwa wagonjwa wanaohitaji kuongezewa damu .

“Kama mnavyoona hospitali yetu iko barabarani kwa sasa tunakabiliwa na tatizo la upungufu wa damu, baadhi ya wagonjwa hutufikia wakiwa katika hali mbaya ya kuhitaji kuongezewa damu kiasi cha kutufanya tuwapeleke katika hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili kuokoa maisha yao” Alisema Dkt. Milulu.Alieleza kuwa lishe duni na kutozingatia ulaji wa mboga za majani kama inavyoshauriwa na wataalam wa afya ni miongoni mwa sababu zinazochangia kuendelea kwa tatizo la upungufu wa damu kwa akina mama wajawazito na watoto.

Dkt. Milulu alifafanua kuwa hospitali hiyo imekuwa ikitoa elimu kwa wagonjwa hususan akina mama wajazito na watoto pindi wanapohudhuria Kliniki kwa lengo la kuwaeleza umuhimu wa uzingatiaji wa lishe bora na namna ya kukabiliana na tatizo la upungufu wa damu miongoni mwa jamii.

Aidha, alisema Serikali inaendelea kuyatafutia ufumbuzi matatizo ya ukosefu wa maji,uhaba wa miundombinu na dawa yanayoikabili hospitali hiyo kutokana na idadi kubwa ya wagonjwa wa kawaida na wale walio katika makundi maalum wanaohudumiwa na hospitali hiyo ikilinganishwa na uwezo wake.“Serikali inaendelea kushughulikia tatizo la maji,miundombinu na upungufu wa dawa unaoikabili hospitali yetu maana idadi ya wananchi tunaowahudumia ni wengi ikilinganishwa na uwezo wa miundombinu ya hospitali”

Kuhusu changamoto ya rasilimali watu na wataalam wa kada mbalimbali alisema kwa sasa hospitali hiyo ina idadi inayoridhisha ya Madaktari, Wauguzi, wahudumu, wataalam wa maabara na madereva ikilinganishwa na miaka iliyopita.Alitoa wito kwa uongozi wa chuo hicho kuendelea kuisaidia hospitali hiyo katika masuala mbalimbali ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwahamasisha wanafunzi wa chuo cha CBE kujitokeza kuchangia damu mara kwa mara ili kuokoa maisha ya wagonjwa.

Nao baadhi ya wananchi waliokuwa wakipatiwa huduma katika hospitali hiyo wakizungumza kwa nyakati tofauti licha ya kuushukuru uongozi wa chuo cha CBE kwa kuwakumbuka kwa kuwapatia msaada wa mashuka hayo walikiri kuwepo kwa mwamko mdogo wa wananchi kuchangia damu katika benki ya damu ya hosptali hiyo.

Aidha, waliiomba Serikali kulishughulikia tatizo la maji , miundombinu na uhaba wa dawa uliopo katika hospitali hiyo na kuwaomba wadau wengine wajitokeze kuisaidia hospitali hiyo ili iweze kutoa huduma bora kwa wananchi.

Awali akizungumza msaada huo Mkuu wa Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara (CBE) Prof. Emanuel Mjema alisema kuwa chuo chake ifikapo Januri 21, 2015 Chuo cha Elimu ya Biashara kinatimiza miaka 50 hivyo msaada walioutoa ni sehemu ya huduma kwa jamii.

Alisema katika kuelekea kutimiza miaka 50 ya chuo cha CBE mbali na kujikita katika masuala ya kuelimisha jamii katika taaluma mbalimbali ikiwemo Biashara, Ugavi na manunuzi, Vipimo, TEHAMA na Utawala katika biashara kimekua kikitoa huduma mbalimbali kwa jamii.

Alisema katika kuelekea maadhimisho ya miaka 50 chuo hicho kimekuwa kikitoa misaada ya vitu mbalimbali na elimu ya ujasiriamali kwa wananchi katika mikoa yote ambayo kina matawi yake ikiwemo Dar es salaam, Mbeya, Zanzibar, Mwanza na Dodoma.

Mwerimishaji rika kutoka kituo cha vijana umati temeke ambaye pia alikuwa mtoto yatima kituoni hapo akiwaeleza vijana umuhimu wa elimu.

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