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28/03/2026

Upatikanaji wa maji safi na salama ya kunywa bado ni mojawapo ya changamoto kubwa zaidi za afya ya umma na maendeleo nchini Tanzania. Katika jiji la Dar es Salaam linalokua kwa kasi, hasa katika makazi yasiyo rasmi na maeneo ya pembezoni mwa jiji, pamoja na katika jamii za vijijini kote nchini, mamilioni ya watu bado wanategemea vyanzo vya maji visivyo salama na visivyoaminika kwa mahitaji yao ya kila siku.

Ingawa visima vya maji vina mchango muhimu katika kuziba pengo la upatikanaji wa maji jijini Dar Es Salaam, ubora wa maji yanayotolewa kutoka katika vyanzo hivi mara nyingi huathiriwa na uchafuzi unaotokana na shughuli za binadamu, mazingira, pamoja na miundombinu duni ya usafi wa mazingira. Hivyo, upatikanaji wa maji pekee hauhakikishi usalama; hata vyanzo vilivyoboreshwa vinaweza kuwaweka watumiaji katika hatari kubwa za kiafya.
Kimataifa, bado mamia ya mamilioni ya watu hawapati maji ya kunywa yanayosimamiwa kwa usalama na serikali zao, hali inayowalazimu kutegemea maji ya mito, mabwawa, visima vya kienyeji, au maji yanayosambazwa kupitia mifumo isiyo rasmi.
Nchini Tanzania, hasa jijini Dar Es Salaam hali hii inaonekana zaidi miongoni mwa watu wa kipato cha chini, ambapo uhaba wa maji unahusiana moja kwa moja na umaskini, ukuaji wa haraka wa miji, na uwekezaji mdogo katika miundombinu. Madhara yake ni makubwa mno, kwani Magonjwa yatokanayo na maji yasiyo salama, hasa magonjwa ya kuhara, bado ni sababu kuu ya magonjwa na vifo, hasa kwa watoto walio chini ya umri wa miaka mitano. Kwa hakika, maji yasiyo salama na ukosefu wa usafi wa mazingira huchangia vifo vya watoto wengi zaidi kuliko malaria, UKIMWI, na surua kwa pamoja.

Vifo hivi vinaweza kuzuilika kwa kiasi kikubwa, jambo linaloonesha umuhimu wa haraka wa kuwekeza katika upatikanaji wa maji safi na salama na utunzwaji wa maji salama. Kuhakikisha upatikanaji wa maji salama ya kunywa si tu wajibu wa afya ya umma bali pia ni haki ya msingi ya binadamu inayohitajika kwa maisha yenye heshima, uzalishaji, na maendeleo endelevu. Ingawa juhudi za serikali na wadau wa maendeleo zimeleta mafanikio ya kuongezeka kwa upatikanaji wa maji na kuboresha utoaji wa huduma, bado kuna mapungufu makubwa, hasa katika kuhakikisha usalama na ubora wa maji wakati wa matumizi. Hii inaonesha umuhimu mkubwa wa uhitaji wa mbinu za kutibu maji katika ngazi ya kaya na uhifadhi salama wa maji (HWTS) k**a suluhisho linalokamilisha mifumo ya maji kutoka katika chanzo hadi katika matumizi ya kaya.
Miongoni mwa mbinu mbalimbali rahisi za kutibu na kuboresha maji ya kunywa katika ngazi ya familia zinazopatikana, ni Teknolojia ya kutibu Maji kwa Mionzi ya Jua (SODIS); ni njia rahisi, nafuu, na inayopatikana kwa urahisi yenye uwezo mkubwa wa kuleta matokeo kwa kutumia rasilimali chache. Njia hii inahusisha kujaza maji yenye uchafu mdogo katika chupa ya plastiki wazi (PET) na kuyaweka kwenye mwanga wa moja kwa moja wa jua kwa masaa sita au zaidi. Kupitia mchanganyiko wa mionzi ya ultraviolet (UV-A) na joto, vijidudu hatarishi, ikiwemo bakteria, virusi, na vimelea vyote, huangamizwa kabisa, na kufanya maji kuwa salama zaidi kwa matumizi. SODIS haihitaji gharama kubwa, haihusishi matumizi ya kemikali, na hutegemea vifaa vinavyopatikana kwa urahisi katika mazingira yote, jambo linaloifanya kuwa chaguo bora kwa jamii zilizo pembezoni.

Shirika la Wells of Life Tanzania limekuwa mstari wa mbele katika kuboresha hali ya maji, usafi wa mazingira, na afya (WASH) kwa kuunganisha maendeleo ya miundombinu na suluhisho za kutibu maji katika ngazi ya jamii, hasa kwenye vituo vya nyumba za watoto (Orphanage). Kazi yake inalenga si tu ujenzi na ukarabati wa vyanzo vya maji, bali pia kuhamasisha mabadiliko ya tabia yanayowawezesha kaya kudhibiti ubora wa maji wanayotumia.
Katika maeneo ambayo ujenzi wa visima hauwezekani au ambapo vyanzo vilivyopo si salama, matibabu ya maji katika ngazi ya kaya huwa ni mbadala muhimu. Pamoja na faida zake, SODIS pia ina changamoto zake. Masuala k**a kupungua kwa ufanisi kutokana na uchakavu wa chupa, ufuasi mdogo wa watumiaji, na ushindani kutoka kwa teknolojia mpya yanapaswa kuzingatiwa.

Kwa ujumla, hakuna mbinu moja ya kutibu na kuboresha maji ya kunywa katika ngazi ya familia inayofaa kila mahali; kila moja ina faida na mapungufu yake. Hivyo basi, ni muhimu kutumia mkakati jumuishi na wenye mchanganyiko wa mbinu mbalimbali unaowezesha watumiaji kufanya maamuzi sahihi kulingana na mahitaji yao.

Waraka huu umechunguza nafasi ya SODIS katika muktadha mpana wa suluhisho ya kutibu maji pembezoni mwa jiji la Dar Es Salaam na Mji mdogo wa Mikumi- Morogoro, ikilenga matumizi yake, ufanisi wake, na uwezo wake wa kupunguza mzigo wa magonjwa yatokanayo na maji yasiyo salama. Kwa kuzingatia vipengele vya kiufundi na kitabia vinavyohusiana na usalama wa maji, inalenga kuchangia katika mfumo imara zaidi, jumuishi, na unaolenga afya katika usimamizi wa rasilimali za maji; mfumo unaohakikisha kuwa hakuna jamii inayobaki nyuma katika jitihada za kupata maji salama ya kunywa
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14/03/2026

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In Tanzania’s fast-growing towns and cities, many families still struggle to afford a single nutritious meal.But TEFSUAL...
09/12/2025

In Tanzania’s fast-growing towns and cities, many families still struggle to afford a single nutritious meal.
But TEFSUAL believes something powerful: cities can feed themselves.
We work with community farmer groups—women, youth, and local families—to turn empty plots, backyards, and peri-urban spaces into thriving agroecological food gardens. With simple tools, organic techniques, and shared training, abandoned land becomes green, households reduce food costs, and young people find purpose and income.
TEFSUAL isn’t just growing vegetables. We’re growing dignity. We’re growing resilience.
We’re growing hope—right where people live.
TEFSUAL: When communities grow food, they grow their future

Agroecology applies ecological principles to agriculture and ensures a regenerative use of natural resources and ecosyst...
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Agroecology applies ecological principles to agriculture and ensures a regenerative use of natural resources and ecosystem services while addressing the need for socially equitable food systems in which people can choose what they eat and how it is produced.

Most agroecological practices have been developed by farmers over thousands of years. Today, farmers continue to develop new practices, naturally amongst themselves and in cooperation with researchers through co-creation processes.

FAO has defined agroecology using ten elements divided into three groups. The first are elements regarded as foundational and innovation practices, including six elements: diversity, synergies, efficiency, resilience, recycling, and the co-creation of knowledge.

The second group consists of elements that define the contextual features of the agroecology approach, including human and social values, as well as culture and food traditions.

The third set defines the enabling environment required for implementing agroecological approaches, including responsible governance and circular and solidarity economy.

In implementing these ten elements, agroecology goes beyond alternative practices to develop agroecosystems with minimal dependence on external inputs. It promotes diversity in which ecological interactions and synergistic relationships are nurtured with benefits to the soil and the entire ecosystem.

Our community Gardens are helping local people learn basic principles of agriculture and also help them have food each d...
04/12/2025

Our community Gardens are helping local people learn basic principles of agriculture and also help them have food each day. What a great way to fight Hunger by empowering the locals especially mothers and children.

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|Mikumi Farmers has made steps of adding value to pepper to grounded flour. Together, we are moving forward.

Karibu ushirikiane nasi kwenye kuhakikisha uzalishaji wa chakula na usimamizi wa mazingira yetu.
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Karibu ushirikiane nasi kwenye kuhakikisha uzalishaji wa chakula na usimamizi wa mazingira yetu.

Health promotion and development is the two side of a coin. This statement means that there is interrelationship between...
22/06/2024

Health promotion and development is the two side of a coin. This statement means that there is interrelationship between health and development, where's health is a condition or process whereby individuals, families and community cooperate and participate in good environment without disease or disease related problems with economic position, development is a social process of change from an interior state or life to superior and entails change in people's knowledge, attitude and practice.

Did you know that our bodies have an army inside called the IMMUNE SYSTEM?

Immune system produces cells that protect us against our enemies which are germs, cancer, and other toxins that cause diseases. These enemies, which are slowly becoming resistant to drugs and medica, are on the rise today.

Sometimes, diseases can overpower the army inside when it is not well supplied. For our army to win it needs the best weapons to fight the war. Our weapons come from good food. Wrong foods can hurt the army inside that is trying to protect us. We must identify the right food for our bodies to make us strong against diseases.

WATER is life to our bodies. Why?

Because,
Our bodies are 70% water, Water makes our skin beautiful. Water removes poisons from our bodies. Nutrients get into our bodies through water. We eat food that's prepared using water. Water is like medicine.

Apart from water the most important to learn and eat certain types of food which is important to our bodies, eg green foods have the most life. The best living foods are those grown without chemicals. Therefore, grow your own food, then you will know what you are getting.

I love you and goodnight.

06/06/2024

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬
[16] A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

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Tanzania Food Gardening Network (TaFoGa Net)

Access to safe and nutritious food is considered a basic individual right by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (Food and Agricultural Organization 2011). Food production in and around cities is an integral part of the urban fabric in much of the developing world such as Dar es salaam in Tanzania.

Urban agriculture (UA) is a vital urban livelihood activity that provides economic and food security for many people who live in Dar es salaam city. For example, about ninety percent of the leafy green vegetables consumed in the city are produced in the urban environment. Out of the total population nearly forty percent are engaged in urban agriculture directly (through the growing of produce and rearing of livestock), or indirectly (through buying and selling at local markets).

The Urban Agriculture Program is one of the focal point themes within the Tanzania Food Gardening Network (TaFoGa Net), a registered forum of the mix actors from the community, government & market sectors, founded in 2009 as a project of Sustainable Cities International African Program (SCINAP) & DCC (Dar es salaam City Council.) TaFoGa Net’s initial sole aim was to advocate on behalf of urban farmers, as well as promote the enhancement of UA across the city of Dar es salaam.

Between 2010-2011, TaFoGa Net became fully independent, registered after its official registration with the Registrar of NGO’s in the Government of Tanzania under NGO’s Act 2002 in 23rdJuly 2011. TaFoGa Net goal is empowering rural-urban farmers communities for sustainable livelihoods”. TaFoGa Net believes “the best way to end community poverty is not to develop communities, but to help the community develop themselves”. Communities are powerful when they act together, therefore TaFoGa Net invests in the power of connection to tackle issues that affect rural – urban farmers and producers in general.