Monday 27 April 2015

Better Living Aid co ordinator with friends hand over 100kg of clothes to Amani residents!

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Before handing over the aid donated by friends and  Millenium village project who donated 100 mosquito nets.
It was 19 August 2013 when me, some Facebook friends and some staff from Millenium Village Projects handed over to Amani village chairman Mr George Lusambilo some 100 kg of used clothes, sweat shirts, 25 kg of maize flour, soap bars and 100 mosquito nets from Millenium Village Projects. It took me some 3 months to collect clothes from friends after I started a group in Facebook called Clothing for elderly with leprosy now known as (Better Living Aid) specially for that reason.
This pack of used sweat shirt was donated by a Samaritan, contained more than 100 sweat shirts.

Here I was counting some donated pairs of shoes
More donated used clothes

After hand over of clothes, mosquito nets and food we took a picture with some Amani residents

Sunday 26 April 2015

Blog's mission

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We started this English written blog to facilitate foreign donors with what we do and what we plan to do in the future 


My name is  Mkala Fundikira (43) I was touched by hardship the Amani villagers are facing. So I decided to collaborate with friends from social sites like Viber and Facebook so that together we can help to improve their lives through different ways including, funding from various foundations, big companies and our own donations 


How I found out about Amani village

In year 2013 I happen to arrange Redds Miss Tabora 2013, beauty pageant. In that year Miss Tabora committee decided to involve contestants with social work like visiting orphanges and helping elderly people with basic needs. After the pageant the committee took all contestants to Amani village to visit the elderly and comfort them and provide them with soap bars, sugar and maize flour. That's when my eyes were opened to see these old people living in hardship like not having enough clothes and filthy toilets
The winners of Redds Miss Tabora 2013
Because the pageant show was performed  by Ommy Dimpoz one of the most famous musician in the country, we took advantage to take him with us, he was really moved by the conditions at the vllage and promised to do something about toilets at the village.

Asasi ya Better Living AID yagharamia upulizwaji wa dawa ya kunguni kijijini Amani!

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Kijji cha Amani kinavyoonekana
Taasisi ya Better Living Aid kupitia kampuni ya Royal Nsyepa General Supplies ambayo mkurugenzi wake ni Bw Mgalula Fundikira za jijini Dar es Salaam leo imepeleka mtaalamu wa upulizaji madawa ya kuuwa wadudu kama kunguni na wengineo katika kijiji cha Amani kilichopo km 6 nje ya mji wa Tabora. Hatua hiyo ya Better Living Aid ilifuatia ombi toka kwa wakazi wa kijiji hicho chenye wakazi wapatao 70 ambao baadhi yao ni wazee na wenye uathirika wa gonjwa sugu la ukoma, pamoja na changamoto ya kunguni pia wakazi wa hao wametoa maombi kwa taasisi hiyo nawasamaria wema wengine wajengewe vyoo zaidi kwani kwa sasa wana vyoo viwili tu vilivyo kwenye hali ya kutumika, huku vingine vikiwa vimejaa na haviwezi kunyonyeka. Akiongea na mtandao huu mwenyekiti wa kijiji hicho Bw George Lusambilo alisema"kwa kweli tunaishukuru sana taasisi hii kwa kutuletea msaada huu, kwani tumekuwa tukilala kwa taabu sana, naona kuanzia leo tutalala kwa raha kama watu wengine" pia aliongeza "Ila tu jamani msituchoke, bado tunakumbushia ombi la kujengewa vyoo zaidi kwani idadi yetu na ukilinganisha na vyoo tulivyonavyo kwa kweli ni changamoto, lakini pia tunaomba tupate hata ka zahanati kadogo ili mganga na muuguzi wapate mahala maalum pa kutuhudumia hasa sisi wagonjwa wa ukoma"

Naye afisa ustawi wa jamii mkoa Bw Charles Makoye alisema "kwa niaba ya serikali naishukuru sana tasisi hii ya Better Living Aid kwa jitihada zao za kuboresha maisha ya wakazi wa hapa kijijni na napenda kuchukua nafasi hii kutoa wito kwa makampuni na taasisi nyingine kusaidia kijiji hiki kwani ustawi wa jamii si suala la serikali peke yake bali ni la jamii nzima inayotuzunguka kwani hawa wazee wametoka huko huko katika jamii zetu.

Mratibu wa taasisi ya Better Living Aid ametoa wito kwa makampuni na watu binafsi kuiunga mkono taasisi hiyo katika jitihada zake za kuwajengea vyoo na zahanati wakazi wa kijiji hicho. Vile vile ameeleza dhamira ya taasisi hiyo kutafuta wafadhili ili kujenga zahanati katika kijiji cha Masweya, wilayani Ikungi mkoa wa Singida alisema "Nilipata kufika kijijini Masweya mapema mwaka huu ambako nilipata kujua kwamba wakazi wa hapo hulazimika kutembea km 30 na ushee kwenda kjiji cha Mtunduru kupata huduma za matibabu. Hivyo Better Living Aid itafanya kila liwezekanalo kijiji hicho kipate zahanati japo mdogo ya kuweza kuhudumia wagonjwa wa Malaria nk pia zahanati iweze kutoa huduma kwa wazazi, kitu mambacho kwa sasa hakipo kjijini Masweya. 

Shukurani za dhati ziwaendee Mh Munde Tambwe (viti maalum Tabora), Mh Aden Rageh (Mbunge Tabora mjini) Bibi Joha Masawe, Bi Mtagwa Fundikira, Bibi Jamila Kaimika, Bibi Celina Koka na wanachama wote wa kundi la Better Living Aid Tunashukuru kwa msaada wa hali na mali iliyowezesha kijiji cha Amani kufanyiwa fumigation bila kumsahau mtaalamu Bw Selemani Muhogo wa kampuni ya SILVER ENTERTRADE LIMITED aliyepulizia dawa hiyo.

Baadhi ya magodoro ya wakazi hao yakiwa yametayarishwa kwa kupuliziwa dawa

Bw Muhogo akiandaa mashine ya kupulizia dawa
Hpa akianza kunyunyiza dawa kwenye magodoro

Job DONE

Baadhi ya vyoo vya hapo kijijini


Mzee Hamisi Husseni akisubiri vifaa vyake vitiwe dawa
Badhi ya mizigo ya wakazi wa kijiji hicho
Afisa ustawi wa jamii Bw Charles Makoye akiongea na mkazi wa kijini hapo.

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Mratibu wa taasisi ya Better Living Aid Mkala Fundikira kushoto akiwa na mwenyekiti wa kijiji cha Amani Bw George Lusambilo baada ya zoezi la upulizaji dawa ya kuuwa wadudu kunguni waliokuwa wakwasumbua mno wakazi wa kijiji hicho cha wazee wasiojiweza na waathieika wa ugonjwa wa ukoma.

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