Urban Poverty & Climate Change in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION
Name of the Area/Mtaa -------------------------------------
Name of the River System…………………………………………
Sex of Respondent ……………………………………………………
Total years lived in the area………….. since year ……………
1. To discuss the history of the settlement/locality
2. People’s major livelihood activities, how they are organized
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3. Socio-economic facilities that exist in the area (health facilities, markets, banks,
waste tipping sites, drinking water supply, cooperative unions, schools etc) and
distances/locations; costs (if any) for payment for services facilities.
4. Problems are associated with the facilities.
5. Waste collection: how is it organized and forms of contribution if any?
6. Land tenure and land acquisition. How is land acquired, cost of land, problems
related to land ownership and management.
7. Main ranked problems faced in the area, main causes and effects, how these are
solved, who assists and how. What is the GVT and people’s contribution?
8. Progress in solving the ranked problems. What else could be done if the problems
mentioned continue?
9. Depth of poverty in the area, its categorization (wealth classes indicators) and its
facilitating/inhibiting factors.
10. Common diseases that are prevalent in the area
11. People’s perception of their environment. What perceptions do they hold
regarding the environmental and social conditions they live in? What solutions are
available (policy, strategy, structural organization, legal issues for law
enforcement)?