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Volume 4: Issue 16
Report on Fundraising Workshops Organized by Ten/Met and Amka Consult
Shinyanga, Oct 27-30 | Arusha, Nov 17-20 | Dodoma, Dec 7-11 | 2009
Introduction:
The workshops on Strategic Planning
and Fundraising were organized
by Tanzania Education
Network/Mtandao wa Elimu Tanzania
(TEN/MET).
The Shinyanga workshop was
held at the Vijana Roman Catholic
Centre Ngokolo, Shinyanga
from 27th – 30th October 2009
was attended by 20 participants
representing member organizations
of TEN/MET from Shinyanga,
Mwanza, and Tabora Regions, the
Shinyanga Municipal Education
Officer, and the Acting Shinyanga
District Education Officer.
The Arusha workshop was held
at the Rose Garden Hotel, Arusha
from November 17th - 20th, 2009.
It was attended by 22 participants
representing member organizations
of TEN/MET from Arusha, Kilimanjaro
and Manyara Regions, the
Arusha District Education Officer
and two reporters.
The Dodoma workshop was held
at the Christian Council of Tanzania
(CCT), Dodoma from December
7th - 11th, 2009. It was
attended by 11 participants representing
TEN/MET member organizations
from Dar es Salaam,
Dodoma, Coast, Morogoro, and
Ruvuma Regions.
All the workshops followed the
same format and content was
the same.
Day 1 of the workshop
During the morning session, TEN/
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MET secretariet delivered some
welcome remarks; briefed participants
on the structure and objectives
of TEN/MET; explained the
purpose, context and genesis of the
workshop which resulted from a
needs assessment previously conducted
by TEN/MET.
The participants introduced themselves
by name, organization, title,
responsibilities, and personal
aspirations in pairs and elected
the workshop leaders.
A Team of five participants was
selected to raise funds for a cocktail
party scheduled for the last
day of the workshop. Thereafter,
the workshop facilitators explained
the course content and
agenda to the participants who
later listed their key expectations
from the workshop.
During a brainstorming session
and based on their own experiences,
the participants identified
key stakeholders in the education
sector including children, students
and parents; teachers and
decision-makers; government,
SCOs, Faith Based Organizations
(FBOs), development partners
and society at large. They
defined policy as a general guide
on a specific issue that provides
a common direction for all stakeholders.
Day 2 of the workshop
After recarp the workshop facilitators
explained the outline of the
course on fundraising and led participants
to draw up a pictorial card
image of their views on Tanzania’s
education situation. These card images
were presented and discussed
in plenary. The facilitators made
three presentations on ‘Why CSOs
need to raise funds’, ‘the necessary
preparations towards fundraising’,
including going through a
PEST (Political, Economic, Social
and Technological) and SWOT
(Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats) analysis of the
organization, and on ‘how to raise
funds from within the community’.
Between the presentations, participants
were explained how
their CSOs raise fund and the
main sources of funds which included
membership fees and donations
Participants also identified the
parameters defining their organization’s
PEST and SWOT operating
environments. Participants
later identified local and international
potential funding agents
and came up with the list of 88
local and international funding
agencies.
During the afternoon’s facilitation
were on prerequisites of fundraising
from donors.
Day 3 of the workshop:
After recarp the workshop facilitators
presented “Community Fundraising”
and |Raising Funds from
Bilateral, Multilateral and other
Business Organizations, Government
Institutions, and Individuals
- The Funding Proposal”.
Participants identified various