Four thematic areas

1: Disaster Preparedness

Preparedness for Effective Response (PER); is the cyclical approach that has empowered TRCS to become more creative and innovative in the disaster risk management efforts, and contribute to the coordination of national and global response system. TRCS has increased its disaster preparedness stocks, reviewed disaster risk management policy and strategy 2020-2025, equipped the IT unit (in year 2020, TRCS equipped more than 25 Red Cross regional branches with mobile phones, prepaid sim cards, internet router, generators) for time information sharing during preparedness and response actions, and established 24/7 established Emergency Operation Center for information gathering and issuing early warning messages to the branches/volunteers.

Disaster Risk Reduction; TRCS has implemented disaster preparedness projects through Belgium Red Cross Flanders (BRC-F) from 2017 to-date integrating risk reduction initiatives and activities namely; enhanced vulnerability and capacity assessment, risk and safe community mapping, blood donation, multi-purpose cash transfer, First Aid and establishing Branch Disaster Response Team (BDRT).

Community based DRR activities in Kyela dsitrict: Volunteers and villages placed Sand bags along River Songwe bank to reduce speed water, protect river banks to reduce floods at Katumbasongwe ward.

TRCS supported rehabilitation of Maasai earth dam in Kiteto district, now they were engaged to rehabilitate it ready for rain water harvest

2. Early Warning Early Action

Early Warning Early Action; in order to ensure communities acts on-time, TRCS collaborate with Tanzania Meteorlogical Agency to access climate and weather information to keep our communities informed and act on-time in case of eminent hazard/disaster.

 In Kyela district; TRCS has established community early warning system in 18 villages which are frequent affected by floods. The TRCS engaged the communities in the EA system process through community meeting, training of volunteers and community leaders, identification of flood-prone areas and at last instalment of early warning system.

3. Food Security and Livelihood aims;

• to address the food security effects of past recurrent drought events which have left several households in severe vulnerability, in addition to contributing to reducing effects of future shocks and stresses through focused DRR and climate actions at community level.

TRCS distributed maize seed to Maasai community, now witnessing the maize growth.

 

TRCS distributing fodder to Maasai community members, they will use to feed livestock during the rain season

• encouraging savings and access to credit at community level to support livelihoods improvement through establishing Village Community Bank(VICOBA).

The distribution of VICOBA operating equipment’s at Ndaleta and Makame villages

4.Climate Change and Adaptation; Green response: TRCS supported the provision of energy saving cooking kits (wonderbags) to 500 households. This aimed at promoting community-based solutions that reduced use of wood fuel for cooking as well as promoting other benefits such as saving on water used for cooking, and reduced exposure to respiratory infections associated with wood fuel cooking.