SEMINAR SCHEDULE AND READING LIST

2015 TANZANIA STUDY ABROAD

The Role of NGOs in Development

Course Schedule

Date / Day / AM Loc / PM Loc / AM Event / PM Event / Evening
28-May / Thur / ORD-AMS / Traveling / Traveling
29-May / Fri / AMS-JRO / Arusha / Traveling / Catholic Hostel
30-May / Sat / Arusha / Arusha / CBHCC, East Africa Ceramics / Mwangaza Teachers Center / Debriefing Seminar
31-May / Sun / Arusha / Musoma / Driving to Musoma / Settle into Epheta
1-Jun / Mon / Musoma / Musoma / Language Training / Seminar
2-Jun / Tues / Musoma / Musoma / Language Training / Free Time
3-Jun / Wed / Musoma / Musoma / Language Training / Seminar
4-Jun / Thur / Musoma / Musoma / Language Training / Free Time
5-Jun / Fri / Musoma / Musoma / Language Training / Dinner
6-Jun / Sat / Musoma / Musoma / Free Time / Free Time
7-Jun / Sun / Musoma / Musoma / Free Time / Tour of Musoma (including Public Library) / Greet TDS volunteer group
8-Jun / Mon / Musoma / Musoma / UMABU Board / School Board / Seminar
9-Jun / Tues / Musoma / Musoma / Project Work / Project Work / Free Time
10-Jun / Wed / Musoma / Musoma / Microfin NGOs / Microfin Borrowers / Seminar Discussion
11-Jun / Thur / Musoma / Musoma / Project Work / Project Work / Free Time
12-Jun / Fri / Musoma / Musoma / Rukuba Island Trip / Seminar Discussion
13-Jun / Sat / Musoma / Musoma / Chamber of Commerce or Jipe Moyo / Lake Victoria Disability Center and Rosella Winery / Free Time
14-Jun / Sun / Musoma / Musoma / Optional Mass and Free Time / Nyerere Museum / Seminar
15-Jun / Mon / Musoma / Serengeti / Serengeti Safari
16-Jun / Tues / Serengeti / Musoma / Serengeti Safari
17-Jun / Wed / Musoma / Musoma / Project Work / Project Work / Free Time
18-Jun / Thur / Musoma / Musoma / Local Govt / Community Alive / Seminar Discussion
19-Jun / Fri / Musoma / Musoma / Project Work / Project Work / Farewell dinner and Independent Study Presentations
20-Jun / Sat / Musoma / Dar es Salaam / Departure to Mwanza airport by bus / Mixer with U of Dar es Salaam students, check-in at research flats / Nyegina Secondary School Alumni Reception
21-Jun / Sun / Bagamoyo / Dar es Salaam / Tour of Bagamoyo / Return to Dar es Salaam
22-Jun / Mon / Dar / Dar / Seminar with Haki Elimu / Government officials / Free Time
23-Jun / Tues / Dar / Stone Town, Zanzibar / Ferry to Zanzibar, Check-in to Zenji Hotel / Tour of Slave Market and National Museum / Free Time
24-Jun / Wed / Stone Town / Stone Town / Local government officials, COWPZ / Museum / Free Time
25-Jun / Thur / Stone Town / Stone Town / Spice Tour and Beach
26-Jun / Fri / Stone Town / Nairobi / Free Time / Course ends, depart for airport
27-Jun / Sat / Amsterdam / Chicago / Traveling / Traveling

*Many of the organizations we will be visiting have websites. In addition to the readings, it may be helpful to browse the websites for a better understanding of the organization’s histories.

CBHCC http://cbhcc-tz.org/

East Africa Ceramics http://www.swcea.org/

Mwangaza Center http://www.mwangazapartnership.org/

UMABU http://umabu.org/history

Lake Victoria Disability Centre http://lakevictoriadisabilitycentre.org/

HakiElimu http://hakielimu.org/

Readings List

Date / Day / Seminar / Required Readings (All) / Required for Graduate Students; Recommended for Undergraduates / Recommended Readings (All)
MAY
30 / Sat / Community Based Health Care Council; H2O Filter / Unequal Burden: Water Privatisation and Women's Human Rights in Tanzania; Connecting Northern Tanzania; East Africa Court Blocks Serengeti Highway; Pristine Wilderness Under Threat From Massive Road-Building Projects; (YouTube) Eco-Scan: The Serengeti Road Dispute; Tanzania's Serengeti Appeal Rejected / Are Our Children Learning?
JUNE 1 / Mon / Evening Seminar / Why Africa Matters Book
3 / Wed / Evening Seminar / Why Africa Matters Book
8 / Mon / UMABU Board / The National Policy on NGOs; UMABU Profile; UMABU Strategic Plan; The “Tricky Business” of Dual-use School Community Libraries- A Case Study in Rural South Africa / NGO Work in Tanzania Highlights of Relevant Facts, Policies and Laws; / The NGO's Act; Mara Profile; For Poor Nations a Library Service Is Vital”: Establishing a National Public Library Service in Tanzania in the 1960s; Libraries in South Africa; Militants, Mothers and the National Family
School Board / Are Our Children Learning?; The Nyegina Secondary StratPlan; Nyegina Secondary School's Strategic Plan; Education System in Tanzania: Challenges and Prospective; Strengthen Quality of Girl Secondary Education in Bukwaya Area in Musoma Tanzania; National Exam Disaster; Pass Rates in Primary School Leaving Examination in Tanzania
Evening Seminar / Why Africa Matters Book
10 / Wed / MFI-NGOs / The Microfinance Promise / The Microfinance Schism; Market Research and Client-Responsive Product Development; Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Creating Opportunities for Women; Chapter 1 / Policy, Regulatory and Supervisory Environment for Microfinance in Tanzania
Micro-Finance Borrower's Groups / Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Creating Opportunities for Women; Chapter 4; Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania (PDF)
Evening GRADUATE Seminar Discussion (Open to everyone) / Jennings (Book)
Date / Day / Seminar / Required Readings (All) / Required for Graduate Students; Recommended for Undergraduates / Recommended Readings (All)
JUNE
13 / Sat / Jipe Moyo and Chamber of Commerce / Working with girls living on the streets in East Africa: professionals’ experiences; / Agroforestry as a solution to poverty in rural Tanzania. Lessons from Musoma Rural District, Mara Region, Tanzania / Family Perceptions in caring for Children and Adolescents with Mental Disabilities: A Qualitative study in Tanzania; Constructing Epilepsy: Images and Contexts in East Africa, Chapter 12
Lake Victoria Disability Center and Rosella Winery / Disability and Culture (1984), Chapter 5; Who Sinned? Parents' Knowledge of the Causes of Disability in Tanzania
Evening Seminar
18 / Thur / Local Government / Intergovernmental Relations (Chart); Local Government; From the Global to the Local? Governance and Development at the Local Level: Reflections from Tanzania / USAID Comparative Assessment of Decentralization in Africa- Tanzania In-Country Assessment Report, pg. 1-57 / The Influence of HIV/AIDS on Community-Based Rehabilitation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Com. Alive/Women's Health / Living PositHIVely in Tanzania: The Global Dynamics of AIDS and the Meaning of Religion for International and Local AIDS Work
Date / Day / Seminar / Required Readings (All) / Required for Graduate Students; Recommended for Undergraduates / Recommended Readings (All)
20 / Sat / Education Officials / Education and Economic Development in Africa / Education Sector Analysis / Education and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam University Mixer
22 / Mon / HakiElimu / HakiElimu 2012 -2016 Strategic Focus in Brief; Advocating the Right to Education in Tanzania; Friends of Education in Tanzania; An Inalienable Right to Read"- Unesco's Promotion of a Universal Culture of Reading and Public Libraries and Its Involvement in Africa, 1948-1968; / For Poor Nations a Library Service Is Vital”: Establishing a National Public Library Service in Tanzania in the 1960s
24 / Wed / Local Government / USAID Comparative Assessment of Decentralization in Africa - Tanzania In-Country Assessment Report, Appendix 6: Decentralization Reforms in Zanzibar / Beyond polarity in Zanzibar? The ‘silent’ referendum and the government of national unity
Catalyst for Women Progress in Zanzibar / Roles of African Women in Tanzania (PDF); Special Seats for Women in the National Legislature- The Case of Tanzania