MAMA SHUJAA WA CHAKULA, MAISHA PLUS AND NMB SPONSORSHIP

 Ofisa Mtendaji wa NMB, MARK WIESSING akizungumza kuhusu udhamini wa Sh milion 50 wa benki ya NMB kwenye Programu ya Mama Shujaa wa chakula ambayo itarushwa kwenye kipindi cha Maisha Plus. Kushoto ni Mkurugenzi Mkazi wa Oxfam, Monica Gorman.

 Mkurugenzi Mkazi wa Oxfam, Monica Gorman akizungumz wakati wa mkutana na waandishi wa habari leo.

 Mkurugenzi wa Maisha Plus, Masoud Ally akizungumza na waandishi wa habari leo

“Mama shujaa wa chakula” is an Oxfam design campaign launched in 2011, in Tanzania and rolled out in more than 10 countries in the world.  Mama Shujaa wa Chakula is designed to empower, inspire and support women and youth in food production sector by recognizing women’s contributions and increasing their visibility. The Mama Shujaa wa Chakula also known as Female Food Hero (FFH) award is meant also to serve as an instrument through which the contributions of women in the fight against poverty, hunger and joblessness can be recognized. As the world now faces both an access, distribution and a production challenge, many ordinary people feel depressed, guilty and powerless about these issues. Mama Shujaa wa Chakula is a creative way to make people feel passionate about solving the problems, inspired by our vision for a different future, and empowered to be part of achieving it.

This year Mama Shujaa wa Chakula in Maisha Pluscreativelywill bring together producers and consumers into the debates around the nature of the food system and the need to ensure food justice for all in a resource constrained world. By profiling the type of individual food producers and modeling the best small scale producer investment needed, we highlight what we mean by food justice. In this way, we can build demand for an enabling environment.

As a kick off to the project, the launch was held in Iyenge village, followed by distribution of entry forms across the country. More than 6000 forms were received from 22 regions in Tanzania. Out of all 6000, panel of 7 judges had tough week in choosing the top 15 who will be opening and living in Maisha plus village for two weeks before the youth take over. Below are the names of the 15 finalists and the regions they come from.