Cover Letter
RE: Human Rights Matters Intervention
Dear,
I am pleased to present this grant proposal for your assessment. I am eager to create a sustainable partnership with you in the guarding of individuals human rights in Africa particularly in Tanzania at a practical level. The Human Rights matters program seek to not only establish but protect individual’s rights from being infringed in any manner particularly for the vulnerable groups. The goal of this program is to offer voluntary services that seek to collaborate with the local communities, teaching and also assisting them in the recognition their pers, on rights and the basic rights of every human being. In addition, the rights of the marginalized groups such as gay, women, and children will not be abandoned. In other words, the intervention is not only seeking to create awareness and familiarity regarding the issue of human rights but also to increase individuals understanding which will, in turn, enhance wellness.
In the last six months, I was personally piloting the intervention program with a small group of people with the right,s infringement vulnerability such as sexuality, gender, and age. These groups were represented by women, gays, and children in respective. Through the process, drastic potential has been observed in terms of increasing the individuals understands of basic rights. The Human Rights Matters program offers the Tanzanian community with access to human rights information in addition to consistent training on related matters.
Measurable success has been achieved and I am now seeking for an expansion of the program to act on the ground in addressing human rights problems in Tanzania. This proposal requests an $8000 American dollars funding. The funds will be used in catering for the training expenses, research and buying the needed materials.
I appreciate the government concerns and interest in assisting the vulnerable groups to develop an adequate understanding of human rights through Human Rights Matters program. It is without a doubt that basic human rights remain to be a severe and most devastating issue among the underdeveloped African countries such as Tanzania. If further details about the proposal are needed, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
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Grant Proposal
- Background and Justification of the Project
Human rights violation has been a controversial topic of public debate for the longest period, particularly in Africa. At the hands of the powerful individuals, millions of people have been subjected to oppression and rights infringement. It is without a doubt that Africa has remained at the top of the controversy since most individuals are not fully informed of their rights or they lack the opportunity to acquire related insights. Human rights infringement is a major issue in Tanzania similar to other nations within Africa (Borgen Project, 2017). In the recent years, those that protect human rights in the country have barred the predisposition that neglects the defilement of human rights in the nation on the ground of maintaining peace and calmness. It is widely known that albinos, women, children, and guy are the most affected. With respect to the issue of human rights destruction in Tanzania, thousands of children have been killed in series due to the belief that they are a product of witchcraft (Mhegera, 2010). However, this matter has for the longest period been handled with calmness even though the affected persons are offered zero to minimal protection. Sexual orientation, gender, and age are also some of the leading factors that determine the level of violation. The defilement of individual’s rights is more intense than ever imagined because they are not reported in the media. The ignorance that violations occur in the country is mainly driven by the fact that the media does not report of their occurrences. This proposal is seeking a funding grant to provide assistance to vulnerable individuals by creating awareness and enhancing their understanding regarding human rights. The vulnerable groups are presently are living in an oppressive setting due to their weaknesses when equated to their peers. The aim of the intervention is to assist these groups to not only understand their rights but also the appropriate measures to adopt in case a violation occurs to a point that harmony is achieved.
This proposal is directly related to different national development policies and approaches that not only seek to promote peace but to also protect every individual. The country through its statutory provision acknowledges that the marginalized groups particularly women, disabled people, and children deserve to be protected more when compared to the rest of the population. In this, several policies that seek to guard people against gender or age-based discernment have been provided even though not much success has been achieved. Those that are found guilty from the legal perspective of conducting crimes that work against humanity are sentenced and punished as provided by the constitution. There are a number of activist programs that seek to guard individual’s rights and protecting those that have been affected or are at the risks of the violation (Mhegera, 2010). Such programs will be completing the objectives of the proposal by not only creating awareness regarding their rights. In that even though much raining will be offered to the community, the understanding will be essential in promoting the need for the formulation of more strategic approaches.
The need of this proposal was identified based on the ground that despite the fact that much of violations have been taking place in the country, the reporting has been low which tends to encourage the conduct (Borgen Project, 2017). Also having been born in the country I understand the situation better. The intended beneficiaries being the marginalized groups were involved in the pilot test which helps in the identification of the persisting issues and planning on how the intervention program can be helpful. The concerned governmental offices will offer funding assistance for the intervention to be successful. The funds will be utilized in the hiring of qualified staffs who will be providing training to the communities on daily basis but in a different setting. Financial and human resources along the provision for training resources such as computers for storing information and researching will be needed. Without such materials from the government then the program will not be successful. Based on studies, the single most essential and powerful resource in reference to individual’s learning success is dependent on accessibility to materials (Merry, 2006). Since the program seeks to create awareness and a positive difference hiring knowledgeable staffs with adequate materials is a necessity.
- Objectives of the Project
Developmental Objectives
People regardless of their differences should be provided with adequate and equal opportunities to participate in the development of a country. Based on the anti-discrimination policies and activist programs that seek to guard the vulnerable groups the program will be essential in enhancing their ability to achieve the objective. The focus is therefore to stir a nationwide dialogue with regard to the existing issues against humanity. The program, therefore, aims to ensure that equal opportunities are provided to every member of the society by informing them of their rights and encouraging them to rise and fights for equality. It has been established that the lack of insights as well as the high illiteracy level is the major contributors of the issues. Most of those that have been defiled of their rights find it rather challenging to rise up and demand changes. Thus those in power tend to take advantage of the issues since the common citizens are vulnerable to such abuse (Merry, 2006).
Immediate Objectives
The most immediate objectives are to create awareness among the beneficiaries which refers to the Tanzanian community. By informing those of the ongoing violations and allowing those to familiarize with the issue then the objective of empowerment will be achieved. The objective here, is to increase their knowledge regarding human rights and particular for the individuals that are disadvantaged with regard to gender, age, sexuality, disability or age. It is expected that through the program thousands of persons can be reached on daily basis. The outcome will trigger the rising of more grounded debates regarding the situation which in addition to creating awareness will result in the creation of more protection for the groups. The aim is to create a comfortable and encouraging setting that does not discriminate or violate any individual’s rights despite the existing differences in general.
III. Expected results of the project
Expected Project Results
This objective anticipates creating awareness and understanding of the ongoing human rights defilement in Tanzania. The intervention contributes directly to the main concepts that seek to improve the life of the vulnerable groups by providing them with the opportunity to gain knowledge and practical experience. The community is likely to acquire the most benefits since the country comprises a significant populace of the marginalized groups. Through the program will not only be providing knowledge through training but also exposing the participants to the occurrence of violation based on real experiences. In other words, the intervention seeks to solve the knowledge burden in a more practical setting. People tend to lose interest in something in cases that they have minimal information or understanding. Thus, by increasing their understanding, the willingness to fight and join forces towards change will be increased. By the end of the program, it is anticipated that also the government will be ready to amend the existing communal based strategies and policies to promote wellness.
Project Activities and work plan
The overall intervention will incorporate activities such as training, educative campaigns and community interactions. The program will kick off with a 10 days interaction mission that will seek to create lasting relations and acceptance from the communities. After educative campaigns that will mainly be taking place in rounds across the country will be carried out during the weekends while training will be on daily basis for the next two and a half months. Through an 8,000 dollars budgets, the activities will be well supported for the period. The mission is to create change by promoting wellness while increasing familiarity with the issue.
Project Beneficiaries
Those that will benefit from this program are the marginalized and underrated groups such as disabled, women, gay and children particularly those that are born with albinism. It is without a doubt that these people have suffered for the longest period without gaining and reliable assistance. Through the program, they will not only get to understand their rights but also how to be part of guarding these rights consistently. The beneficiaries will be playing part in the provision of necessary information about the issues and acting as the participants.
Implementing Agent Management of the Project
As the founder, I will be in charge of planning and coordination of the activities to ensure that everything runs as needed. However, all the hired staffs will be satisfying the needs of various roles such as training and operations management. Also, budgeting has to be done by the respective managers who will be selected on the basis of qualification and reliability. Different roles such as marketing will be conducted a month prior to the initiation of the project to ensure that the community is fully aware of the objectives of the project and its focus. The arrangement that will seek to ensure that effective management and coordination is there, is through partnering with governmental organizations and departments to offer human resource assistance. Once the current phase of assistance which will be in Zanzibar is completed the project will expand to other parts within the set budget.
- Project Implementation and Management
In order to ensure that the program will be successful a pilot test that lasted for six months was carried out although on an online platform. The fact that the test went on well indicates that with all the needed resources and adequate coordination this project will also be successful. Operations will be monitored on daily basis by the respective supervisions to determine their success, strengths, and faults. In addition, the program will mainly begin within a limited phase that will be in Zanzibar which makes it easy to assess the progress. Personally, I will be responsible for the creation of periodic project progress, while in every training ground the supervisors will be drafting reports that will be used as the ground for budgeting and accounting for the program’s progress.
References
Borgen Project. (2017). Violations of Human Rights in Tanzania. The Borgen Project. Retrieved from: https://borgenproject.org/human-rights-in-tanzania/
Merry, S. E. (2006). Transnational human rights and local activism: Mapping the middle. American anthropologist, 108(1), 38-51.
Mhegera, E. (2010). Human Rights Violation Exists In Tanzania. Retrieved from: http://www.shout-africa.com/top-story/human-rights-violation-exists-in-tanzania/
