Transcript SOCIAL PROTECTION INITIATIVES IN THE COUNTRY & …

Presented at: The SP - PPW, JN CC - 26/11/13
by, Jeanne K. Ndyetabura
Asst Commissioner for Social Welfare
MoHSW
Concepts
 Social Protection
◦ “Social protection” is systems and programs intended
to promote access to essential human needs in the
areas of health, water and sanitation, education and
vocational training, food, housing, and life-and-asset
saving.
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Vulnerable groups
◦ Persons experiencing or at risk of experiencing lack of
basic welfare and protection needs and services
including the Elderly, Persons with disabilities,
destitute families and the most vulnerable children
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(NSGRP II) − identifies social protection (SP) as one of
the key government priorities. It proposes to mobilize
and engage public and private sectors to eradicate the
growing social and economic vulnerability in Tanzanian
Society
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The NSPF hence, is a mechanism by which
stakeholders’ efforts are coordinated and harmonized to
improve the lives of the poor, particularly the most
vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities,
orphans, most vulnerable children, widows, the elderly
and the abject poor.
Coverage in identification of MVC,
• to date 110 Districts have identified MVCs, in 1685 wards
and 8249 villages/mitaa have been covered. A total of
894,519 MVC with 474,095 girls and 420,424 boys have
been identified and provided with basic services. Id. Scale up
continues.
Disability Status in Tanzania
• Results of the 2008 Survey on disability in Tanzania, as
summarised in Tables 2.2 and 2.3, revealed that 7.8 percent
of the population aged 7 years and above had some form of
activity limitation disability.
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Institutional care of Orphans and vulnerable
children
◦ A countrywide assessment conducted in 2012
revealed an existence of 282 children’ homes
housing about 11,216 children (6089 boys and
5127 girls).
◦ Out of the 282 Homes only 112 are registered
and have a licence to operate
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Disability Status in Tanzania
◦ Results of the 2008 Survey on disability in
Tanzania, as summarised in Tables 2.2 and
2.3, revealed that 7.8 percent of the
population aged 7 years and above had some
form of activity limitation disability.
Prevalence is higher on the Mainland (7.8
percent)
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Services provided by the Department of Social
Welfare are guided by various policies, laws and
guidelines namely:–National Aging Policy (2003),
–National Disability Policy (2004),
–National Health Policy (2007),
–National Social Welfare Policy (in final process)
–The Persons with Disability Act, Na. 9/2010
–The Law of the Child Act (2009),
–The Anti - Human Trafficking Act (2008)
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Includes their regulations and implementation
guidelines
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The Department of Social Welfare (DSW), has
mandatory responsibility to provide social welfare and
protection services to the Most vulnerable groups
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Provides most non-contributory services, which range
from healthcare services to income transfer programs
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Collaborate with other key sectors, stakeholders and
LGAs
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The provision of services is structured through three
sections namely; Family, Child Welfare/protection and
ECD; Services to People with Disabilities and the
Elderly; and Juvenile Justice and correctional Services.
So far 2 main recorded social protection programs
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National community based care, support and protection of
most vulnerable children (MVC Programme) Implemented
through its NCPAll
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Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF lll) implemented
through its ‘Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) by
engaging in Public works, Conditional Cash transfers, and
unconditional CTs
Community based and community targeting
and community participatory in Id.
 Potential for scale up to full country coverage
 Targeting the most vulnerable
 Coordinated through a Government system,
strengthening collaboration with other
stakeholders
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To The Elderly and People with disabilities
◦ Institutional care in 17 government owned Homes and 24
private owned homes
◦ Counselling services
◦ Re-integration and reunification with their family
◦ Community based rehabilitation program and resettlement
(about 50 houses built for them)
◦ Educational support to 500 children of the beneficiaries
◦ Formation of Micro-credit groups and provision of seed
money used as a revolving fund - This program implemented
by the DSW in collaboration with ‘German Leprosy and TB
Relief Association
◦ Vocational training for PWDs in 2 Vocational Rehabilitation
Centers
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Exemption in cost sharing health services according to the
National Ageing Policy (2003) and Nat. Health Policy (2007)
To Vulnerable Families
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Destitute Emergence Aid poor and vulnerable families
Counseling and psychosocial support services
Marital counseling, Reconciliation and Mediation.
President’s bounty for triplets
Response to GBV and VAC
Rehabilitation, support, and reintegration of victims of Human
Trafficking
◦ Crisis Intervention and disaster management
◦ CT & CCT through TASAF Productive Social Safety Net to HHs with
identified MVC
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To MVC
◦ Education support
◦ Provision of basic needs – food/nutrition,
shelter, health services, psychosocial support
and counseling
◦ Foster care and adoption
◦ ECD services
◦ Child protection services
◦ Legal support services
◦ Family re-unification
Who are the MVC?:
(The diagram below is intended to help understand the
subset of most vulnerable children)
All Children
Orphans
ChildrenVulnerable
MVC
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Through the situation assessment and various
studies ,major categories of MVC characterised by
sugnificant unmet basic needs:-
They include but are not limited to:
◦ Children living in abject poverty
◦ Children living in elderly-headed households with
◦ Children in households with a disabled or chronically
sick caregiver,
◦ Orphans, chronically ill or children with disabilities
living in households.
◦ Children victims of trafficking or in bonded labor
◦ Children victims of neglect, abuse, violence and
exploitation
◦ Children in prostitution
◦ Children in conflict with
the laws
◦ Displaced children due to
wars and other calamities.
◦ Children in Elderly headed
households
◦ Children living in childheaded households
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The new NCPA is a multi-sectoral social protection
plan covering 2013-17, with great potential for
synergies with PSSN.
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Of particular note in the document (enclosed) are the
various reference s to TASAF, the Plan's emphasis on
Household Economic Strengthening (to enhance
their capacity to care and support their MVC's) as
one of its key strategic pillars, and the criteria used
for defining who must be considered an MVC for the
sake of receiving public assistance as outlined in the
Plan.
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The National Costed Plan of Action (NCPAII) for Most
Vulnerable Children (MVC) is aimed at guiding the
implementation of actions and policies in the next five
years (2013-2017) that aim to enhance the wellbeing of
MVC through preventing and/or reducing the incidences
of risks and the impacts of shocks and protect their rights.
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This is a multi-sect oral plan developed by Ministry of
Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) through the
Department of Social Welfare (DSW) in collaboration with
other line ministries, Development partners and other
stakeholders
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Strengthen the capacity of households and communities
to protect, care and support MVC
Increase access to effective gender responsive child
protection services within a well-resourced child
protection system that has the best interest of the child
at its core
Improve access to and utilization of primary health care
and education and Early Childhood Care and
Development (ECD) services
Strengthen the coordination and leadership, policy and
service delivery environment
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Low budgetary allocation
Critical shortage of Social Welfare Workforce
MVC response is dependent on external financing.
Challenges to re integrate people cared in the institution
because most of them have developed dependency syndrome
The implementation of Universal pension to the all elderly in
Tanzania because of difficulties to identify the age of the
elderly and capacity of the country to finance the big program
before 2015.
Reluctance of families to care for vulnerable groups
Weakening of traditional social protection systems or safety
nets due to effects of globalization and the change of socio
economic policies since early 1990
Adverse increase of household poverty that results in rural –
urban influx of the youth leaving their families and parents
without any manpower and support.
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MOF through the Commissioner of budget to raise the
budget allocation to DSW to enable it carry out its core
functions more effectively
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PMO-RALG,PS-PSM,MOHSW to increase the social
welfare workforce at the Council level.
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Implement Universal pension to all elderly in Tanzania
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MDAs ,NGOs and FBOs which made commitments to
implement NCPA ll to allocate budgets in their MTEFs
to implement their commitments.
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Addressing Social protection initiatives in Tanzania
requires Joint efforts and commitment
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The success depends on availability of adequate
resources both human and financial
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The critical need to address child vulnerability can not
be overemphasised
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Investment in human capital is is investing in future
INVESTING IN CHILDREN IS INVESTING IN FUTURE