tarehe 16 na 17 mwezi wa 10, 2011on October 16th and 17th, 2011

Maadhimisho ya Siku ya Kimataifa ya Kutokomeza Umaskini Uliokithiri

World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty

ATD Dunia ya NneATD Fourth World in Tanzania

tarehe 16 na 17 mwezi wa 10, 2011shughuli ya kijamii katika eneo la Kisanga, wilaya la Kinondoni, Tanzania

Maadhimisho ya Siku ya Kimataifa ya Kutokomeza Umaskini Uliokithiri

World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty

on October 16th and 17th, 2011a community workshop in Kisanga, close to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Sherehe hii iliandaliwa na kamati ya sherehe za Oktoba 17 ya Tanzania, inayoundwa na

This celebration has been prepared by the Tanzanian Committee for October 17th, composed by

Saasita Munema, mwenyekiti (chairman)

Phebiness Mwailienge, katibu (secretary), kutoka / from Tunapenda

Happy Ngonyani kutoka / from Chakuku

Mbaraka Kilima kutoka Kikundi cha Kazi na Maendeleo kutoka Soko la Samaki Ferifrom the Group of Work and Development of the Magogoni Fishmarket

Teddy Mkami kutoka Inukeni Watoto (Wake-up Children)

Rachel and Bwaja kutoka Uwaba – Umma wa wapanda baiskeli Dar es Salaamfrom Uwaba – Federation of bicycle riders of Dar es Salaam

Ramadhani Mwiga kutoka Uwawada – Umoja wa wavuvi wadogo wadogo Dar es Salaamfrom Uwawada – Community of small Fishermen in Dar es Salaam

Hamisa kutoka / from Asmet

Salehe and Bruno kutoka timu ya ATD Dar es Salaamfrom the ATD team in Dar es Salaam

ATD Fourth WorldP.O. Box 61786 Dar es SalaamTanzania

atd.tanzania@gmail.comwww.atd-fourthworld.org/-Kiswahili-.htmlwww.atd-fourthworld.org/-Tanzania,549-.html

Ubia na watu waliokuwa katika ugumu zaidi ni jambo la haki, na sio tu msaada na ukarimu

The partnership with the most disadvantaged people is a matter of justice and dignity, not assistance and generosity

The World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty is celebrated on 17th of October every year in more than one hundred countries around the world. It took place for the first time in 1987: over one hundred thousand people gathered in Paris where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, around the stone where is engraved the sentence you can read on our banners:

"Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty,human rights are violated.

To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty."

This first celebration was at the initiative of the ATD Fourth World International Movement. Since 1992, October 17th is recognised by the United Nations Organisation and is defined in a Report of the UN Secretary-General by these words:

The World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty “represents an opportunity to acknowledge the efforts and struggles of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their concerns heard and a moment to recognise that poor people are in the forefront in the fight against poverty. The participation of the poor themselves has been

Mwaka huu, kama ilivyo kwa kila mwaka, siku chache kabla na baada ya tarehe 17 Oktoba, Jamii ya kimataifa huadhimisha Siku ya Dunia ya kutokomeza umaskini uliokithiri, ambayo huadhimishwa katika zaidi ya nchi mia moja duniani kote.

Siku hii iliadhimishwa kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 1987 mahali ambapo tamko hili limechongwa katika jiwe la kumbukumbu katika Uwanja wa Haki za binadamu na unaojulikana kama Plaza for Human Rights and Liberties ulipo jijini Paris (Ufaransa), tamko ambalo pia unaweza kulisoma katika mabango yetu:-

„Popote pale wanaume na wanawake wanapohukumiwa kuishi katika umaskini uliokithiri haki za binadamu zimevurugwa.

Kuungana pamoja ili kuhakikisha kwamba hizi haki zinaheshimiwa ni jukumu letu sote.“

Maadhimisho haya kwa mara ya kwanza yaliadhimishwa na ATD Dunia ya Nne. Na tangu mwaka 1992 tarehe 17 Oktoba imetambuliwa rasmi na shirika la umoja wa mataifa na kuchapishwa katika taarifa ya katibu mkuu wa umoja wa mataifa kwa maneno haya:

Siku ya kimataifa ya kukomesha umaskini uliokithiri „ilitolewa taarifa ya kukubali juhudi na bidii za watu wanaoishi katika umaskini, ni nafasi kwao na wanapaswa kusikilizwa na wakati wa kutambua kuwa watu maskini wanakuwa katika mstari wa mbele kupambana katika mapambano dhidi ya umaskini. Ushiriki wa

at the centre of the international day celebrations since its very beginning.”

The partnership with the most disadvantaged people is a matter of justice and dignity, not assistance and generosity.

Each October 17th celebration around the world must therefore create an original space where people from different backgrounds can gather together in respect for their diversity, join efforts, learn from one another and build peace.

watu maskini wenyewe inakuwa ndiyo kitovu cha maadhimisho ya siku hii tangu hapo mwanzoni kabisa.“

Ubia na watu waliokuwa katika ugumu zaidi ni jambo la haki, na sio tu msaada na ukarimu.

Kwa hiyo lazima kila Oktoba 17 huadhimishwa kila sehemu duniani. Hutengenezwa sehemu ya uhalisia pale watu kutoka matabaka mbalimbali kuweza kukusanyika pamoja katika kuheshimu tofauti zao mbalimbali ili kuunganisha jitihada, kujifunza kutoka kwa wenyewe kwa wenyewe na kujenga amani.

Shughuli ya kijamii ni nini?

What is a community workshop?

This year we celebrate the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty not only through this small gathering with testimonies, poems, dramas, etc. We also celebrate it through action, organising a community workshop in which some of you already participated yesterday and today. What is a community workshop? There is a short explanation in the latest ATD Newsletter and we are going to read some excerpts.

A community workshop means a day in which all the members of the community are invited to participate: all the members means not only the most dynamic and the most skilled, all the members means also those usually excluded, the handicapped people, those who are not recognised by the community as being part of it... This is not easy to do...

Sometimes when a community project starts, the poorest people don't come, don't participate. They are probably the most concerned, but they think, “I don't have any idea to give, the others are going to make fun of me, to criticise me”. One day a father told one of us, “I'm never associated to this kind of work. Nobody comes up to my home in order to ask me for my help. That is why I don't participate”.

All of us are very different, some are strong and others are weaker, some are good at doing manual work and others at telling stories... But we are equal in the face of human rights which have to be respected for everybody. We are equal in dignity, because we are women and men, whatever our

Mwaka huu tunasheherekea siku ya kutokomeza umaskini uliokithiri si tu kwa kupitia kusanyiko hili dogo la watu kwa shuhuda, mashairi, ngonjera, n.k. Pia tunaadhimisha kwa vitendo kwa kuungana na jamii katika shughuli ya kijamii ambayo kati yenu tayari mmeshashiriki jana na leo. Shughuli ya kijamii ni nini? Kuna maelezo mafupi katika jarida lililopita la ATD na tutasoma baadhi ya sehemu.

Shughuli ya kijamii inamaanisha kuwa, ni kazi ambayo wanajamii wanaalikwa kuishiriki: haimaanishi kuwa ni wale wenye ujuzi tu, wanajamii wote inamaanisha hata wale ambao hutengwa pia, watu walio na ulemavu, wale ambao hawatambuliwi na jamii kama ni sehemu ya jamii na kadhalika. Si rahisi kufanya hivi...

Wakati mwingine miradi ya kijamii inapoanza, watu maskini huwa hawaji, hawashiriki. Wao ndio pengine wanaohusika lakini wanafikiri kuwa: “Sina wazo lolote la kutoa, wengine wananikejeli, kunikosoa”. Siku moja mzazi wa kiume alimwambia mmoja wetu: “Huwa sijihusishi na kazi kama hizi, hakuna anayekuja nyumbani kwangu ili kuomba msaada wangu. Ndio maana sishiriki”.

Sisi sote ni tofauti sana, baadhi yetu ni imara na wengine ni dhaifu, baadhi ni wazuri katika kazi za mikono na wengine kwa kuhadithia hadithi mbalimbali... Lakini sisi ni sawa mbele ya haki za binadamu ambazo zinatakiwa kuheshimiwa kwa kila mtu, pia sisi sote ni sawa katika utu kwa sababu pekee ya kuwa ni wanaume na wanawake bila kujali uwezo na ujuzi wowote tulionao, japokuwa tumekuwa tukiharibiwa

abilities and skills are, even for those of us who have been damaged by a hard life.

Whatever we are doing, does it allow the community to recognise the equal dignity of the poorest of its members?

In some cases, a community workshop is organised to bring a benefit to all the members of the community. However, many people accept to mobilise themselves in order to support, for example their neighbours who are in great difficulties. “It is normal to give priority to the poorest. We did it when the wall of our neighbours' house collapsed after very big rains. We asked friends, people living in the same area and we shared the work with the spirit to help one another. The wall was very quickly rebuilt and everybody was very happy, both the people living in the house and all the participants in the rebuilding.”

na maisha yaliyo magumu sana.

Kivipi tunayoyafanya yanairuhusu jamii kutambua usawa wa kiutu kwa walio maskini kabisa miongoni mwao.

Katika hali fulani, shughuli za kijamii zilikuwa zikipagwa ili kuleta faida kwa wadau wote wa jamii. Hata hivyo, watu wengi sana wanakubali kuhamasishana ili kusaidia shughuli hizo: kwa mfano kusaidia majirani zao ambao wako katika hali ngumu: “Ni kawaida kuwapa kipaombele wote walio maskini sana. Tulifanya hivyo pale ambapo ukuta wa nyumba ya jirani yetu ulipobomoka baada ya mvua kubwa sana kunyesha. Tumewaomba marafiki wanaoishi katika eneo hilo na kushirikiana katika shughuli hiyo tukiwa na ari ya kusaidiana. Ukuta ulijengwa upya kwa haraka na kila mmoja alikuwa na furaha sana, yaani wale wanaoishi katika nyumba hiyo na washiriki wote katika ujenzi wa ukuta wa nyumba hiyo.”

Zamani tulivyokuwa tunasaidiana kulima(Ushuhuda kutoka kwa Bibi Jamali)

In the past we helped each other to farm(Testimony from Bibi Jamali)

I am Bibi Jamali and I am living here at Kisanga. My parents were farmers, they didn't send me to school, but they taught me how to farm.

Some of my children passed away, leaving their own children. So I started to care for them, six grand children are now living with me in my only room. What else was possible? I could not abandon them! To care for them is my commitment. From time to time some people ask me "Why don't you put some of your grand children in an orphanage?" But I am strong and in good health, it is normal to care for them because I am able to do it. Nowadays many people are not ready to care for the orphans even in their own family and find an excuse: finally the children feel rejected and sometimes finish in the street.

I have to get money in order to be able to feed all of them, even though my sons help me when they can do it. I never imagined that I could beg and earn money without working. I work at the quarry of Kunduchi where I break stones. It is far, but I don't have any other solution. In the past I worked at the quarry of Boko but it was further and harder. In our area I think that I am the only person who works at the quarry of Kundunchi. As well I farm in a field I rent at Ruvu close to Bagamoyo. When I come back from there, I give some vegetables to my neighbours. And sometimes they share flour or sugar with me. I participate in our community as everybody: if there is a funeral or other event, I contribute by giving sugar or other thing. Even though I am poor, I am able to share what I get with my neighbours and I am happy

Mimi ni Bibi Jamali naishi hapa Kisanga. Wazazi wangu walikuwa ni wakulima, hawakuniipeleka shule lakini walinifundisha kulima.

Baadhi ya watoto wangu na wakwe zangu wamefariki dunia, na kuniachia watoto wao. Na ndipo nilipoanza kuwahudumia wajukuu sita nakuishi nao katika chumba kimoja. Ningefanyaje ? Nisingeweza kuwaacha ! Kuwahudumia ni juukumu langu. Mara kwa mara watu huwa wananiuliza “Kwani nisiwapeleke baadhi ya wajukuu zangu katika kituo cha kulea watoto yatima?” Lakini ninanguvu na afya nzuri na ni kitu cha kawaida kuwahudumia kwasababu naweza. Sikuhizi watu wengi hawako tayari kuwahudumia yatima hatakama wametoka katika familia moja nakuwatafutia sababu: Mwishowe watoto huhisi kuwa wametengwa na kuishia mtaani.

Sinabudi kutafuta pesa kuwalisha wote, japokuwa watoto wanga hunisaidi pale wawezapo. Kamwe sikufikiria kupata fedha kwa kuomba isipukuwa kwa kufanyakazi. Nafanyakazi ya kugonga mawe machimbo ya mawe Kunduchi, Ni mbali lakini sina jinsi. Zamani nilikuwa machimbo ya Boko lakini ilikuwa ngumu na mbali kwenda. Katika eneo letu nadhani mimi ni mtu pekee ninayefanyakazi katika machimbo ya Kunduchi. Pia nalima nimekodisha kisehemu Ruvu karibu na Bagamoyo. Nikirudi kutoka huko (shambani) nawapa mboga za majani majirani zangu, na maranyingine wananigawia unga na sukari. Nashiriki katika shughuli za kijami kama wengine: kama kunamsiba au tukio lolote nashiriki kwa kuchangia mchele au vitu vingine, japokuwa ni maskini, naweza kuchangia kile nilichonacho na majirani zangu na

with that.

I am strong enough to work in order to allow my grand children to eat. I am proud of my strength. Sometimes people are laughing of me because I rise so many grand children, but I am proud of what I do and I am encouraged by these responsibilities I was given.

Some neighbours were ready to help me for the building of this second room and at the same time they didn't believe that we would be able to go until the end. Some of them reminded me that in the past we were used to helping each other to farm when one was ill for example. It is really important for me to feel that we can do something all together.

ninafuraha kwa hilo.

Ninanguvu za kutosha kufanyakazi kuwawezesha wajukuu zangu kula. Najivunia nguvu zangu. Muda mwingine watu hunicheka kwa kuwa na walea wajukuu wengi, lakini najivunia juhudi zangu na natiwa moyo kwa hili jukumu nililoachiwa.

Baadhi ya majirani walikuwa tayari kunisaidia kujenga hiki chumba changu cha pili na vilevile hawakuamini tungefikia mwisho wa ujenzi. Baadhi yao wamenikumbusha zamani tulivyokuwa tunasaidiana kulima kama mmoja wetu anaumwa (ana matatizo) kwa mfamo. Ni muhimu sana kwangu kuona tunaweza kufanya kitu kwapamoja.

Harakati za kijamii huko Bangui

Community action in Bangui

“Kokoro Boeing in Bangui (RCA) is a very poor neighbourhood: no drinking water, no electricity, no suitable ways for vehicles... Every year from May, when the raining season comes back, the neighbourhood is regularly flooded and some houses collapse. This permanent wetness causes the development of the mosquitoes and of malaria.

After a campaign raising awareness for health, some mamas of the neighbourhood had the idea of cleaning the draining channels and they mobilised their husbands and their sons. Everybody was invited to bring his or her contribution, through money or tools, in order to support the work. This work was a success because very different people agreed to come together: parents, young people and even the city and neighbourhood leaders who encouraged this project. This work together brought improvement for health of all the families and concerned everybody.

The cleaning of several kilometres of channels avoided future floods. It needed a long time for starting the project, but it represents now a positive experience about what is possible through the unity of everybody.”

“Kokoro Boeing ni kitongoji maskini sana huko Bangui (Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati): hakuna maji safi ya kunywa, umeme, barabara nzuri za magari, na kadhalika. Kuanzia mwezi Mei kila mwaka, msimu wa mvua unapoanza, mara zote kitongoji hicho hukumbwa na mafuriko na baadhi ya nyumba hubomoka. Ushahidi huu unaendelea husababisha mwendelezo wa uwepo wa mbu na hatimae ugonjwa wa malaria.

Baada ya kampeni ya kukuza uwelewa juu ya afya, baadhi ya akinamama wa kitongoji hicho walipata wazo la kusafisha mitaro na waliwahamasisha waume zao na vijana wao wa kiume. Kila mmoja alitakiwa kutoa mchango wake wa fedha au vifaa ili kusaidia shughuli hiyo. Shughuli hii ilifanikiwa kwa sababu watu tofauti tofauti walikubali kuja pamoja: wazazi, vijana na hata halmashauri na viongozi wa kitongoji ambao waliutia moyo mradi huo. Kazi hii kwa pamoja ilileta maendeleo kwa afya za familia zote na kugusa kila mmoja.

Usafi wa kilometa za mtaro ulizuia mafuriko ambayo yangetokea hapo baadaye. Ilihitaji muda mrefu sana kuanza mradi lakini sasa inaonyesha uzoefu mzuri kuhusu kinachowezekana kupitia umoja wao.”

Itakuwa si vizuri sana kama sitawaungamkono watu wengine

(Ushuhuda kutoka kwa Hassan Abeid na Hashim)

It would not be very fair not to support the others(Testimony from Hassan Abeid and Hashim)

Hassan and Hashim are both Fishmarket workers.

They explain why they are touched by the situation of this grandmother. For them it is completely abnormal to live with six children in the same room. Hassan Abeid said: “Even in the village, we were able to separate boys, girls and parents. Sometimes it was through non permanent houses, but we could manage.” Both think that it is dangerous to live in an overcrowded house, because of the illnesses but also for other reasons. If this Bibi is obliged to live in such conditions, it means that her life is very tough.

Hashim said: ”I was myself supported very much by different people in my life. Today it would not be very fair not to support the others. I cannot explain why I am ready to commit myself, it is just like that.

Hassan was one of the learners in the first literacy class at the Fishmarket. He knows now how to read and write and he was an active supporter in the next literacy classes. For some months he is part of the birth registration project, because he would like to get a birth certificate for his child. He considers himself as an ATD member who feels responsible to commit with ATD.

Hassan na Hashim wote ni wanafanyakazi katika Soko la Samaki Feri.

Wanatueleza ni kwa nini wao wameguswa na hali hii ya Bibi. Kwao ni kawaida kabisa kuishi na watoto sita katika chumba kimoja. Hassan Abeid alisema: "Hata katika maisha ya kijijini, tulikuwa na uwezo wa kuwatenganisha wavulana, wasichana, na wazazi. Wakati mwingine ni kwa njia ya nyumba isiyo ya kudumu, lakini tunaweza kukabiliana na hali kama hii". Wote kwa pamoja wanafikiri kuwa ni hatari kuishi katika nyumba yenye msongamano mkubwa, kwa sababu ya magonjwa lakini pia kwa sababu nyingine. Kama Bibi huyu anawajibika kuishi katika hali kama hiyo, ina maana kwamba maisha yake ni magumu sana.

Hashim alisema: "mimi mwenyewe niliungwa mkono sana na watu tofauti katika maisha yangu. Leo itakuwa si vizuri sana kama sitawaungamkono watu wengine. Siwezi kueleza kwa nini niko tayari kujitolea mimi mwenyewe,... nadhani iko hivyo.

Hassan alikuwa moja ya wanafunzi katika darasa la muhula wa kwanza kusoma na kuandika Kiswahili katika Soko la Samaki Feri. Sasa anajua kusoma na kuandika na alikuwa msaidizi katika madarasa yaliyofuata ya kujifunza kusoma na kuandika Kiswahili. Kwa muda wa miezi kadha yeye ni sehemu ya mradi wa usajili wa vyeti vya kuzaliwa, kwa sababu alitaka kupata cheti cha kuzaliwa kwa mtoto wake. Hujichukulia kuwa ni mwanachama wa ATD ambaye anawajibu wa kujitolea.

Maisha yangu yalikuwa magumu, maisha yangu bado ni magumu, lakini mimi nina furaha na maisha yangu

(Ushuhuda kutoka kwa Selemani Y Kondo)

My life was hard, my life is still hard, but I am happy with my life(Testimony from Selemani Y Kondo)

My name is Selemani and I work at the Fishmarket of Dar es Salaam. Some days ago I was asked to take part in this community workshop. I agreed immediately, even before knowing for which kind of workshop. Why did I agree? Because I am a human being and I was asked to support another human being. That's all!

I am ready to commit myself in order to ensure human rights be respected. Housing, health, education and some other rights are very important. When I learnt that this grandmother was living in these conditions, I thought that it was unacceptable. Personally I would not be able to live in a so overcrowded room. But which other alternative for her, unless we come together and we support her?

I already participated in October 17th celebration last year. It was a very good day, allowing us to share and to discuss together. It is possible to come together in different ways, even through the physical work of this year.

My life was hard, my life is still hard, but I am happy with my life.

Jina langu ni Selemani nafanyakazi katika Soko la Samaki Feri Dar es Salaam.Siku chache zilizopita niliombwa kushiriki katika warsha hii ya kijamii. Nilikubali mara moja, hata kabla ya kujua aina gani ya warsha. Kwa nini mimi nilikubaliana nao? Kwa sababu mimi ni binadamu na mimi niliombwa msaada kwa binadamu mwingine. Ni hayo tu.

Mimi nikotayari kujitolea mwenyewe ili kuhakikisha haki za binadamu zinaheshimiwa. Makazi, afya, elimu na haki nyengine ni muhimu sana. Wakati nimejifunza kwamba Bibi huyu alikuwa anaishi katika mazingira haya na wajukuu zake, nilifikiri kwamba ilikuwa haikubaliki. Binafsi nisingeweza kuishi katika chumba hicho chenye msongamano mkubwa. Lakini hakuna mengine mbadala kwa ajili yake, isipokuwa sisi kuja pamoja na kusaidiana nae

Mimi nilishiriki katika maadhimisho ya Oktoba 17 mwaka jana. Ilikuwa ni siku nzuri sana, kuruhusu sisi kushiriki na kujadili kwa pamoja. Inawezekana kuja pamoja kwa njia tofauti, hata kwa njia ya kazi ya kimwili kama mwaka huu.

Maisha yangu yalikuwa magumu, maisha yangu bado ni magumu, lakini mimi nina furaha na maisha yangu.

Ushuhuda kutoka kwa wavuvi na wafanya biashara ndogo ndogo wa soko la samaki Feri

Testimony from the fishermen and small-scale traders of the Magogoni Fishmarket

In collaboration with other volunteers worldwide in celebrating this day, we, the stakeholders of the Fishmarket, are against extreme poverty, brought about by unnecessary reasons.

It hurts us on seeing and hearing about those who suffer from living in poverty in their own countries with the ressources they have, simply beause they lack unity, cooperation, solidarity and true love in helping the disadvantaged. The ATD Fourth World Movement has helped us build awareness and start cooperating with them in helping others through the Literacy Program at the Fishmarket. Now, let us, the weak, unite against every reason that leads to unnecessary poverty.

Because:

« Whenever men and women are condemned to live in poverty human rights are violated!! »

It is the right time to stand strong and to make a step with love to help others who are poor. To refute private gain for immoral leaders who should protect our rights, leadership and our ressources anywhere in the world.

The world is one nation and people in it are all friends of ATD Fourth World.

Katika kuungana na wanaharakati wenzetu duniani kuazimisha siku hii, sisi wadau wa soko la samaki la Feri, tunalaani umaskini uliokithiri unaoletwa na yasiyo ya lazima.

Tunaumwa moyoni pale tunaposikia na tunapoona watu wakiteseka kwa kuishi kwa umaskini ndani ya nchi zao na rasilimali zao walizojaaliwa nazo, ati kwa sababu ya kukosa umoja, ushirikiano, mshikamano na upendo wa kweli katika kusaidia wasiojiweza. Harakati za “ATD Dunia ya Nne” kwa kuwa zimetuwezesha kuzinduka na sisi kuanza kushirikiana nao katika kusaidia wengine kupitia “mpango wa kujifunza kusoma na kuandika katika soko la Feri kwa Wadau wake”, sasa wanyonge tuungane kupinga kila sababu za kuwepo kwa umaskini usio wa lazima.

Kwa kuwa:

“Popote pale dunianim wanapohukumiwa watu baina ya mme na mke kuishi kwa umaskini haki za utu na ubinadamu zimekiukwa!!”

Sasa ni wakati muafaka wa kusimama imara na kuchukua hatua ya kufanya upendo kwa kusaidia wengine walio maskini. Kupinga maslahi binafsi kwa wasio waadilifu tunaowapa dhamana ya haki zetu, uongozi na usimamizi wa rasilimali zetu popote pale duniani.

Dunia ni taifa moja na watu wake ni watu wote duniani Marafiki wa “ATD Dunia ya Nne”.

Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka(Mtunzi, Phebiness Peter Mwailenge)

Poverty should never create classes(Poem written by Phebiness Peter Mwailenge)

Greetings are something important in our daily life,so every human gets our greetings, it's not something that rarely comes from our mouths,Poverty should never create classes

Classes should never result from poverty,we need the rich ones to cooperate well,poverty is not shameful, realise it now,Poverty should never create classes

The aim is not to give out money, but to share ideas,facing with determination the other's problems,regardless of politics or qualifications,Poverty should never create classes

Help colleagues who failed to come,poor minded, they have been overwhelmed,care about their pain when it's increasing fast,Poverty should never create classes

When this day reaches, let's join in peace,let's pray to God without rancour in our hearts,put aside the imperfections when we rise together,Poverty should never create classes

Let's avoid violence, a source of poverty,neighbours and brothers, let's love one another in peace,let's not cause bitterness in towns and villages,Poverty should never create classes

Salamu kitu muhimu, katika maisha yetu,Yani kila mwanadamu, hupata salamu yetu, Wala si kitu adimu, kutoka vinywani mwetu,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Usiweke matabaka umaskini daima,Matajiri twawataka, tushirikiane vema,Umaskini sitaka, litambueni mapemaUmaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Lengo si kugawa pesa, ni kupeana mawazo,Tukabili kwa hamasa, ya wenzetu matatizo,Bila kujali siasa, bila kujali vigezo,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Wasaidie wenzio walioshindwa kufika,Maskini wa upeo, wamezidiwa hakika,Jali maumivu yao, kasi ikiongezeka,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Siku hii ikifika tuungane kwa amani,Kasoro pembeni weka, tumuombeni manani,Pamoja tukiinuka, bila kinyongo moyoni,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Tuziepuke vurugu chanzo cha umaskini,Majirani pia ndugu, tupendane kwa amani,Tusipeane machungu, mijini na vijijiniUmaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

This message should reach the palace and parliament,everybody should agree to it, counsellor or president,and our brothers, members of parliament, open their eyes to it,Poverty should never create classes

The ministers, don't close your eyes on it,prick up your ears, listen carefully,save it in your heart and then work on it,Poverty should never create classes

Here's the last verse, we can't continue,we've given you a message, it has reached you,it shouldn't end here, bring it to every corner,Poverty should never create classes

Ujumbe wetu ugonge, ikulu hadi bungeni,Kila mtu asipinge, rais hata diwani,Na ndugu zetu wabunge, macho lifumbulieni,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Mawaziri tazameni, macho msilifumbie,Masikio yategeni, kwa makini msikie,Kichwani yahifadhini, kazi mkayafanyie,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Beti ya mwisho ni hapa, hatuwezi endelea,ujumbe tumeshawapa, umekwisha wafikia,usije ishia hapa, kila kona pelekea,Umaskini daima, usiweke matabaka

Umaskini uliokithiri upo katika nchi tajiri(Ushuhuda kutoka Ireland)

Extreme poverty exists as well in rich countries(Testimonies from Ireland)

As you know extreme poverty exists in rich countries as well as in poor countries. In spite of their economical development, the rich countries continue to exclude some of their members: homeless, jobless, illiterate people, drug users, etc.

Today we would like to bring you some testimonies collected among extremely poor people living in Ireland, a European country.

First Ann-Marie explained how painful it is to be permanently criticised and judged by the people around her:

“What helps me the most is meeting people who don’t judge me, people with who I don’t have to wear a mask, people who have a positive outlook and believe in me.”

Dean and his wife live in the streets of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. Their hope is in a better future for their daughter who is now living in a children's centre.

“I am 28 years old. I have been homeless for 8-9 years. Each night I had to find a place where I could sleep. (…) With my wife our dream is that one day our daughter will be able to go to college, something that we never did.

We hope that she will get her own house and will never be homeless.”

Jane told us her daughter's story, who finds her strength through the responsibility of caring for her

Kamatunavyojua umaskini uliokithiri upo katika nchi tajiri kama ilivyo katika nchi maskini. Japokuwa na maendeleo yao yakiuchumi nchi tajiri zinaendelea kuwatenga baadhi ya washirika wao: Wasio na makazi, wasio na kazi wajinga, watumia madawa nakadhalika.

Leo tunapenda kuwaletea ushuhuda kamili kutoka kwa watu wanaoishi katika umaskini uliokithiri kutoka Ireland barani Ulaya.

Kwanza Ann-Marie anaelezea jinsi anavyoumia kukosolewa na kuhukumiwa mara kwa mara na watu wanaomzunguka:

“Kinachonisaidia sana ni kukutana na watu wasio nihukumu, watu nisio na kinyongo nao nikiwa nao, watu wenye mtazamo wakawaida na nakuniamini”.

Dean na mkewe wanaishi Dublin katika mji mkuu wa Ireland. Matumaini yao ni maisha mazuri ya badae ya mtoto wao anaeishi katika kituo cha kulelea watoto kwa sasa:

“Mimi nina 28, nimeishi bila makazi kwa miaka 8-9, kila usiku nimekuwa nikitafuta sehemu ya kulala.

(...) Mimi na mke wangu ndoto yetu siku moja mtoto wetu atakwenda shule, kitu ambacho sisi hatukupata nafasi hiyo.

Tunatumaini atapata nyumba yake na hatakuwa mtu asiye na makazi.

Jane alitusimulia hadithi ya mwanae wakike, anayepata nguvu kwa jukumu la kutunza watoto wake watano, inatukumbusha

5 children. It can remind us what Bibi Jamali said before.

“I would like to bear witness to my sister Ana. Her youngest one was still a baby when her partner died and she raised five children on her own.

During many years she struggled against poverty and drug addiction and life was tough on her.

I and my partner stayed with her for a while. We were homeless and, in our own ways, we were helping each other the best we could.

What kept her going was her children. She loves them and they were a source of strength for her. Because they stayed with her, she never stopped fighting.”

kama Bibi Jamali alivyotuambia.

Nitapenda kushuhudia dada yangu Ana. Mtoto wake wa mwisho akiwa mdogo kipindi mumewe akifariki na kuwalea watoto watano peke yake.

Kwa miaka mingi amepambana na umaskini madawa yakulevya na maisha yalikuwa magumu upande wake.

Mimi na mume wangu tulikaa nae kwa muda. Tulikuwa hatuna makazi kwa upande wetu lakini tulikuwa tukisaidiana kwa uwezo wetu.

Kilichomtia moyo wa kuendea ni watoto wake. Anawapenda na ni chanzo chake kupata nguvu. Kwasababu wanakaa nae, kamwe hajaacha kupambana.

Tuungane na wengine katika njia itakayoleta nguvu mpya, moyo na matarajio mapya

(Ujumbe kutoka kwa mkurugenzi mkuu wa ATD Eugen Brand)

Dare to reach out to others in ways that will renew our energy, courage and ambitions(Message from Eugen Brand, ATD Director General)

Eugen Brand, Director General of ATD Fourth World, begins his message for October 17th, 2011 with these words: "New walls have been going up around the world. Some are cement walls that make it almost impossible for people to move and to get to know one another." Many obstacles separate people coming from different social or cultural backgrounds and "make it impossible for people to develop the mutual respect needed in order to work toward solutions together.""And yet, faced with these formidable obstacles," some people "open doors, they invite others to gatherings for celebrations where each person is considered worth getting to know, with no one imposing a single way of living or a set of convictions." (…) "Where can we find the energy to build a community where the desire to live together in peace can be stronger than the fear of the “other,” stronger than suspicion of those who live differently, stronger than even the exclusion of those who have no choice but to survive?(…) Day after day, our goal is to build a new shared history: one that is free from false security and one where knowledge, learning and power are no longer the private property of some; but one where those who bear the worst of every crisis are the first to inspire the way forward.(…) This October 17th may we dare to reach out to others in ways that will renew our energy, courage and ambitions."

Eugen Brand mkurugenzi mkuu wa ATD Dunia ya Nne anaanza ujumbe wake wa Oktoba 17, 2011 kwa maneno haya “Kuta mpya zimekuwa zikiendelea duniani kote. Baadhi ni kuta za simenti zisizoruhusu kabisa watu kupita na kujuana wao kwa wao.”

Vipingamizi vingi vinatenganisha watu kutoka jamii na tamaduni tofauti “inafanya watu kushidwa kuheshimiana wanako hitajika kutatua matatizo yao kwa pamoja.”

Na badala yake watu wanakumbana na vikwazo vyenye kutisha,, “Baadhi ya watu “hufungua milango” wakiwakaribisha wengine katika mikusanyiko au sherehe ambapo kila mtu huchukulia kuwa ni watu, wenye thamani ya kupata kujua, bila mmoja kuingiza aina fulani ya maisha au kuwa na dhana fulani.”

“Tutapata wapi nguvu ya kuweza kujenga jamii pale ambapo hamu ya kuishi pamoja kwa amani yaweza kuwa imara bila kuhofia watu wengine”, “Imara zaidi ya hisia za wale ambao wanaishi katika hali tofauti imara kuliko hata wale wenye hali ya kutengwa wasio na jinsi ila kuishi tu?”

Siku hadi siku, lengo letu kujenga historia mpya ya pamoja; ambayo haina kificho ambayo elimu mafunzo na dola si mali ya baadhi ya watu tena; ila wale wanao kumbwa na kila machafuko mazito huwa wa kwanza kuleta mabadiliko.

Hii 17 Oktoba tuungane na wengine katika njia itakayoleta nguvu mpya, moya na matarajio mapya.

Hitimisho

Tunapoungana na kuchukua hatua pamoja, tunakuwa imara vya kutosha kuibadili dunia

Conclusion

When we are united and taking action together, we are strong enough to change the world

The celebration of the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty is almost over. During this day we heard testimonies from Tanzanian people and Irish people. Even though Ireland is a rich country where almost everybody has work, a decent place to live, knows how to read and write, etc, some people are excluded from the rights every person is entitled to and live in extreme poverty. It is the same in all the rich countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United States of America, etc.

It is important that the people of Tanzania are involved in the struggle against poverty. In the future, many Tanzanians may have a better quality of life, but it will not change the fact that there will be some people that will still live in extreme poverty, unless we are willing today to change the relationships we have with the poorest members of our communities.

Today we are together in order to remind us, when we are united and taking action together, we are strong enough to change the world. Most of you are coming from far, Phebiness came from Mbagala, and other people came from Tandale. For everybody, even for people living in and close to Kisanga, the participation in this community workshop and this celebration requested a big effort because nobody receives anything by coming here. More precisely, nobody receives any money, but everybody can gain

Sherehe za Kuushinda umaskini uliokithiri duniani zimefikia ukingoni. Katika siku hii tumesikia ushuhuda toka Tanzania na Ireland. Japokuwa Ireland ni nchi tajiri ambayo karibu kila mmoja anakazi, mahala pazuri pa kuishi,kujua kusoma na kuandika nakadhalika. Baadhi ya watu hutengwa mbali na haki ya kila mtu na huishi katika hali ya umaskini uliokithiri. Ni sawa katika nchi zote tajiri kama Ufaransa, Uiingereza, Uswizi, Marekani na kadhalika.

Ni muhimu kuwa watu wa Tanzania wanajihusisha katika mapambano dhidi ya umaskini.Hapo baadaye, watanzania wengi wanaweza kuwa na maisha bora, lakini haitabaki hali kuwa kuna baadhi ya watu ambao wataishi katika hali ya umaskini uliokithiri, mpaka tutakapokuwa tayari kubadilika, mahusiano tuliyonayo baina yetu na wanajamii walio maskini kabisa katika jamii zetu.

Leo tupo pamoja ili kukumbushana pale tunapoungana na kuchukua hatua pamoja, tunakuwa imara vya kutosha kuibadili dunia. Wengiwenu mmekuja kutoka sehemu mbalimbali, Phebinnes kutoka Mbagala na wengine kutoka Tandale.

Kwa kila mtu, hata kwa wale wanaoishi hapa au karibu na Kisanga, ushiriki wa shughuli hii ya kijamii inahitaji nguvu kubwa kwani hakuna hata mmoja aliyepata fedha kwa kuja hapa. Kwa ufasaha zaidi hakuna anaepata fedha, lakini kila

in courage and strength. We know that we are not alone; other people are committed in their neighbourhoods, in Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania and also in many other countries. We know that we are able to succeed through our unity. We know that when united it is not possible to leave anybody on the side on our journey.

Through the commitment we show to each other on this and every other day throughout the year, we work in order to improve humanity, the relationships between people, the respect and the dignity of everybody, and especially of the most disregarded people in the community. We don't work for allowing everybody to access all the products of modern day life. Modern day life is nice as long as it is not at the expense of a bigger gap between the richest and the poorest people. The Tanzanian people, supported by many NGOs, are trying to increase the infrastructure, health, education, etc., of the country.

This work is useful, but it is not enough. In order to create long lasting change we must act together in the way we have done here today. Together we are committed in this very ambitious vision of changing humanity, creating peace through justice and recognising the dignity of all. Today we have demonstrated that through the unity and commitment of people, and the work we have achieved, this vision can become a reality.

mtu anaweza kupata moyo na nguvu. Tunajua kuwa hatuko pekeyetu, watu wengine hujitolea katika makazi yao hapa Dar es Salaam, nchini Tanzania na pia katika nchi nyingine nyingi. Tunajua kuwa tunaweza kufanikiwa kwa kupitia umoja wetu. Tunajua pia kuwa tunapokuwa wamoja ni vigumu kumuacha yeyote pembeni katika safari yetu.

Kwa njia ya kujitolea tunaonyeshana sisi kwa sisi juu ya hili na kila siku nyingine katika mwaka, tunafanyakazi kuboresha utu, mahusiano baina ya watu, heshima na utu wa kila mmoja na hasa wale wasiothaminiwa katika jamii. Hatufanyikazi kuwezesha kila mmoja aweze kuwa na mahitaji yote ya maisha ya kisasa. Maisha ya kisasa ni mazuri ilimradi kusiwe na matumizi makubwa ambayo yatalea tabaka kati ya watu matajiri na maskini.

Watu wa Tanzania husaidiwa na taasisi nyingi zisizo za kiserikali, wanajaribu kuongeza miundombinu, huduma za afya, elimu na kadhalika nchini.

Kazi hii ni mzuri lakini haitoshi. Ili kuleta mabadiliko yenye kuendelea tuchukuwe hatua kwa pamoja kwa njia ambayo tumeiandaa na imezinduliwa leo hii. Kwa pamoja tunawajibika katika niya ya mtazamo wa kubadili utu, kujenga amani kupitia haki na kutambua utu wa watu wote. Leo tumeweza kuonyesha kupitia umoja na kujitoa kwa watu na kazi tuliyoifanya tumefanikiwa, dhana hii inaweza kuwa kweli.