Friday, February 19, 2016



       TIPS ON HOW TO LOOSE WEIGHT

Step 1 – Eat Protein, Fat and Vegetables
Each one of your meals should include a protein source, a fat source and low-crab vegetables. Constructing your meals in this way will automatically bring your crab intake into the recommended range of 20-50 grams per day.



             

Protein Sources:
  • Meat – Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, bacon, etc.
  • Fish and Seafood – Salmon, trout, shrimps, lobsters, etc.
  • Eggs – Omega-3 enriched or pastured eggs are best.

Step 2 – Lift Weights 3 Times per Week


You don’t need to exercise to lose weight on this plan, but it is recommended.
The best option is to go to the gym 3-4 times a week. Do a warm up, lift weights, then stretch.
If you’re new to the gym, ask a trainer for some advice.
By lifting weights, you will burn a few calories and prevent your metabolism from slowing down, which is a common side effect of losing weight (14, 15).
Studies on low-carb diets show that you can even gain a bit of muscle while losing significant amounts of body fat (16).
If lifting weights is not an option for you, then doing some easier cardio workouts like running, jogging, swimming or walking will suffice.




Step 3- Drink green tea

Get this: When a recent study compared the metabolic effect of green tea (in extract) with that of a placebo, researchers found that the green-tea drinkers burned about 70 additional calories in a 24-hour period. If you can believe it, those 70 calories a day add up to a total of 7.3 pounds of fat a year! It's not magic, it's science: Researchers believe the difference is caused by metabolism-enhancing antioxidants known as catechins, which are found in green tea.




     



Step 4-drink water
 You've heard it before, and you'll hear it again. That's because drinking 64 ounces of water daily is one of the easiest ways to speed up weight loss. Your body needs water in order to efficiently metabolize stored fat. When you shortchange your supply, you're likely to slow down that process, meaning it's more difficult for you to burn calories. An easy eight glasses a day (at least!) will keep your system running smoothly.
       





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STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SERVICES AT SUA-SMC CAMPUS



Accommodation services are coordinated by the Sokoine University of Agriculture Students Accommodation Bureau (SUASAB).Since the accommodation facilities are not adequate, SUASAB has devised a prioritization system for allocating room to students. The accommodation is managed by SUASAB as described sokoine universuty of agriculture accomodation buraue

STUDENT SECURITY ISSUES AT MAZIMBU CAMPUS



SECURITY ISSUES AT SOLOMON MAHLANGU MAZIMBU CAMPUS (SMC)
After a prolonged insecurity incidences (theft and robbery) to students at Mazimbu Campus, the students ‘government (SUASO) provided the following alert announcement.
                                          
MATUKIO KWA WANAFUNZI + MAAZIMIO YA BUNGE NA SERIKALI YA WANAFUNZI SUASO

NI SIKU CHACHE MATUKIO YAFUATAYO YAMETOKEA KTK CAMPUS YA MAZIMBU

1. TUKIO LA KWANZA, TAREHE 06/12/2015 MUDA WA SAA TATU NA NUSU USIKU (3:30 USIKU) MWANAFUNZI MWENZETU ALIVAMIWA NA KUKATWA PANGA KICHWANI AKIWA ANATOKA KUSOMA ANKIELEKEA NJE YA CAMPUS (HOSTEL ZA NJE ALIKOKUWA AMEPANGA). ENEO LA TUKIO NI MUEMBE WA PILI KUELEKEA NJE YA CAMPUS BAADA YA GETI KUBWA (FREEDOM BRIDGE), KWA MAELEZO YAKE NI KWAMBA ALIKUWA AKIFUATILIWA NA WATU WATATU NYUMA TANGU ANAONDOKA CHUONI, ALIPOVUKA GETI WATU HAO WALIONGEZA MWENDO NA KUANZA KUMTISHIA KWA KAULI ZA KUMTAKA ASIMAME, ALIPOJARIBU KUKIMBIA WALITOKEA WATU WATATU WENGINE KWA MBELE, ALIPOJARIBU KUKATA KONA KUTAFUTA NAMNA YA KUJIOKOA WALITOKEA WATATU WENGINE BARABARA IENDAYO KUSHOTO BAADA TU YA MUEMBE WA PILI, HIVYO KWA MAELEZO YAKE ALISEMA NI KUNDI LA WATU ZAIDI YA WANANE (8), WALIMKIMBIZA WAKAMKAMATA NA KUMNYANGANYA SIMU YAKE YENYE THAMANI YA SHILINGI 175,000/=, PAMOJA NA PESA ZA KITANZANIA SH. 58,000/=, KTK KUJARIBU KUTAKA KUJIHAMI NDIPO WALIPOAMUA KUTUMIA SILAHA/PANGA NA KUMPIGA NALO KICHWANI. BAADA YA TUKIO ALIJIKONGOJA NA KUOMBA MSAADA KTK MAKAZI YALIYOKUWA KARIBU NA ENEO HILO, NDIPO ALIPOPATA MSAADA KWA WASAMALIA WEMA NA KUPELEKWA MAZIMBU HOSPITALI KWA MATIBABU, KWA SASA ANAENDELEA VIZURI, HIVYO MKIPATA MUDA MKAMSALIMIE, TUNAAMINI MUNGU ATAMSAIDIA.

2. TUKIO LA PILI, TAREHE 07/12/2015 MUDA KATI YA SAA TATU KAMILI NA SAA TATU NA NUSU USIKU (3:00 - 3:30 USIKU) MWANAFUNZI MWINGINE ALIVAMIWA NA KUPIGWA NA NONDO MKONONI PAMOJA NA KUPORWA SIMU YAKE. ENEO LA TUKIO NI KARIBU NA KIDARAJA KIDOGO CHA UNIT SIX/KARIBU NA TRANSFORMER, AMBAPO ALIKUWA AKITOKEA UNIT 6 (BWENINI) KUELEKEA DARASANI KUJISOMEA NDIPO KIBAKA/MWIZI ALIMVAMIA NA KUMPORA SIMU, KTK KUTAFUTA NAMNA YA KUIKOMBOA SIMU YAKE NDIPO MWIZI/KIBAKA HUYO ALITOA NONDO NA KUMPIGA NAYO MKONONI KISHA KIBAKA YULE AKATEMBEA KAMA MITA 5 NA PIKIPIKI IKAWASHWA NA KUONDOKA (INAMAANISHA VIBAKA WALIKUJA NA PIKIPIKI NA WALIKUWA WAWILI), NDIPO WANAFUNZI WENGINE WALIJITOKEZA NA KUMCHUKUA MWENZETU KUMPELEKA MAZIMBU HOSPITALI, SASA ANAENDELEA VIZURI NA KARUHUSIWA PIA SI MBAYA KUMTEMBELEA NA KUMPA POLE.


3. TUKIO LA TATU NI LA MWANAFUNZI WA DIT KWA JINA TUNAMUHIFADHI, KUPORWA SIMU MAENEO YA KIBAO CHA UNIT 4 NA VIBAKA WALIOKUWA NA PIKIPIKI KISHA KUTOKOMEA, TUMSHUKURU MUNGU HAKUJERUHIWA.

SASA BASI BAADA YA KIMYA KUTANDA KWA SIKU HIZO CHACHE WAKATI WANAFUNZI WAKIENDELEA KUSUBIRI NA KUONA NI HATUA GANI ZINACHUKULIWA NA SERIKALI YA WANAFUNZI SUASO DHIDI YA HATMA YA USALAMA NA MAISHA YAO, JIONI YA LEO TAREHE 09/12/2015 BUNGE LA WANAFUNZI PAMOJA NA SERIKALI YA WANAFUNZI WAMEKAA KIKAO CHA DHARURA KUJADILI MATUKIO HAYO NA KUAMUA MAAZIMIO YAFUATAYO;




Flowing the   Incidence and the announcement different groups who are direct and indirect involved in the scenario have provided their suggestions and opinions.
Students
Students both in campus and off campus explain that geographical and organizational arrangements in Mazimbu are the key factor for insecurity to students. They argue that Mazimbu campus is direct linked to nearby villages, farms and streets through open routes passing in the campus. Farmers and villages pass through the campus with minimum control by security officers, this increases the chance for thieves and robbery people to get access to students. There is only one gate which control entrance to the compass but in fact there are many informal routes which pass through the campus and these are the suspect that are the one being uses by robbery and thieves to enter in the campus. Unit six to Lukobe, Unit four to Ugala village and SUA farms, Mazimbu hospital to Lukobe, Tabora to Mazimbu B, Ugala, SUA farms, Ilala street road are all free routes through which any person can use freely. 
Students explain that the organizational arrangements is another factor contributing to the increase of robbery and theft action in the campus. The in fracture arrangements favors the robbery and theft actions in the compass. There is no lights along all roads which connect the units and in some corridors and along the Mazimbu to town road (from hospital to the bridge) the compass, hence this creates friendly environment for thieves and robbery to easily fulfill their missions against students. Students further complain that the security officers (auxiliary police) don’t play their roles efficiently as some incidences have occurred in their area of control (Unit six and Unit four) and they have failed to monitor the movement of “bodaboda” who are first accused for these actions. Most of them sleep in the work place and do not make some movements to monitor their areas.
Bodaboda are the one accused students for theft and robbery actions at SMC
The SUASO government argues that students’ complaints, suggestions and opinions holds true and the government acts with determination towards the challenges. The government has put several measures including Identifying all bodaboda who provide services in the campus, limiting the speed of bodaboda not more than 30km/h in the compass, limiting all business vendors in the campus, all students to hold IDs when in the campus, restriction for all students to pass or sit in dangerous places like dark areas during night, sending proposal to change the MOK Security Company with more effective security company and all student to take collective security measures for their safety. 

Bodaboda
The bodaboda on their side have reacted against these accusations as they are the one who are involved in theft and robbery actions. They claim that some of the men who are involved in these actions comes from areas out from their working premises and there is no evidence that who commits the actions are bodaboda businessmen because riding a motor bike does not mean a person is doing bodaboda business audio click here

Auxiliary Police Officers
Lastly the auxiliary police officers who are blamed by the students that are the one who are responsible for the actions by failing to hold their responsibility effectively [with conditions of not being recorded by neither audio, video nor picture] argues that there are challenges in performing their duties like problem in identifying who is a student and not as the university students do not wear uniform nor taking IDs. Working facilities for example motor cycles, weapons, lack of fence to monitor the entrance and exit in the campus, lack of road lights and students’ behaviour to sit in danger places during night poses challenges to provide enough security in the campus
The auxiliary policy station in mazimbu

All in all security need to be improved in the campus by ensuring that everyone performs the duties   and responsibilities as required because currently there is increasing insecurity threats in education institutions in the world.

SUA-STUDENTS LIFESTYLES

Solomon Mahlangu Campus(SMC) is one of campus in Sokoine University of Agriculture located in Morogoro Tanzania. The campus accommodates a large number of students in SUASAB (Sokoine University of Agriculture Students Accommodation Bureau) divided between six units. Other students in this campus lives out of the campus where they experience different interaction with indigenous people residing in Morogoro Mazimbu ward. Initially the campus stared in 1984 as an educational facility for the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa which was called ANC school of Mazimbu.


  • RELIGIOUS; Most of student in SMC are serving their God in different religion like Muslim in SL location, born again Christian in SLT6, Roman catholic in SLT3, Ephata in SLT1, Taffes in SH4 and Adventist in SK.  They prepare different seminars, concert, book lunch and organize the tour to see sick people in hospital, orphans and those living in hard condition. This shows how much people are busy with God and increase the spiritual status of them.
  • SPORTS; Many of the students in SMC campus prefer different kind of sports such as football, volleyball, basketball and netball, we do possess different pitch for exercises and these are not enough to accommodate the huge number of students who are interested in sports. But ruckly enough students I SMC are interested in sports
  • Night life; During the weekend many students go to town and enjoy their leisure time by going to clubs for clubbing purposes, making friends, drinking and also for capacity building. Club hoping is a fun activity for many students who are tired of the many schedules that the learning world has to offer .

LIFE MOMENTS IN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

    Life is a broad concept/phenomenon. Life is a changing phenomenon. Life is mainly categorized in to two situations/conditions namely happiness and sadness. It can further be defined with life aspect of frustration, tears, laughter, stress, fear, courage and others. Life is an omnipresent phenomenon and thus life exist in various areas, at home, at school, in offices; life is defined in every step, every breath, every hour, every day, each year and in a lifetime. Life is a continuous phenomenon.
This story is mainly focused on life moments in University campuses particularly Solomon Mahlangu Campus which provides various bachelor degree programs For more information click here

A GREAT JOY
Most students are happy the moment they realize that they’ve been chosen to join different universities, and that's what most student felt the the day they arrived at this campus and for the moment they made new good friends. 

THE CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT OF SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE


Environment is what surrounds the human being this includes buildings, other living things, and other things that are found around the human being.
Looking at the environment of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Solomon Mahlangu Campus (SMC) it is very conducive and thus the conducive environment promotes a favorable mood or atmosphere and thus ensures effective learning and teaching to the students.
Picture 1. Shows the front view of SUA-SMC that is the faculty of science.








15 IMPORTANCE OF FOREST IN OUR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT IN MOROGORO

 

In order to achieve equity and poverty alleviation objectives, effective forest conservation policies should not only be informed by the potential for carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection, but also by the distribution of costs and benefitsof forest conservation among stakeholders at different spatial scales.

SOLOMON MAHLANGU LIBRARY-SUA


   THE MAZIMBU NEW LIBRARY

This is a library located in Solomon Mahlangu Campus the campus of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). It was inaugurated by minister of education honorable Jumanne Magembe in 2008 to replace the old library. It has two floors. The library also has rooms used as offices and also in other side there is branch of CRDB bank. 

Thursday, February 18, 2016

HOW TO CONDUCT FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION

INTRODUCTION
A focus group is a small group of six to ten people led through an open discussion by a skilled moderator. The group needs to be large enough to generate rich discussion but not so large that some participants are left out.

CONDUCTING BEST PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL 


INTRODUCTION
What is participatory rural appraisal?
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is considered one of the popular and effective approaches to gather information in rural areas. This approach was developed in early 1990s with considerable shift in paradigm from top-down to bottom-up approach, and from blueprint to the learning process. In fact, it is a shift from extractive survey questionnaires to experience sharing by local people. PRA is based on village experiences where communities effectively manage their natural resources.
PRA is a methodology of learning rural life and their environment from the rural people. It requires researchers / field workers to act as facilitators to help local people conduct their own analysis, plan and take action accordingly. It is based on the principle that local people are creative and capable and can do their own investigations, analysis, and planning. The basic concept of PRA is to learn from rural people. Chambers (1992) has defined PRA as an approach and methods for learning about rural life and conditions from, with and by rural people. He further stated that PRA extends into analysis, planning and action. PRA closely involve villagers and local officials in the process.
PRA Tools
PRA offers a "basket of techniques" from which those most appropriate for the project context can be selected. The central part of any PRA is semi-structured interviewing. While sensitive topics are often better addressed in interviews with individuals, other topics of more general  concern are amenable to focus group discussions and community meetings. During these interviews and discussions, several diagrammatic techniques are frequently used to stimulate debate and record the results. Many of these visuals are not drawn on paper but on the ground with sticks, stones, seeds, and other local materials, and then transferred to paper for a permanent record.
Semi-structured interview (SSI)
Purpose: To gain information from an individual or small group on an issue. Description: Semi-structured interviews are guided conversations where broad questions are asked, which do not constrain the conversation, and new questions are allowed to arise as a result of the discussion. This is different from questionnaires and surveys where there are very structured questions that are not deviated from. A semi-structured interview is therefore a relatively informal, relaxed discussion based around a predetermined topic. A semi-structured interview is a PRA method that engages villagers in a conversation through a series of guide questions (not structured questionnaire) relevant to the villagers. Important information is generated by talking with villagers about topics that interest them. SSI can be used with individuals, key informants, interest groups or other small groups of villagers (i.e. women’s groups)

Maps
Participatory mapping is one of the most versatile tools and is powerful in generating pictures on any aspect of the physical reality. These maps cannot be compared with the geographical maps, exactly reduced representations of geophysical structures. Maps can be produced for big regions (movement of animal herds of pastoralists), villages and farms or even of a single plot, depending on questions people are interested in. The products of participatory mappings are documentation of mental maps and can be different for different groups of people of the same village (e.g. men, women, and children). Usually mapping is used to depict infrastructures, natural resources, land ownership, settlement pattern, soil types, cropping pattern. Example of mapping Social mapping, Resource Map.



Wealth ranking
Wealth ranking is a PRA method that determines the economic attributes of households in a village. It shows information on the relative wealth and well-being of households in a village. It helps in determining the social and economic status of households in a village. The information generated by the wealth ranking exercise helps in identifying the poor households in the village. Ranking is done by villagers themselves. It serves as baseline and as an opportunity to identify indicators for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of village development activities (including selection of village organizing strategy).



Venn diagram
The Venn diagram on Institutions shows institutions, organizations, groups and important individuals found in the village, as well as the villagers view of their importance in the community. Additionally the Diagram explains who participates in these groups in terms of gender and wealth. The Institutional Relationship Diagram also indicates how close the contact and cooperation between those organizations and groups.
      



Pair-wise ranking
Pair-wise ranking is a PRA method that helps villagers to set priorities (i.e. problems, needs, actions, etc.). Ranking can be undertaken with key informants or group of villagers that represents a good mixture of interests. It can also be conducted based on gender to determine different preferences between men and women. For simple issues (i.e. problems), villagers can rank them during the semi-structured interview. For complicated issues, ranking can be undertaken using pair-wise ranking in order to determine the villagers’ preferences.

CONCLUSIONS

PRA is linked with a distinctive behavior, attitudes and approach. "We are not teachers or transfers of technology, but instead conveners, catalysts, and facilitators. We have to unlearn, and put our knowledge, ideas and categories in second place. We enable local people to do their own investigations, analysis, presentations, planning and action, to own the outcome, and to teach us, sharing their knowledge. We "hand over the stick" and facilitate "their" appraisal, presentation, analysis, planning and action, monitoring and evaluation. They do many of the things we thought only we could do - mapping, diagramming, counting, listing, sorting, ranking, scoring, sequencing, linking, analyzing, planning....monitoring and evaluating.

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STRATEGY FOR FLOOD CONTROL AT TABORA HOSTELS IN SOKOINE UNIVERSITY




Strategy for flood control at Tabora Hostels
Tabora hostels are hostels that are within Solomon Mahlangu campus but they are quite apart from those which are named in unit form. Behind these hostels there is river which pass, it gets dry during dry seasons and accumulated by water during rain seasons. These hostels are usually specific for male students only although year last year were occupied by both male and female university students.

For the past two years during rainy season Hostels were faced with flood problem, whereby flooded water entered into student’s rooms and workers houses. Problem was caused by

THE HISTORY OF ROADS IN SOLOMON MAHLANGU CAMPUS AT MAZIMBU.




The history of roads in Solomon Mahlangu campus at mazimbu
Roads are critical components of any place, transportation infrastructure. The maintenance and rehabilitation of any place ensures the movement of people as well as goods and services continuous effectively and efficiently.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT SUA




SITUATION OF LECTURE ROOMS IN SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AT SMC

                                                                                                                 
Most of the venues/lecture rooms that are used by the student in learning process at Sokoine University of agriculture especially at Solomon mahlangu campus are not conducive compared to the standards which are needed to structure those rooms for university students status.

THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF SOLOMON MAHLANGU CAMPUS

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In 1978 the ANC decided to set up education facilities outside South Africa to benefit exiles that were freedom fighters for independence of South Africa in mazimbu at Sokoine University Solomon mahlangu campus. Its where the first batch of ANC freedom fighters arrived seeking political asylum. They run from the apartheid regime in S.Africa and by then the


SOLOMON MAHLANGU CAMPUS (SMC) SPORTS AND GAMES INFRASTRUCTURE SITUATION
Through realizing the importance of sports and games to the student and the staff of the university which can never be minimized that is, Firstly they are good exercises and help to build fine physique for the boys and girls. They make them

MAZIMBU CAMPUS FOOD SERVICE

MAZIMBU CAMPUS FOOD SERVICE
 In Mazimbu campus there are many cafeterias that provide food and beverages services to university students, lecturers, other university workers and other people surrounding the university environments. Despite the presence of many cafeterias at Mazimbu campus still there is a big problem of long queue during lunch and dinner delivery time to some of cafeterias, this is due to unequal distribution of customers which is attributed by differences in service provision based on quality and

SUA SPORTS

                                 SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE SPORTS

                                                       SUA  SPORTS

intoduction

        Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is among the university found in Morogoro municipal. It has two campuses Main campus and Mazimbu campus whereby all the campuses allocated in Morogoro Municipal. The university offer science and social science studies, despite of offering various studies, the university also supports entertainments like games and sports. Sports are very important for health mind and body but also for expanding social networks where by people can share different ideologies and experience hence expand their knowledge. Youth know the importance