FLC: Empowering the Deaf Community in Tanzania for full engagement in Public Accountability and Local Government processes Tanzania Association of the Deaf (CHAVITA) intends to improve the organizational capacity of CHAVITA and TASLI to engage their members in public accountability and Local government matters in Dodoma Tanga and Mtwara municipalities by the end of year 2019. 
to improve knowledge and skills of CHAVITA and TASLI members on strategies and processes to engage themselves in public accountability and Local government processes; to empower the local government structures in Dodoma Tanga and Mtwara municipalities with
 Disability awareness and knowledge to better include deaf people in their development plans. Main activities will include conducting baseline survey in the mentioned municipalities on needs beneficial engagement and challenges facing the deaf people in lo
cal government processes that hinder their effective participation in public accountability. Sensitization and training workshop as well as advocacy interventions will take place. All these will be done because in Tanzania the public attitudes toward the D
isabled are fairly negative.. Deaf people are in general marginalized from the society; their special needs and concern have not been addressed in the planning at any level of the society. Also the language barriers prevent them from a total inclusion in t
he society as interpreter services are not generally available. The expected development impact is enhanced visibility and inclusion of Deaf people in local government matters and public development as well as enhanced capacity of CHAVITA TASLI and their m
embers to promote deaf rights needs and concern in public accountability. Through the actions the development results expected are CHAVITA TASLI and their members have increased knowledge and understanding on public accountability and local government proc
esses.Main beneficiaries of this project include deaf people in Dodoma Mtwara and Tanga as well as CHAVITA TASLI and their members. Government officials from Dodoma Tanga and Mtwara Municipalities. The project is implemented by CHAVITA in cooperation with 
TASLI. The Embassy invited new applications in mid of this year 2017. Many organizations sent the applications but CHAVITA was among the few who were selected to be funded because the proposal was focused and targeted the disabled. For more information vis
it their website: www.chavita.or.tz Tanzania Association of the Deaf (CHAVITA) intends to improve the organizational capacity of CHAVITA and Tanzania Association of Sign Language Interpreters (TASLI) to engage their members in public accountability and Local government matters in Dodoma Tang
a and Mtwara municipalities by the end of year 2019; to improve knowledge and skills of CHAVITA and TASLI members on strategies and processes to engage themselves in public accountability and Local government processes; to empower the local government stru
ctures in Dodoma Tanga and Mtwara municipalities with Disability awareness and knowledge to better include deaf people in their development plans. Main activities will include conducting baseline survey in the mentioned municipalities on needs beneficial e
ngagement and challenges facing the deaf people in local government processes that hinder their effective participation in public accountability. Sensitization  and training workshop as well as advocacy interventions will take place. All these will be done
 because in Tanzania the public attitudes toward the Disabled are fairly negative.. Deaf people are in general marginalized from the society; their special needs and concern have not been addressed in the planning at any level of the society. Also the lang
uage barriers prevent them from a total inclusion in the society as interpreter services are not generally available. The expected development impact is enhanced visibility and inclusion of Deaf people in local government matters and public development as 
well as enhanced capacity of CHAVITA TASLI and their members to promote deaf rights needs and concern in public accountability. Through the actions the development results expected are CHAVITA TASLI and their members have increased knowledge and understand
ing on public accountability and local government processes.Main beneficiaries of this project include deaf people in Dodoma Mtwara and Tanga as well as CHAVITA  TASLI and their members. Government officials from Dodoma Tanga and Mtwara Municipalities. The
 project is implemented by CHAVITA in cooperation with TASLI. The Embassy invited new applications in mid of this year 2017. Many organizations sent the applications but CHAVITA was among the few who were selected to be funded because the proposal was focu
sed and targeted the disabled. For more information visit their website: www.chavita.or.tz