THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT OFFICE
PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND GOOD
GOVRNEMENT
TANZANIA PUBLIC SERVICE COLLAGE
MTWARA CAMPUS

DEPARTMENT OF SECRETARIAL SUDIES

FIELD ATTACHMENT TRAINING REPORT

NAME OF THE COLLEGE: TANZANIA PUBLIC SERVICE COLLEGE

STUDENT YEAR OF STUDY: SEPTEMBER 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 2021

FIELD ATTACHMENT PERIOD: AUGUST 21 TO SEPTEMBER 2021

ORGANISATION ATTACHED: MSOAPO

NAME OF STUDDENT : ZAINABU HERMAN EZEKIEL

REGISTRATION NUMBER: BTCSS. 09/20/MTW. 1091

NAME OF SUPERVISOR: MADAM SIKAZWE

SEPTEMBER 2021

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thanks ALLAH for began able to complete this field success. Then I would like
to thanks my teacher Mr. Ntongeka whose valuable guidance has been the ones that helped me
patch this field and make it full proof success his suggestion and his instructions has served as
the major contributor towards the completion of the field.

Then I would like to thanks my parents and friends who had helped me with their valuable
suggestion and guidance. Also I would like to thanks Mr. Abdon chaka and Mrs. Chama hiara
who had helped me with their valuable suggestion and guidance.

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 ABSTRACT /EXACUTIVE SUMMARY.
The field practical (TFP) was conducted at Mtama ward in Ward Executive Office (WEO) which
is core activities to ensure environment health within the community and solving different
conflict and social problems but also to manage and coordinate the best use of labor force. This
report divided into three chapters.

CHAPTER ONE is about Introduction, Historical background of the organization, vision,

Mission and the core activities of the Organization.

CHAPTER TWO, this chapter explain about activities undertake at the Mtama ward during the
whole pried of practical training we concerned about health aspect under the supervision of arts
in the department of sociology. This part consist the actual work which was done during
practical training at Mtama ward. Works performed during the practical training include
administration activities, provision of social services and environment inspection of household,
household toilet, water source protection and quality control, waste management (solid and
liquid), diseases prevention and control measures. Also and food hygiene and food safety
management.

CHAPTER THREE. This chapter is exposure to the practical training was valuable to come in
understanding the application of community development in provision of public health services
to ensure public health requirement and laws are followed in the community and although, I
faced different challenges as explained above, but our objectives of obtaining practical
knowledge and skills were accomplished. Also for the whole period of our practical training I
met different challenges which make me to come up the solution and advise so as to overcome
those challenges. This are the recommendation, The sociology department should prepare the
identity card that will be used during practical training, This will help students to be recognized
as community development officer so as to avoid poor response from a community especial
during inspection but Also The sociologist should be prepare checklist for students in order to
fulfillment duties during the time of field training

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION…………………………………………
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DEDICATION ……………………………… ii
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………… iii
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ABSTRACT/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ……………………………….. iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………… v
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ACRONYMS AND OBREVIATION ……………………………… vi
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CHAPTER ONE ……………………………… 1

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1.1. Background of the Ward ……………………………… 1
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1.2. Vision, Mission, Objectives and purpose of ……………………………… 1
training …
1.3. Location of the Organization ……………………………… 2
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1.4. The core activities of the Organization ……………………………… 2
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1.5. Challenge and how to overcome ……………………………… 2
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CHAPTER TWO ……………………………… 4

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2.0. Duties and Responsibilities ……………………………… 4
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CHAPTER THREE ……………………………… 5

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1. List and summary of all the skills and altitude ……………………………… 5
acquired …
2. Conclusion drawn ……………………………… 5

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3. Recommendation to the organization on how to ……………………………… 5
improve industrial training next time …
Conclusion ……….......................................................... 6

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABREVIATION

WED - Ward Executive Officer
FPT - Field Practical Training
VEO - Village Executive Officer
VICOBA - Village Community Bank
CD - Community Development
DED - District Executive Officer
NGOs - Non Government Organization
SACCOS - Saving and Credit Cooperative Society
RC Region commission
MEO Ward executive office
DEO District Education officer
DMO District medical officer
DSO District security officer
RSO Region security officer
RPO Region police officer
TASAF Tanzania social fund
CBO Community base organization
NGO non government organization
OS Organization structure

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 1.0 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF FIELD ATTACHMENT PROGRAM

1.1.1explain what is field attachment

Is the field based practical training experience that prepares trainees for the task they are
expected to perform on completion of their training? According to the Tanzania national census
of 2012 the Mtama ward the population was 5000 people is equal to 7.1%, the female was 2700
is equal to 4.5% and male was 2300 is equal to 3.5. Most of the residents Mtama ward comes
from different tribes which are Makonde, wamwera, makua and wayao. Also mtama ward was
administratively divided into four (4) villages one is Mihogoni, mpenda, mvuleni and makonde.

Also mtama ward people they done core activities like agriculture, livestock keeping, pet
business sector, and fishing activities. Not only that but also tourism activities

1.1.2 State objectives of the field attachment (general and specific objectives)

The following are the general objectives

 To prepare students with necessary skills and knowledge that would enable them to deliver
public services to the society.

 To prepare student to know the react with community members and to know how to manager
and to negotiate different social, economic, political and cultural conflict.

 To help students to get experience on how to handle the clients with problems and to solve
their problems.

 Help to managed behave within community

Specific objectives of field attachment

 The purpose of the field practical training is to make sure that students gain new knowledge
and skills
.

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 To help students during employment application become easy to get employment because
they have already gained experience, skills and knowledge of the job during field practical.

 The purpose of the field practical training is to make sure that students gain new knowledge
and skills.
1.2 BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION ATTACHED
1.2.1 Historical background of Mtama ward
Mtama ward is the one five districts of the Lindi region of Tanzania it is bordered to south by
Kilwa to the west by Mtama district, to the north by lindi region and to the east by lindi district
and the masasi.
According to Tanzania national census of 2012 the population of Mtama district was 9143; most
of residents are from makonde, mwela, makua, and wayao tribes. Mtama district is
administratively divided into 136 villages and (31) wards includes chiponda, kilangala,
kilolambwani, kitomanga, kiwalala, kiwawa, longa, majengo, mandwanga, mvuleni, nachunyu,
Nahukahuka, Namangale, Namupa, nangaru, Navanga, Nyangamala, Nyangao, Nyengedi,
pangatena, Rutamba and Sudi. Also in this wards people they had done core activities like
agriculture, livestock0 keeping, pet business, salt mineral and fishing activities. Not only that but
also industry sector and tourism.
1.2.2 Vision, mission, and objectives of the Mtama ward
Vision
The vision of the Mtama ward is to make sure that the community of Mtama ward gets social
services, solve different conflict such as political economic, cultural and social conflict within
the community, ensuring water supply to the community to bring development to the society and
ensure security and environment health to the community.
Mission
The mission of the Mtama ward is to cooperate with the stakeholder in promoting development
within the district, establish or empower different group that can be cooperate in bringing
development to the community for example Vicoba, Women group, Tujitegemee youth group
and
Objectives Mtama of ward
The main objectives of the field practical training (FPT) is
 To prepare students with necessary skills and knowledge that would enable them to deliver
public services to the society.

 To prepare student to know the react with community members and to know how to manager
and to negotiate different social, economic, political and cultural conflict.

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 To help students to get experience on how to handle the clients with problems and to solve
their problems.

 Help to managed behave within community

 The purpose of the field practical training is to make sure that students gain new knowledge
and skills
.
 To help students during employment application become easy to get employment because
they have already gained experience, skills and knowledge of the job during field practical.

 The purpose of the field practical training is to make sure that students gain new knowledge
and skills.

1.3 major activities of department that a student was attached

The following are the major activities that had done at Mtama ward during my field attachment.
During the whole period of practical training we concerned mainly with heath aspect under the
supervision of arts in the department of sociology this part consist the actual work which was
done during practical training at Mtama ward. Works performed during practical training include
Administration activities, Provision of social services , Environmental Inspection, household
inspection ,Household toilet inspection , Water source protection and quality control, waste
management (solid and liquid), Disease prevention and control, and Food hygiene and food
safety management.
Thus, below are the tasks which were assigned to me
 administration activities
 households inspection
 social services provision activities

 Household toilets inspection

 Waste management (solid waste and liquid waste)

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 1.4 STRUCTURE OF MTAMA WARD

COUNSELOR

WARD EXECUTIVE OFFICER

WEO

EDUCATION COORDINATORWARD
(WEC) HEALTH OFFICERWARD
(WHO) DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY MTAA
OFFICER
EXECUTIVE OFFICER (MEOS )

CHAIRMAN

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 CHAPTER TWO

EXPERIENCE

2.1 The duties and responsibilities undertaken.

The following are the duties and responsible that I had done at Mtama ward.
ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES
This among the activities done by the organization under control of Ward Executive Officer
( WEO) the main activity under administration is preparing budget for TLB to solve social,
economic, political and cultural problems within the district community development activities,
is another core activity carried out in the Organization by giving advice to community members
in their group such as VICOBA, SACCOS and NGOs that are therefore contributing in bringing
development within district and ensuring the collection and proper uses of the revenues of the
district.
HOUSEHOLDS INSPECTION
I conducted a routine inspection from house to house at ilala and mihogoni, mvuleni, nachui,
makonde, with our instructor purposely to detect the defects and nuisance and then I provided to
them recommendations and measures to be taken to abate those nuisance.
The following were some of the defects and nuisance noted in most of the households in two
wards in general; Poor disposal of waste water which cause pollution on storm drainage system,
lack of waste collection bins for storage of solid waste in households, grasses are too long which
provide breeding site for mosquitoes, some residential houses color fainted, lack of repair and
maintenance, toilets are defective and dirty the drainage systems are not well maintained.
Action taken

Health education was provided to all resident in ward mentioned and some resident’s notes were
served to them.
SOCIAL SERVICES PROVISION ACTIVITIES
Such as water supply security, health services and education services which the organization
makes proper budget from revenue collection ensure that they are delivered to citizen within the
district.

HOUSE HOLD TOILETS INSPECTION

During the field practical I was also assigned to inspect house hold toilets so as to determine any
nuisances which can be found in the toilets and to give advice on their standards on what they
should do to abate the nuisances.
Types of latrine I was able to inspect were Pits latrine and flushing latrine. Pit latrines are the
ones in which the feces and urine go directly into a hole in the ground while the flushing latrines
are the ones which are comprised of septic tank and soak way pit in which the flushing tanks are
required to be provided. These latrines are always located away from the main dwelling and
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should always be located away from community water sources to prevent contamination of the
water supply. To give privacy they are usually inside a properly constructed building. However,
they are sometimes surrounded by roughly constructed walls and may not have a roof.
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2.2 explain the new knowledge and skills gained from the duties and responsibilities
assigned.

The following are the knowledge and skills gained from duties assigned.
Due to the activities we had assigned by our instructor Mr.ntongeka we know a lot of things that
previously were not familiar to us based on environmental health discipline and other various
issues. From the different activities we did like inspection of premises like food premises,
occupational health safety management and provision of health education on dealing with
various environmental stressors such as solid wastes and liquid waste management. The
following are new knowledge we gained from those activities we did:
 I know how to control improper discharge of wastewater, this achieved due to various
inspections I did in determine the defects and nuisance together with our instructor either
house to house streets to street inspection.
 I gained knowledge on how to manage solid waste from the waste producer to the collection
point and transfer to the dumping site.
 I gained knowledge on how to conduct inspection in various Environment like house hold
Example I gain knowledge practically on how protocol are followed during carrying out an
inspection .
 Also I knowledge on construction of ecological types of toilet and pit latrine together with it
is important on environment and human activities.

The following are the new skills gained from duties assigned

 To conduct General environmental inspection

 The proper ways on how to use environment, sanitation and water to protect ourselves
from COVID 19.

 Resolving problem or to manage the conflict with the societies

 How to advice the communities: means that during field I can contributed to give people
good advice on census project which was successful conducted and hence communities
participated.

2.3 Level of accomplishment of the duty and responsibility assigned

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 Firstly contribution according to new knowledge and skill I had gained was to ensure that all
women meet the criteria of being credited by the women and Youth development fund by
being in groups.
Second contribution was to ensure that the childhood to be assisted must meet the criteria of
being living in risk and hardship environment.
Third contribution was to ensure that individuals get entrepreneurship education in groups
before being credited.

2.4 Relationship with other staff.

Away from my field supervisor I had good relationship with other staff members such as
street chairman, Village Executive office (VEO) who give me advice, support and
cooperation for any emergency case that occurred to me during field practical training.

2.5 Things enjoyed most

The following are the things that I enjoyed
 To participate in organization meetings

 Good relation with other staff

 To participate in meetings between ward office and village

2.6 Things enjoyed least

The following are the things enjoyed least.
 Household toilet inspection, this was the thing that enjoyed least this issue consume
much time also it involve much energy to walk from one house to another to inspect.

 Household inspection, due to this situation there are some people use harsh language to
talk with me so this was the thing that enjoyed least

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 Overworking, this was the thing enjoyed least because to work for a long time without
resting hence I to be much tired.

2.7 problem, challenge experienced and how to handle

The following are the problem that experienced during field attachment
Apart from the knowledge and skills I gained during our practical training, I met some obstacles
and difficulties which in one way or another hindered me to meet some of our objectives. The
following are the challenges I met during the training:

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  Lack of transport during field practical training (FPT), sometime a field supervisor
send me to the place such as Mvuleni, HiyariyaMoyo village which are very far from the
organization office to conduct some activities such as registering entrepreneurs groups
because the lack of transport I had to use my own money for transport in order to reach
at the place.

 Financial problem during field practical training (FPT), financial problem

become a big problem to me because I was not given any percentage of money from
the village administration that would assist me for transport, food and other uses that
required me to use money during field practical training (FPT).

 Language problem, I faced a problem of the communicating with some of the

community members because they used to communicate in their germander language
which I was not aware of them the problem lead fail to understand some community
members ideas in discussing community development activities.

 Another challenge was how to educate people or community member during

seminars sessions. The tasks which were given to me by my supervision to give or
provide to community members through meeting and seminars, in this situation most
of the community member were seen to be ignorant on how to read and write, so it
lad me to use my experience and knowledge to ensure that the community members
who were ignorant understand the concerned matter lender decision.

 Shortage of facilities like chairs, tables and so on, I Faced me when to perform
duties or responsibilities in the office because were few tool to perform duties or
responsibilities.

HOW I SOLVED THE CHALLENGES

The solution and strategies which I used in solving challenges that I met during field
practical training were as follows:-
i. Firstly for the case of financial problem.
I consulted my relatives to assist me some money to use for my own requirements
such as food, transport and other activities that required money to be done. I
sometime borrowed to my college, uesmets who were doing their field practical in the
nearby Organization in order to ensure that I complete my field practical training.

ii. Secondly for the case of illiterate community members in order to understand what
was written in the text, I used the literate community members to the texts for others
so as to make the illiterate community members get the content through hearing, this
strategy to some extent helped the illiterate people to get the communicate massage.
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 iii. Thirdly, I was associated with other staff members to educate community members
who were ignorant in order to ensure that they get a seminar which we had been given
from the field supervisor to provide to them through meeting to their streets by using
our own experience and by sharing ideas with staff members

CHAPTRE THREE

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

3.1. CONCLUSION
Exposure to the practical training was valuable to me in understanding the application of
community development in provision of public health services to ensure public health
requirement and laws are followed in the community and Although, I faced different challenges

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as explained above, but our objectives of obtaining practical knowledge and skills were
accomplished. We thank our University to allow me to conduct practical training as part of our
education at Stella Marie University. I real enjoyed the practical training due to highly
cooperation and support we was given at Ilala ward, hence we wish again to do work as students
and experts next time if will be given opportunity to do so.

3.2. RECOMMENDATIONS
For the whole period of our practical training I met different challenges which make me to come
up the solutions and advise so as to overcome those challenges. The following are the
recommendation:
1. The sociology department should prepare the Identity card that will be used during
Practical training; this will help students to be recognized as community development
officer so as to avoid poor response from a community especially during inspection.
2. The sociologist should be preparing checklist for students in order to fulfillment duties
during the time of field training.

3 Recommendation on the Organization.

 The government is recommended to provide financial support to students through loans
to help them carry out their duties which required the use of money.
 Government should provide office requirements like photocopy machine and printer
which will assist students get important documents required to fulfill their duties and
responsibilities

4 Recommendation to TPSC.
 The college should consult the organization to which the students are sent if they would
provide some services like photocopy and other social services.
 Institution should find the office for students to conduct their field practical training in
order to be easy to get social services practical.

REFERENCE
Mtama ward office
Field guideline
TPSC (2021). Tanzania Public Service College (unpublished) at TPSC Mtwara

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