{"id":2537,"date":"2019-10-22T07:28:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2019-10-22T07:28:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T07:28:21","slug":"the-vicar-general-monitors-diocesan-projects-in-chitipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/the-vicar-general-monitors-diocesan-projects-in-chitipa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vicar General Monitors Diocesan Projects in Chitipa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By\nDeodatus Muriya<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nVicar General of the Diocese of Karonga Mons Denis Chitete has conducted a\nmonitoring tour of some development projects being implemented by the Social\nDevelopment arm, Caritas Commission, of the Diocese in the Chitipa District.\nThe monitoring has taken place from 17<sup>th<\/sup> to 18<sup>th<\/sup> October,\n2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During\nthe tour, the Vicar General has monitored activities being implemented by the\nJustice and Peace Desk in the area of Traditional Authority Mwenemisuku,\nnamely; Safeguarding the Rights of Women and Children, Citizen Action in Local\nGovernance Accountability (CALGA), and Promotion of High Quality, Accountable\nand Responsive Public Health Service Delivery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nVicar General has expressed gratitude for the work being done by the Justice\nand Peace Desk in Misuku. He has been impressed with the way the Justice and\nPeace Committee of the area is well rooted in the community engaging with\nvarious stakeholders to influence change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nhas also expressed satisfaction with the way in which the committee is\nintegrated into the Church structures at all levels. He has since urged the Justice\nand Peace Desk volunteers and Radio Listening Clubs to fully utilize Tuntufye\nFM Radio as it is a powerful advocacy tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During\nthe tour, Monsignor Chitete interacted with CCJP Volunteers, Radio Listening\nClubs, and ADC Members, &nbsp;Misuku Health\nManagement Committee, Community Action Groups (CAGs), Citizen Journalists (CJs)\nwho are stakeholders under the OSISA funded Health Governance Project; local\ngovernance accountability project (CALGA) funded by Irish Aid through Danish\nChurch Aid and Safeguarding the Rights of Women and Children project funded by Misereor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During\nthe same tour, the Vicar General has had time to interact with farmers\u2019 group Kapenda,\nunder Traditional Authority Kameme, where the Integrated Rural Development Project\nset up irrigation demonstration plot on use of sustainable agricultural\npractices in crop production and soil improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ntechnologies being promoted are; the use of compost and liquid manure, use of\nleguminous crops for interplanting, use of crop mulching to improve soil\nfertility and practicing crop rotation for soil improvement and pest and disease\ncontrol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers\nvisited are satisfied with the technologies as one way of improving crop\nproduction and income diversification. The irrigation demo plots act as a\nschool for learning and farmers are encouraged to implement the technologies of\ntheir choice in their respective fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nVicar General has urged the farmers to practice what they learn in their own\nfields in order to achieve the aim of the demonstration plots. The Vicar General\nhas also encouraged members to continue working on team building activities\nsuch as Village Saving and Loans (VSLs).&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nin Kapenda, the Vicar General has also interacted with young people who are\nbeneficiaries of the vocational skills development project, some of whom are\nalready earning income using the skills they acquired like carpentry,\nbricklaying and tailoring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Deodatus Muriya The Vicar General of the Diocese of Karonga Mons Denis Chitete has conducted a monitoring tour of some development projects being implemented by the Social Development arm, Caritas Commission, of the Diocese in the Chitipa District. The monitoring has taken place from 17th to 18th October, 2019. 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