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19 Aug

Best Singeli Song- Annual Secondary School Contest

Annual Secondary School Contest

Kilombero Valley Teak Company encourages students to participate actively in extracurricular activities which will give them opportunity to learn how to work hard, have fun, and accomplish their goals. This establishes a strong foundation and instills confidence to help them advance in the future. This time is Singeli song competitions.

Singeli is a contemporary informal Tanzanian urban narrative. It involves the beats produced by a DJ and person singing to the beats while others dance. The words sung by the singer are prompt words that are expressed at specific moment. Singeli dancing involves energetic high speed leg movements and clapping hands.

Singeli is characterized by frenetic beats that blend various musical influences from Tanzania. When it emerged in the late 2000s in the working-class districts of Dar es Salaam, Singeli initially existed on the fringes of the mainstream music scene. However, over time, it has grown to captivate both Tanzanian audiences and the world at large.

Theme: “Take care of environment, it will take care of you (Tunza Mazingira Yakutunze)”

Preamble:The current times have proven more challenging with a lot of uncertainty for the world, but one thing is not uncertain, and we can always rely on: the never-ending capacity of children to dream of a better world. Through children’s eyes and imagination, we receive clear and unmasked views of today’s main problems as well as fresh and unbiased perception on appropriate actions. There is nothing like children’s expressions of hopes and dreams, to bring in to focus for all of us, what is truly important in life.

Objectives: Our aim is to encourage the children who are responsible for the future, through this Contest, to take a fresh look at how precious nature surrounding them is and to deepen their understanding of the key actors of the global environment by using Singeli song.

 

Eligibility and Procedure:

  • O-level, and A-Level secondary school students from the project area
  • Singeli song script must be presented in A4 page in English or Swahili language. KVTC will provide necessary material for drama.
  • Each play should not last more than 25 minutes.
  • Students in the school can establish groups of not more than 7 students and compete in the school assembly to get the best groups. The school community should vote in a transparent manner.
  • Each school will nominate the best group for evaluation by a select panel of judges.
  • One school will be nominated to host the inter secondary competition to be attended by the best group from each school.
  • Singeli song script must be original and unpublished, avoid plagiarism.
  • A panel consisting of nominated schoolteachers and KVTC management will be assigned to do the final grading of the Singeli song.
  • Copyright of the Singeli song entered will be assigned to the organizer
Deadline

  • Entries must be received by September 30th, 2024. send your contest to khaule@kvtc-tz.com
02 Sep

KVTC Essay Contest for Secondary Schools

In 2017 the Kilombero Valley Teak Company (KVTC) organized an Essay Contest to mark its 25 year anniversary and the contest was one of the highlights of the anniversary events and resulted in a number of high quality essay submissions which gave KVTC valuable insight in the experiences and views of its stakeholders. Due to the success KVTC is organizing another Essay Contest in 2018.

The Essay Contest is organized to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the youth in promoting sustainable development. It also aims to inspire the company to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference.

Aside of prizes offered for the winning essays there will be radio interviews on local radio stations with the winners and participating schools

Detailed guidelines for the Essay Competition can be found here: KVTC Essay contest 180825

26 Jun

KVTC Charcoal and Biomass Challenge – We Have A Winner!!

Dar es Salaam – 26th June 2018 At the end of 2017 the KVTC Charcoal and Biomass Challenge to mark KVTC’s 25 Year anniversary. KVTC and the Private Forestry Programme (PFP) invited interested and capable parties to submit a business plan that would describe in detail a commercial venture that would utilize sawmill residues. The described business venture was to contribute to solving Tanzania’s energy needs and assist in reducing deforestation whilst at the same time offer economic opportunities for KVTC to monetize its waste products.

Winning Bid We are pleased to announce that after two months of intensive evaluation of a total of 13 high quality submissions PFP and KVTC can now announce a winner of the KVTC Charcoal and Biomass Challenge!

Sustainable Carbon Cycle Industries (SCCI) of Germany submitted the winning business plan and KVTC is currently finalizing details with SCCI to turn their business concept into reality. SCCI intends to invest in a new charcoal and biomass energy industrial facility to be built in the Ulanga District. The total investment is forecasted to be around €4m. The new factory is expected to be operational in the second half of 2019.

Support KVTC and PFP would like to thank the Vice President’s Office for Union Affairs and Environment and the Hon. Minister Makamba for the support leading up to the launch and for personally launching the challenge in December 2017.

Sustainable Carbon Cycles Industries develops business models in the field of biomass materials production. SCCI’s objective is to introduce a sustainable, zero-waste and low-carbon emission production of charcoal. SCCI’s approach is founded on the concept of the circular economy in which waste is transformed into value, thereby contributing to the reduction of pollution, the protection of natural resources, large-scale employment, reducing poverty and promoting equality. SCCI’s team has experience of over a decade of developing and managing biomass ventures in West and North Africa. More information on SCCI can be found here

 KVTC is grateful for the support the Private Forestry Programme (PFP) has extended to KVTC during the entire process. PFP’s knowledge of the sector and insight has been instrumental in creating a fair and transparent process where submissions were judged on their merit. More information on PFP can be found here

 KVTC is part of the Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund, managed by Criterion Africa Partners (CAP). CAP’s Biomass experts have provided valuable advice to KVTC management during the final evaluation of the three best proposals. More information on CAP can be found here

Read the full statement here: KVTC Biomass Challenge Winner – Press Statement 180626

08 Feb

Forestry Fair in Southern Highlands of Tanzania

The Private Forestry Programme is organizing a Forestry Trade Fair to bring together growers, processors and buyers of forest products. The fair will be held in Mafinga on the 20th and 21st of March 2017. Read more here

KVTC has and will continue to direct a large share of its products into export markets however the Tanzanian domestic market is becoming increasingly important to KVTC and we have experienced double digit year on year growth over the past few years.

KVTC will be participating with a stand and will showcase some of its products that are available for the local market.

Trade fair brochure Eng

Trade fair brochure Swa

14 Dec

The KVTC Biomass Challenge

To mark the company’s 25-year anniversary KVTC will launch the KVTC Biomass Challenge in partnership with the Private Forestry Programme

Majority of households in Tanzania depend on firewood and charcoal for their energy needs and with a growing population this is resulting in ever increasing pressure on Tanzania’s forests.

KVTC operates a forest plantation and sawmill in the Ulanga District (Morogoro) and supplies roundlogs to an additional four sawmills in the area. All sawmills are generating significant amounts of unutilized by-products from their milling operations and none of the mills has been able to find commercially viable use for its sawmill residues.

KVTC believes that finding solutions to sawmill residues can offer some solution to Tanzania’s energy needs and assist in reducing deforestation whilst at the same time offer economic opportunities for the company to monetize its waste products. More details below:

KVTC Biomass Challenge Details 171214

KVTC Biomass Challenge Flyer 171214

The KVTC Biomass Challenge is supported by the Private Forestry Program and the Vice President’s Office (Union Affairs and Environment)

06 Sep

KVTC Essay Contest for Secondary Schools

At the end of this year (2017) the Kilombero Valley Teak Company (KVTC) has been investing in forestry in the Kilombero Valley for 25 years and to mark this momentous occasion the company will launch an essay contest.

The KVTC essay contest is organized to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the youth in promoting sustainable development. It also aims to inspire the company to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference.

The competition is open to secondary schools around KVTC associated villages.

Detailed guidelines for the Essay Competition can be found here: KVTC Essay contest 170906

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