MAISHA PLUS MAMA SHUJAA WA CHAKULA 2012

“Mama shujaa wa chakula”, is an Oxfarm design campaign launched in 2011, in Tanzania and rolled out in more than 10 countries in the World. Mama Shujaa wa Chakula is designed to empower, inspire and support women and youth in food production sector by recognizing women’s contributions and increasing their visibility. 

The Mama Shujaa wa Chakula also known as Female Food Hero (FFH) award is meant also to serve as an instruments through which the contributions of women in the fight against poverty, hunger and joblessness can be recognized. As the world now faced both an access, distribution and a production challenge, many ordinary people feel depressed, guilty and powerless about these issues. 

Mama Shujaa wa Chakula is a creative way to make people feel passionate about solving the problems, inspired by our vision for a different future, and empowered to be part of achieving it.

This year 2012 Mama Shujaa wa Chakula in Maisha Plus creatively will bring together producers and consumers into the debates around the nature of food system and the need to ensure food justice for all in a resource constrained world. By profiling the type of individual food producers and modeling the best small scale producer investment needed, we highlight what we mean by food justice. In this way, we can build demand for an enabling environment.

As a kick off to the project, the launch was held in Iyenge village, followed by distribution of entry forms across the country. More than 6,000 forms were received from 22 regions in Tanzania. Out of all 6,000 panel of 7 judges had tough week in choosing the top 15 who will be opening and living in Maisha plus village for two weeks before the youth take over. Below are the names of the 15 finalists and the regions they come from.

NO	NAME	REGION	DISTRICT	WARD	VILLAGE
1.	Cecilia Michael Leilwa	Pwani	Bagamoyo	Dunda	Benki
2.	Febronia Peter Malinza	Morogoro	Mvomero	Hembeti	Dihambo
3.	Maryam A. Suleimani	Kaskazini Unguja	Kaskazini B	Mangapwani	Mangapwani
4.	Halima H. Omar	Kaskazini Unguja	Kaskazini B		Donge Mchanga
5.	Zaituni Saidi Likwita	Lindi	Kilwa	Njinjo	Njinjo
6.	Maimuna Saidi Mkanje	Mtwara	Masasi	Mbuyuni	Ndibwa
7.	Joyce Noel Nicodemo	Singida	Iramba	Iguguno	Iguguno
8.	Martha Mwasu Waziri	Dodoma	Kondoa	Haubi	Haubi
9.	Theresia Zakaria Kasseko	Shinyanga	Kahama	Mhongolo	Mhongolo
10.	Emeliana Aligaesha	Kagera	Karagwe	Kituntu	Katembe
11.	Tatu Abdi Juma	Tanga	Lushoto	Mwagoi	Majulai
12.	Neema Linkay	Arusha	Ngorongoro	Pinyinyi	Engarasero
13.	Elde Nnyafi Mwanri	Kilimanjaro	Siha	Nasai	Sanya Juu
14.	Dora Alberto Myinga	Iringa	Iringa	Kihorogota	Igula
15.	Mary Kamwaka	Rukwa	Sumbawanga	Chanji	Hali ya hewa/Kantalamba