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leader, a group member can also say that.With Rotating Leadership, each week a newleader will receive Kujengana. Through Kujengana,we encourage each other on the good things thatweek’s leader did in the meeting and the talentsthe person showed.Kujengana is also the way we learn to look forpositive things about people and then say them.We all need to train our tongues to say the positive.In addition, the whole group learns what that groupthinks is important in a servant leader. The nextleaders will benefit from what they have heard inKujengana about previous leaders and know whatthe groups think is important in being a servantWhen people fetch and drink untreated,polluted water, they may get very sick.We need to educate people in thecluster and community about the danger ofuntreated water so that they can better know howto treat water to stay healthy.Water pollution has many causes:1. Discharge of untreated industrial waste andsewage2. Careless human action around water points[rivers, wells, boreholes].3. Poor drainage, so that waste runs into watersource and water stagnates. Chemicals, likefertilizers and pesticides, can run from ourshambas and pollute water.4. Bathing and washing clothes at the watersources5. Urinating and defecating near water sources.6. Cracked cover slab at boreholes or wells .7. Lack of latrines in rural areas. Rainwater canwash human waste into water sources.8. Animals grazing near or in water sources usedby people or upstream of people.Water pollution causes many problems:1. Pollution can directly poison and kill plant andanimals (including people) or cause poisoningthrough eutrophication, when nitrogencontainingfertilizer and waste are washed intowater, causing increased aquatic plant growth.When these plants die, they cause the water tolose oxygen, which causes death for aquaticanimals .ENGLISH VERSIONleader.In response to Kujengana, that week’s servantleader just says, “Thank you.” after each groupmember’s specific, positive statement. There is nodiscussion about how it could have been donebetter, or differently. Often, the person is happywhen he or she is told the good things he or shedid during the meeting. Sometimes we learn thingsabout ourselves we didn’t know!Kujengana helps the leader on that dayrecognize his or her talents and keep on using them.Kujengana also helps the Small Group because allthe members improve their servant leadership asthey learn. Kujengana is a double blessing!Water pollution: Why does it matter and what can we do?2. Polluted water used for cooking, washing anddrinking, spreads many human diseases. Theseinclude intestinal worms, skin diseases, cholera,and diarrhea.3. Some chemicals in polluted water can build upin our bodies over time, slowly poisoning usand causing harm to us and our children.What can we do about pollution?1. Don’t throw rubbish or pour waste into watersources. Encourage others to do the same.2. Plant trees along riverbanks and lakes. Plantroots are excellent at filtering out waste andalso stop soil from entering water bodiesthrough erosion.3. Avoid growing crops too close to rivers, lakesor wells to avoid fertilizer reaching the watersource4. Encourage people to build far from riverbanks.5. Ensure that wells and boreholes are managedproperly6. Fence the water source to prevent animals fromcontaminating water.7. Do not permit people to wash near the pump.8. Ensure pit latrines are at least 50 meters awayfrom water sources. Make sure there is adequatedrainage and create channels to drain wateraway ending in a soak pit, a hole filled with stoneswhere water can drain away.9. Repair all cracks on the cover slab as soon aspossible when they occur and clean the arearegularly.10. If you are unsure about water quality, boil itbefore drinking to kill microbes that can makeyou sick.4
ENGLISH VERSIONMoringa: Plant this important tree for betternutrition and health.By Zakayo KayuriMoringa is an important tree. When it isplanted in your yard, it can provide youwith shade and can meet many of yournutritional needs. It also can help purify your waterthrough its dried, powdered leaves. It has evenmore medicinal, economic and nutritional benefits.Moringa leaves provide amazing nutritional value,providing:1. Three times more iron than spinach.2. As much protein as eggs.3. Four times more vitamins A than carrots.4. Four times more calcium than milk .5. Seven times more vitamin C than oranges.6. Three times more potassium than bananas.Moringa can treat ailments, purify water, andfeed the hungry.Lack of safe drinking water is one of world’sbiggest health threats. Pressed moringa seeds canturn dirty water into clean purified water moreeconomically than imported chemicals. Mix 2 largespoons full of ground morning seeds with 20 litersof water. Stir or shake the water for 2 minutesrapidly, then 10 minutes slowly. Dirt and manybacteria will then settle from the water along withmoringa, and can be filtered out.Moringa’s medicinal qualities are alsopromising. Moringa can be effective against skininfections, in lowering blood sugar, reducing swelling,healing gastric ulcers, lowering blood pressure andeven calming the nervous system.Moringa makes an efficient fuel, organicfertilizer and livestock feed.It’s one of the most useful trees, as you cansee from all of the benefits above. TIST farmers,why wait? When we grow moringa in TIST, we earncarbon credits and can enjoy all of the other benefitselaborated above.Let each of us plant at least one!Help Your Cluster Get All Groves Baselined.As part of carbon market requirements, allgroups registered in TIST must have theirgroves baselined and validated. The grovesmust have accurate tracks that show where treesare planted. External auditors do the validation,checking the data to make sure it is accurate andcomplete. Validation is an important, required stepin the carbon business. It helps assure carbon creditbuyers and carbon market regulators that the workthe TIST farmers are doing is real, actual and meetsthe markets standards.Today, there are 41,000 groves in Kenya, 29,000groves have been validated.Some have been verified. Verification, as namesuggests, verifies the amount of carbon sequesteredby TIST farmers trees. It is only after verificationthat TIST can sell carbon credits and earn incomefor the farmers. However, TIST must demonstrateaccuracy, transparency and honesty for the datacorrected.Out of 12,000 remaining groves, 4,500 grovesare ready but 7,000 groves are not yet ready. Outof 7,000 groves remaining, 1,068 groves are“priority” groves.TIST is therefore, calling upon all members tohelp and support Quantifiers in Quantification thatinclude good baselines and tracks for these grovesas soon as possible. If all groves are fully baselinedby the end of this month (October, 2012), we willrequest Validators to come and audit them nextmonth or in December. Please organize to havemembers of your cluster show Quantifiers wheregroves are and be ready to answer their questions.The table below shows the name of clustersand groves that require urgent and immediatebaseline. Please discuss in your cluster ways thatyou can have these groves attended this week ornext. Also, talk to your quantifier and find out if he/she has done them, or if s/he requires additionalhelp to complete them. TIST Leadership Counciland US Team are ready to help you.5
Page 6 and 7: ENGLISH VERSION6Cluster No. of Grov
Page 8 and 9: a) Ni njira iriku iri injega buru y
Page 10 and 11: ya mutongeria, mumemba noauge.Gukur
Page 16 and 17: na gatuma mucemanio uthii na-mbere
Page 18 and 19: KIKUYU VERSION6Cluster No. of Grove
Page 20 and 21: a) Ni njia gani bora zaidi ya kuwap
Page 22 and 23: • Kuongezea, ikiwa mtu ameona zaw
Page 24 and 25: KISWAHILI VERSION6Cluster No. of Gr
Page 26 and 27: a) Ni nzia yiva nzeo ya kuvanga and
Page 28 and 29: • Ethiwa nimwoona kineng’o kine
Page 30 and 31: KIKAMBA VERSION6Cluster No. of Grov
Page 32 and 33: a) Ne oret ne kimuche kepanganen pi
Page 34 and 35: KIPSIGIS VERSION4kandoindet nebo wi
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