LUDEWA and Kiyombo Blacksmith Project
The project was initiative by youth who aspired to manufacture farm implements, household utensils and kitchen stoves, Gardening tools and Window and Door metal Frames.

Initially the Projects was equipped with all necessary tools by our German Partners m/s AFRIKA HILFE.

The projects are in dire need of more working tools to meet the production targets and market demands.

LUDEWA Garage and Workshop
In 1996 we fully equiped a workshop which would provide non existing vehicle rescue services. We handed over the project to resident youth who have advanced themselves positively and not only gained employment but need trade experience. At Ludewa in the ownership of Group of youths under the leadership of mechanic Mr. Mashaka.

The workshop became a remedial centre for motorists in the area.

The workshop among other services provides lubrication, Tyre services, welding of broken car body parts, Engine tuneup oil change and even engine over haul.

The centre outgrew Ludewa town and is now based at Njombe town.

Since the centre was filled with a welding machine, an electric Generating set, Tools Boxes of spanners Tyre working equipment, Car body working equipment we would like to support it to establish other youth group ownership centre in the District to provide bicycle and motorbike services besides the motor vehicles.

LUDEWA Green Project
In Ludewa Town we have a youth organization for vegetable and fruit farmers. We supported them with finances to a project startup. The demand for vegetable has grown while the supply side has not been able to match the demand due to lack of adequate Gardening tools, capital for buying of seeds fertilizers, insecticides and Gardening Books.

LUDEFO is committed to supporting this initiative especially so as the Group is engaged in Growing Tree seedings for Tree planting.

LUGARAWA Disabled Economic Group.
LUDEFO has natured this Group since 1990 and is now producing high quality and attractive handcrafts, but in a small scale.

LUDEFO has proposed to equip the centre with new sewing machines, weaving machines, leather products making machine and completing a kitchen for a small restaurant and a few bed rooms for steeping of Transit traffic.

Mundindi Disabled Centre to Sustainability.
LUDEFO is a firm believer in SACCO, and is sensitizing Ludewans into forming SACCOS. LUDEFO promotes the SACCOS and has been providing financial backups.

LUDEFO is promoting small-scale environmental friendly roofing Tile making projects at Lugarawa and soon at Madunda and Milo.

LUDEFO is giving free consultancy services to Ludewans on development relation matters, poverty alleviation, formation of economic groups, SMEs, Education a Agri-produce marketing.

LUDEFO regularly issues publications as a means of information dissemination and as a media for sensitizing Ludewans in environmental issues, economic issues and as an alert to looming dangers we face, like the HIV/AIDS, poverty, good land usage and organic farming.

LUDEFO is funding the research and writing of the history of Ludewa People.

LUDEFO is sensitizing and addressing gender issues in the District especially as the District is embedded in strong cultural, ethnic and stauch traditions.

LUDEFO is strongly promoting environmental awareness in the Schools and villages where we have activities.

Clean Water Projects
LUDEFO has provided clean running water to Lupanga-Masimbwe Villages as well as Madunda and Masimbwe Secondary Schools. Recently we installed Solar driven water pump the Masimbwe Technical Sec. School.

Electrification of LUDEWA Institutions
LUDEFO has provided, installed and maintains Solar Power lighting systems at the Ludewa
District Hospital,
Mlangali Health Center,
Nindi Hospital, Madunda Secondary School,
Masimbwe Trade Secondary School and Mundindi Center for the Disabled.

LUDEFO has also installed electric generating sets at the
Ludewa District Hospital,
Madunda Sec. School,
Masimbwe Trade Sec. School, Ulayas Sec. School.

In addition, LUDEFO has managed to secure and install a few windmills for generating Electricity; the windmills are presently on trial basis. ,

Trust in Guaranteing and Acting as Referal platform
LUDEFO has acted as a guarantor for smaller Ludewa associations when seeking credit facilities to buy tractors and farm implements for Ludewa Farmers.

LUDEFO acts as the referral platform for development assessments in Ludewa District as has been witnessed by the two researches which were conducted by the University of Oar es Salaam but funded by UNDP.

LUDEFO after planning, solicited donors to provide funds to construct the International Lodge at Madunda, a project successfully accomplished under the supervision of LUDEFO

LUDEFO regularly interacts with the District officials, and participates as the resource organ in the Local Government Planning meetings of Ludewa District

LUDEFO enjoys the trust of the central Government in that it has a standing Tax exemption for the AID material destined to Ludewa District. So far forty- (40) sea-container loads of aid material has been handled trustfully diligently and successfully.

Conclussion
LUDEFO has enjoyed tremendous successes in its undertaking due to the recognizance of the needs by the targeted recipients. Positive cooperation was received from all quarters, the Central Government, the Regional Administration and District Authorities.

Immense support was received from Individuals, religious organizations who were in the forefront in encouraging us to go ahead and carry out our self imposed responsibilities.

We were greatly encouraged by the people we mention above, but more so by people who benefited from our selfless services.

Be they in the form of a hospital bed, a sponsorship for education to a very poor student or an incentive to the hard working teachers, nurses and every one else the needed help was appreciated, and the cry for more help was imminent.

With the encouragement we received, the success story we made, we feel the need to extend our
mandates and serve for another term of five years.

We are therefore, within our plan, extending our Program for another five years.

Since in the past ten years we were flooded by every need in the district, we consider best to render the service in a fewer selected areas in the next five-year program.

Looking at Past and Present Constraints.
Now, before we can focus on the next five-year program, we feel it prudent that we lost at the constraints we faced during the last ten-year operations.

Although we have enjoyed a comparatively successful period, and fruitful era, we did face several fragmented hurdles during those ten years. We list below the major ones.

Lack of Funds
LUDEFO has an acute shortage of Funds to enable it employ more professionals for implement its envisaged projects

Is Sustainability Attainable?
With the Mchuchuma, Liganga coal and ore mines opening shortly. The Ketawaka Hydro Plant coming up, as well as the Mtwara corridor project vigorously shaping up, Ludewa District plays the cardinal host to all of them. The above major projects will create other economic ventures like tourism, fishing and cash crop development, such as cashew nuts, cocoa, coffee and Palm.

Within the next five years we can envisage a rapid economic growth in the area, which will essentially produce other problems.

Due to human influx in the form of Labor force, there will develop rapid escalations epidemics like sexually transmitted deceases, and the deadly killer HIV/AIDS decease, to list just a few.

Environmental degradation due to human influx will be intensified due to escalated demand for more farm land, fire wood, housing poles and animal grazing.

All the economic activities in the imaginable form, bare positive indicators towards economical improvement, and while economic enhancement can be forecast, the per capital income and buying power of the Ludewa people will Increase tremendously, and the negative aspects will have their toll against the economy growth.

LUDEFO sees the need to step so as to balance the scales of economies. To disseminated Information on the inevitable effects of change, prepare people for the coming changes through sensitization, seminars, workshops and training.

LUDEFO's five-year Development Participation Plan 2007 - 2011
In the next five-year development plan, Ludefo willl focus and direct its effort towards areas, which have imbalances in the social and economic sphere.

While we recognize that the Government will put in place the needed infrastructure for the mining and hydro power industries, the transit infrastructure for the Mtwara corridor, we are aware that we must participate in preparing our people in the economic changes as well as the environmental onslaught at their doorsteps.

Therefore LUDEFO needs to position itself strategically with necessary ammo to appropriately equip Ludewa by way of sensitization, training, hold seminars, workshops in the areas we have chosen to make effectively participatory contributions.

Our Priorities for 2001-2005 are.
• Mass sensitization on the deadly killer decease HIV/AIDS
• Sensitize the stakeholders on the issue of the Environment and better Land and farming
management
• Address the Gender balancing issue so that the women folk are liberated from Yoke of
our tribal traditions and customs, and empower them into economic activities.
• Fortifying our Educational Institutions so that we may produce the Human capital for the
incoming industries, at both technical and white collar job positions.
• Strengthen our Medical Facilities and installations to cope with the on coming
developments.

Program Implementation

i). Qualifications
LUDEFO has the manpower to do undertake the program to its success
LUDEFO has the expertise and authoritative experience in managing community based project

LUDEFO has the trust of the other key players, like the Authorities, Central Government, Local Authorities, and Donors.

LUDEFO has the recognizance, credibility, acceptability and support of the targeted people.
With all the above, LUDEFO desires to plan, manage and implement the manifested program to its final determination.

LUDEFO has fulfilled the prerequisites in identifying itself with Environmental improvement in the district by pioneering the a forestation project at Masimbwe, and LUDEFO is known to spearhead the Gender protocol.

LUDEFO enjoys international recognition and acceptability in group leadership and dynamism, and participation in international forums.

ii) Scheme
LUDEFO will adapt the same methods it has used in the past in project management and implementation. However a training component will be required to enhance skills so that we may implement our project scientifically.

LUDEFO will need to increase its work force by two other competent and qualifies project managers to be trained by the scheme.

LUDEFO will assign supervision of some projects to other selected and qualifying locally based NGOs and CBOs and even institutions.

LUDEFO will continue to work with its overseas Partners, and will continue to heavily depend on both, local and foreign donor agencies for the major funding of the program.

LUDEFO will explore new and other venues for assistance to reduce the burden concentration on the traditional supporters.

iii) The cost
The project will cost an estimated US$. 3.0million 90% will be raised through external Donors

And the remaining 10% will be raised locally through Memberships subscriptions. Donations and Fund Raising

LUDEFO, with the gained experience, is confident of steering this plan to its terminal success and is asking well-wishers, donor agencies, and programs which interlink with our vision not to hesitate in collaborating with us.

Vote of Thanks for the support of our Just Ended Program.
LUDEFO sincerely and whole heartedly wished to acknowledge and thank the DONORS who supported us financially, materially, morally and by acknowledgements during the past ten years in which we have worked in LUDEWA DISTRICT.

If we all recognize that until 1975. When LUDEWA District was born by act of Parliament, it was the most list-developed area in the region, and then the strides achieved are of paramount historic success.

The area was not developed because the then Germans colonialists set the area a side as a source of work force, and so did the British during their turn of colonization

However no one can tell us why TANU and our beloved CCM did not recognize the imbedded syndrome facing the area.

Like the colonialists, the political parties through their governments left the district as a forgotten hinterland.
LUDEFO is very proud and glad to have had its members work successfully in this area since 1985, before even Ludefo was formally registered.

The price of our hard work, sweat is the success we narrate in this publication.

To day we brag of having four secondary schools
Three Technical Secondary Schools
And a handful modestly equipped health centers,

With the help of Donors, and here we would like to mention them, the European Economic
Commission for funding the roads network,

The GTZ. The German Embassy in Dares Salaam, for funding various projects and
Afrika Hilfe of Schondorf in Germany for giving material to all our projects, and
For funding our various joint projects.