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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February 1989 on Halton Hills Halton helps East Africans Imagine living in a sprawling ci ty teeijning with more than two million people with little or no gar bage collection virtually no sewage treatment facilities and no way to deal with the influx of more than 200000 people who are drif ting into the city every year imagine trying to deal with the massive health problems using the most rudimentary equipment available Those are just some of the pro blems facing officials of the coastal city of Salaam in East Africa And Halton is going to help Tucked between Kenya to the north and Mozambique to the south the city is plac ing itself under the tutelage of Haltors most experienced ad ministrators Its all a part of a program entitl ed Africa the Municipal Response run by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities The pro gram is based on the premise that cities like Salaam lack the basic knowledge to institute com prehensive collection and treat ment programs build roads and sewage systems and implement public education programs Because these responsibilities fall under the jurisdiction of municipalities in Ontario the federal government and the FCM could play an important role in helping cities like Dar Salaam Under the progiam the and the federal government will pay for any expenses such as travel while municipalities contribute staff time In Haltons case that days of staff time will cost just under in the coming year The magnitude of Haltons com mitment was established by Chief Administrative Officer John Flem ing Regional Chairman Peter and Burlington Coun cillor Barry during a fact finding mission to Dar Salaam late last year Mr Fleming described the jaunt as an overwhelming experience Thirty years ago Salaam was a small coastal town of just 10000 people But people have been migrating to the city in search of jobs Tanzanian law requires full employment and a better future Dar Salaam had abandoned local government years age leaving it without the infrastruc ture to deal with the growth said Mr Fleming The growth has been so quick and so widespread in Salaam that officials havent been able to keep track of where the peo ple are in order to institute even a basic property tax system for many of them Planning process begins Despite Haltons efforts Tan zanias coastal city of Dar Salaam has too many problems to tackle in one fell swoop Haltons Chief Administrative Of ficer says John Fleming Halton Chair man Peter and Burl ington Councillor Barry zeroed in on several areas Halton will tackle during an information gathering trip to Tanzania late last year Under the Africa 2000 the Municipal Response program will contribute staff time costing about to help Salaam officials cope with The federal government and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities initiated the pro gram late last year The tint area is finances Es Salaam cant generate enough money to support its existing operations never mind building new sewage facilities and roads said Mr Fleming the city has huge communities of squatters who dont pay taxes Even a modest property tax levied on those squatters would help tremendously he said Es Salaam will send a senior planner and a senior finance official to Canada to work under the guidance of Haltons finance commissioner Joe Rinaldo and planning commissioner Rash Mohammed The idea acquaint them with the finance and planning Your Choice system runs Dar Es Salaam with a rapidly increasing population has ex tremely poor water purification and sewage treatment systems And the pollution is generally not educated in sanitation and hygiene To help Halton will send environmental health director Peter to Tanzania to train city administrators in sanitary and hygiene education Dar Es Salaam also needs to establish local government To that end the city will send their solicitor Joseph Mbuna to Halton to study the Regions twotier municipal government under the direction of Mr Fleming To help Dar Es Salaam develop a waste disposal system Waste Reduction Manager Albert Shamess will travel to Tanzania to review Dar Es Salaams col lection system and provide pro cedural and technical advice Halton is also recommending spend to help Salaam establish methods of operating various departments Virtually every area of the ad ministration of the city is acutely hampered by the lack of basic equipment necessary to func tion said Mr Fleming wants FCM to spend more on new initiatives for the administration of Es Salaam Finally under the sponsorship of Rotary Clubs in Halton and in Dar Salaam Halton wants to help set up a small youth agricultural cooperative near the city One larger cooperative actually a small farming village is now run very efficiently by peo ple aged to 31 said Mr 124 MAIN ST SOUTH DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8777654 FLORAL Wedding 9900 Silk Flowers Plants See you at the Welcome Wagon Bridal Show Feb Margaret and Ann 8531928 ACTON FOOD0 Passport Photos in 3 MJn RENT VIDEO 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attend Sheridan College in for a short time throughout The whole project should cost around said Mr Fleming Salaam and of ficials staff time is estimated at each hopes Halton will be able to raise about in a community effort to supplement the program While Dar Es Salaam wont be transformed into a modern city in a short period of time Mr Flem ing hopes contribution will be a major first step in Salaams attempts to improve its physical ability to deal with its problems YOYO SYNDROME What is meant by the yo yo syndrome connection with dieting A If you have ever found yourself repeatedly losing weight only to gain it back you have experienced what has become known as the yo yo syndrome that seemingly continual fluctuation up and down the scale The public spends billions of dollars each year on weightloss plans including everything from weightloss pills diet books and foods to expensive exercise equip ment and health spas Few of these socalled solutions ever offer permanent weight control 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