Culture of Preventive Care and Maintenance of Personal and Public Property

Preventive maintenance is the system of planning maintenance and monitoring social cultural settings in a community, which involves inspection, followed by maintenance and modification, which is necessary to make items and properties to use for a longer period.

The following are the main causes:

1. Lack of knowledge
2. People's attitudes
3. Habits
4. Disregard of public property
5. Lack of use of common sense
6. Laissez-faire attitude

Preventive care should be considered under the following:

1. The frequency of checkup and inspection
2. Regional maintenance that minimizes the costs of upkeep
3. Keeping of buildings, furniture and fixtures
4. Regular maintenance that creates a conducive environment to users
5. Institutions or public places should have a time table to ensure preventive care because people need it
6. Regular care and maintenance of existing buildings and facilities, so as to ensure and prolong the life span of buildings and equipment

Matters which can promote the growth and existence of culture are:

1. National language that should be spoken by the people and used for instruction in schools
2. Protection of handcrafts industries against foreign goods competition such as importation of unnecessary goods
3. African artists like singers, dancers, poets should be assisted in composing and recording
4. Popularization of local culture in mass media using radio, television, videos, etc. The Tanzania media is doing a good job to promote our culture
5. Commitment of leadership to promotion of national culture i.e. leaders should encourage people to practice the national cultural ways of life