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Andrew Muringaniza, Programme Manager Regis Matimati, Director of Programmes 14th March, 2011 By Regis Matimati Masvingo ‘The events lined up for us were pregnant with palpable emotion as communities felt they had been given their lives back by the provision of water.’ Once again we saw how our officers are [...] Masvingo Community Health CLlub Project Goal: To reduce the vulnerability of at-risk rural populations in rural Masvingo to Water and Sanitation Related Disease (WSRD) transmission. Objectives: 1) To increase levels of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) knowledge, attitudes and practices through Community Health Clubs and School Health Clubs so as to decrease vulnerability to WSRD [...]
turning a dust bowl into a place of pride: recyled coke tins are used to border the veg gardens in Garikai Five years ago during the infamous Marimbatsvina Campaign, that eradicated most informal settlement in Zimbabwe, many shack dwellers of Masvingo Town found themselves homeless. Some of those displaced were finally [...] ERF-UNOCHA through Oxfam, is providing community capacity building in cholera mitigation. Based on the success in Mutare and Chiredzi, ZimAHEAD has been contracted to provide yet another Community Health Club programme in high density urban areas of Masvingo Town. All the 10 wards under the Masvingo City Council Authority are being covered by 9 Community [...] The 2009 Annual Report is now available for those interested in the work of Zimbabwe AHEAD. A short overview of this years projects includes the following: Food Security and Livelihoods Independence project supported by the EC through Mercy Corps in Chipinge, Chiredzi and Buhera districts (on-going) Public Health Promotion in Humanitarian emergencies with Oxfam supported [...] ZimAHEAD is facilitating Community Health Clubs graduation days in Chiredzi starting 14 -18 June where 3900 CHC members are graduating after 6 months of PHHE. The residents confirm we have managed the unexpected. The urban and rural authorities have requested that we keep going but we are moving out due to funding lifespan. We leave [...] Community Health Clubs were started in Mutare, Zimbabwe in an effort to combat the rapid spread of Cholera in Zimbabwe in 2009. This is an inspiring account of how well mobilised women were able to role back this deadly threat and prevent any daths from cholera in this high risk area. The paper presented at [...] A short summary of hygiene behaviour change in Zimbabwe, updating from the ground breaking early projects in 2001 in Tsholtsho, to recent projects in Chipinge where similat levels of change are being recorded. It points a way forward as to how the MDGs can be achieved by scaling up the CHC approach as is being [...] Public Health Promotion Programme for Urban Humanitarian Crises in Sakubva, Mutare. Zimbabwe AHEAD in Partnership with Oxfam Reported by: Regis Matimati, Zim AHEAD, Project Manager, March 2009. UN says Zimbabwe cholera cases rise above 80,000 : 20th February 2009 [...] |
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