Tropical Storm Ana hit the southern part of Malawi in Late January 2022. Helen Timoffee, Director Health Lives International writes, ‘The whole Southern area is under water. Bridges and roads are destroyed, people are stranded on the tarmac as it is the only area not under water. AID agencies are not able to get to …
Tropical Strom Ana derails Community Health Clubs in Malawi Read More »
Helen Timofee, Malawi Water Project April, 2022 A project that the Malawi Water Project undertook over this past year was the establishment of Community Health Clubs. These cost effective clubs can empower villagers to not only take charge of the health of their village but show people how they can help themselves by working together …
I am Gladys Chibharo, born in 1979, married with three children, and my spouse is disabled (blind). This is the story of how I have managed to support my family and made a career through Africa AHEAD. In 2002 I was just a voluntary village health worker (VHW) of ward 31 Buhera District, Manicaland Province, …
A total of 15 builders were selected to be trained across the 5 ZIRP operational wards in Gutu so as to facilitate proper construction of both households and school latrines. These depict first phase of training done for ward 15 and 36 in which 6 builders were trained with support from the District Environmental Health …
Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project rebuilds latrines Read More »
SPITZKOP WATER KIOSK IN GWANDA MUNICIPALITY WATER FINALLY REACHING THE MASEKELANTABA COMMUNITY Water is a driver for economic development and is essential for human survival. The importance of the precious resource has been emphasized over the years. According to the constitution of Zimbabwe amendment number 20, article 77, every person has the right to safe, …
Message of Appreciation from Masekelantaba Community Read More »
CHCs, which were started a few years ago are being revived and a lot of activities have taken place within a short space of time through the training of community based facilitators, skills training in catering, plumbing, solar technology, hair dressing, dress making, improved stoves, and making safari pots and paving stones for sale.Two public …
Wonders of entrepreneurship through the CHC Approach Read More »
Gutu District in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe was one of the 9 districts which were heavily hit by the Tropical Cyclone Idai in March 2019, resulting in most water and sanitation infrastructure being damaged. An estimated population of 270 000 in total, including 129 600 were affected by flooding and other damages caused by Cyclone. The …
Building resilience in Gutu District after Cyclone Idai Read More »
In response to the Covid 19 pandemic, Africa AHEAD is being supported in Zimbabwe by UNICEF for implementing a programme entitled ‘Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures against the novel Corona virus’, in partnership with Moriti oa Sechaba. Activities are currently being implemented to improve awareness of safe hygiene and sanitation practices, with a focus …
The Corona virus was first identified on the New Year’s Eve of 2020, and within 3 months there are now nearly quarter of a million cases with around 10,000 deaths world-wide. The ‘Old World’ has stopped working. Rich nations are now in lock-down, shutting up shops, restaurants, bars and leisure centres while all citizens are …
From Community Health Clubs to electronic Corona Health Clusters Read More »
Julia Pantoglou joined Africa AHEAD in Rwanda in 2016, to assist as an intern for the monitoring and evaluation of the cRCT trial in Rusizi District. She was responsible for refining the Household Inventory Tool, and for the use of the ODK (Open Data Kit) for instant analysis of data, collected by cell phone. She …
Please see the 5 x 5 AHEAD Challenge video We summarise our strategy to end poverty with the following equation: (SDG6) + (SDG 2) = SDG 3 Clean drinking water and safe sanitation plus good nutrition makes for good health. SDG 3 + SDG 5 = SDG 8 Good health when combined with womens empowerment …
The Founders Juliet and Anthony Waterkeyn went on their annual tour of the programme in Zimbabwe to see how the team were doing in Makoni District where the SKAT funded project was revamping CHCs and installing Rope & Washer pumps for a self supply water project. However whilst the technology was disappointing the CHC methodology …
Juliet meets Juliet – an insight into the sustainability of good hygiene Read More »
In a throng of over 600 participants at the Water and Health Conference in Chapel hill this year, made up mainly of northern academics, the most refreshing participants were two Haitian community workers, Jude Francois and his partner Marie Vincent. This truly dedicated couple have been working for the past five years, in a volunteer …
EcoCHC Clubs in Haiti: “The business of the sheep is the business of the goat” Read More »
Africa AHEAD is committed to providing an institutional memory of any projects in Africa using Community Health Clubs. In order to coordinate an online community of partners who use this approach we have for the past year been supported by the Gates Foundation to develop a website which will enable the Ministry of Health real …
A recent workshop in Kigali hosted by Ministry of Health and supported by Unicef, USAID and Africa AHEAD provided all implemented partners with an update on how their contributions towards the Community Based Environmental Health Promotion Programme is enabling all villages in the country to be covered by this dynamic programme. Over the past 5 …
The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Rwanda is currently implementing the Community-Based Environmental Health Promotion Programme (CBEHPP) which is in the process of establish Community Hygiene/Health Clubs (CHCs) in all 15,000 villages across Rwanda. The CHC model, as originally developed in Zimbabwe by Africa AHEAD (AA) in 1995, has in-built monitoring systems and tools . …
Africa AHEAD with Stockholm Environment Institute was quick off the mark, on Sunday morning at 9.00 am, 31st August, hosting a seminar on the day before the official opening day to show case the Community Health Club Approach. Most of the delegates were due to arrive the following day but to our relief the hall …
A United Front: How Community Health Groups are improving Hygiene Read More »
