Africa AHEAD have programmes in rural and urban contexts
Africa AHEAD has in the past two years provided online training for three Rotary Funded projects in Africa. With Rotary membership being based on a ‘Club’ dynamic there is clearly an obvious link with Africa AHEAD’s work through Community Health Clubs. It was therefore a great pleasure to be invited to speak to the WaSH-RAG-group …
The 2022 online training is being attended by 20 participants from the Nyamanga Water Users Association in Malawi, funded by Transform International, with support from Niagra-on-the-lake Rotary Club. The participants are now in the implementation phase of the project. Having been trained in the theory of the CHC Approach in 2021, they then developed a …
Nkhamanga Water Users Association starts CHCs in Malawi Read More »
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 »
CHCs in Masvingo thatt were formed 12 years ago (2010) in Masvingo City have evolved into Community Based Organizations involved in waste management in which they collect discarded plastics which they sell to a local company that makes plastic bags and poly pipes….
The Majoni/Zhou water point was a diesel powered borehole broken for more than 3 years, which resulted in the community drinking unsafe water from the nearby river. They had neither the capital nor the expertise to get the engine repaired. Thanks to the combined efforts of two short emergency projects, supported by OXFAM and ACF …
Solar powered boreholes deliver water to 15 remote villages Read More »
We were delighted to have sufficient response to justify another Introductory Course on the CHC Approach which was held from 26th – 30th April 2021. This was the first time we used the online Learning Platform for the materials and presentation and participants could follow the presentation on their own screen and access all course …
Global Health Connections attended all four modules of our first Zoom training (Oct 2020 – Feb, 2021) and we are delighted to see how they have been able to immediately put their training into practice, as well as rapidly complete a base line survey and produce visual summaries of the situation in their CHC village, …
The challenge has always been when starting a CHC to provide the extensive Toolkit of Visual aids which are needed to enable the 24 topics to be done in a participatory manner. Using tried and tested PHAST activities such as ‘3 pile sorting,’ ‘Ranking’ and ‘Blocking the Route’ we had to teach people online to …
Start up of CHCs in South Sudan, Malawi and Kenya through our e-learning course Read More »
Emboldened by cracking the Zoom technology in Module 1 and 2, we decided to see if we could get participants trained online to use our monitoring system as well. This was ambitious as the training is extremely ‘techi’ and required huge patience as everyone struggled for the first time to follow detailed instructions from our …
After the great response and feedback from our first Introductory Zoom training we launched Module 2; Planning a CHC – providing a step-by-step method of crafting a successful CHC Project. For this session participants had to have an actual project site for a Community Health Club. Module 2 which ran from from 10th November twice …
The dreaded Covid lock down which has caused so much disruption has prompted a revolution in communication across Africa…. we found using Zoom we could train online and could connect with people across the world to enable CHCs to startup to help fight the pandemic whilst we sat at home on Zoom. It was an …
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, …
As the Zimbabwe Idai Response project (ZIRP)is progressing well in Ward 13, Gutu, with a lot of changes now starting to be visible in the community, through the formation of Community Health Clubs and the training of the SAG (Savings and Income Generation) groups in the villages. One of these changes are being noted in a …
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 »
ZIRP brings joy and dignity to a widow in Gutu The Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP) is being implemented in 5 wards [10, 12, 13, 15 and 36] of Gutu district, the worst hit area when Cyclone Idai ravaged the country in March 2019 resulting in practice of open defecation by most of the affected …
‘When CHCs are well established they become a super highway for other development initiatives’ is the response of the Executive Director of Africa AHEAD Zim when he learned of the great efforts by many CHCs in Zimbabwe, which are now running substantial enterprises, and managing to weather the Covid storm. For example the Community Based …
Borehole rehabilitation during Village Pump Mechanics training at Firoumwe water point (ward 10) in Gutu District in Zimbabwe is one of 36 boreholes being repaired in the programme to build resilience in communities affected by Cylone Idai. This has been described as an “AA life changer” by Firoumwe community members who are now able to …
Africa AHEAD Association conducted the first online training using Zoom, for the replication and scaling up of the Community Health Club Model into 8 new countries through training and mentoring of partners requesting to start CHC projects. Training consisted of three Modules with AAA certification for those completing all three modules. Module 1: 2nd October …
Africa AHEAD has long been advocating for long term sustainable development of Communities, in a 4 stage process: starting with health and hygiene, continuing to Stage 2 – the application of this knowledge for safe water and sanitation. Because CHCs are often started within the WASH Sector, and despite the SDG call for more integrated …
