Africa AHEAD have programmes in rural and urban contexts
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 …
Extract from Unicef WASH Newsletter August 2020 For full report click here ‘COVID-19 has significantly changed the course and way of life in Zimbabwe and continues to impact communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Idai that caused significant loss of life, injury, and displacement in the Eastern Highlands. The ongoing drought within Zimbabwe affected water supplies …
Extract form PAINT Newsletter September-October 2020 For full report click here The Food and Nutrition Club in Chipinge has inspired an organisation for the arts known as PAINT to emulate their example of sef sufficiency. “We were humbled to see women of various ages participating in key activities like health clubs, livestock rearing, gardening initiatives …
Leeroy Maliseni reports from Gutu District, Zimbabwe. Sanitation is critical for control of disease and in a time of Covid this is an important part of home hygiene. Unlike most of the rest of AFrica latrines have always been properly lined to prevent collapse. Bricks are moulded locally and the pit lined all the way down, …
Canaan Makusha sends this report. Women who have had CHC training understand that the best way to protect their families from Covid is to improve home hygiene. Instead of waiting for handouts from NGOs and Agencies, Africa AHEAD trains CHC members to see what they can do for themselves, to build their sence of …
Moses Matondo reports from Glen Norah, Harare. Two ‘Powerhouses’ in peri urban areas have been tireless in their efforts to help their community in time of Covid 19. They are the two Joyces, Joyce Philimpili and Chimbwero who have between them set up 10 Covid Health Clusters each between 10-15 people. We want to shine …
Like so many communities in Zimbabwe, the people’s need for safe water has been ignored for decades as Zimbabwe’s infrastructure has fallen into disrepair. Boreholes are seldom maintained or rehabilitated. People have to resort, like the elephants to digging for water below the sands. But this is not safe for human conspumption, as it is …
Gutu’s Mufukus – helping community access clean water Read More »
Report by Morgan Haiza, Project Officer 20th July 2020 … Trained Health Promotion Volunteers are doing a splendid job by ensuring that communities are educated on how to prevent and control the pandemic in their neighbourhoods. This is being done door to door and in smaller groups (Corona Health clusters) of 15 households. Key messages …
With Action Against Hunger (ACF)and Nutrition Action Zimbabwe (NAZ) we are addressing the acute needs of 12,500 of the most vulnerable population affected by the ongoing protracted, COVID-19, drought and socioeconomic crisis in Zimbabwe with a programme in Chiredzi and Mutare Urban. Much of the infrastructure at hospitals is worn out and delapidated , and with an expected …
Africa AHEAD now has 3 projects running at the same time in Bulawayo Metropolitan to assist government deal with the Covid 19 emergency. With a city council that is proactive and which has given Africa AHEAD a coordinating role for other NGO activities in Bulawayo, we are able to maximize our support for the city. …
Africa AHEAD’s Engineer Ngoni Chirindo briefing Executive Director Regis Matimati on the works being done at the Mutare Provincial Hospital Covid 19 Isolation Centre. 9th July 2020. Photo and report by Morgan Haiza. Africa AHEAD is working with Action Against Hunger, funded by ECHO to contribute to the national effort to combat the spread of …
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 »
Although so far Africa has been the continent least affected by Covid-19, the World Health Organization has expressed concern that the spread of the virus will accelerate, predicting that up to 44 million people in Africa could be infected in 2020-2021 if containment measures fail, and up to 190,000 could die of COVID-19. As a group …
Africa AHEAD Consortium seeking suppport for Covid 19 radio programmes in Africa 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 …
Reported in the Standard Daily Newpaper, Zimbabwe 22nd December, 2019 Social commentary:with Fidelity Mhlanga Thirty-four-year-old Catherine Makwecheredze could not contain her joy. She was a reciepient of a new house, courtsey of Africa AHEAD, a non-governmental organisation that has come to the rescue of victims of Cyclone Idai, who were rendered homeless by the vicious …
Africa AHEAD’s support for victims of Cyclone Idai Read More »
Chistian Aid partnered with Africa AHEAD with the objective of alleviating human suffering in the wake of the disaster inflicted by Cyclone Idai in March 2019, which tore through Chipinge district leaving trail of destruction on the roads and bridges making it difficult to access goods and services. Efforts by the District Civil Protection Unit …
Africa AHEAD in collaboration with SKAT Foundation of Switzerland (funded by Drink & Donate) have been supporting the Environmental Health Department of the MoHCC in Zimbabwe to run CHCs in Makoni District. The project provided water quality management and trained water point masons and artisans to enable the protection of family wells. In total during 2019, …
Church gatherings are an effective channel to promote hygiene as their members cut across age, tribe, sex and race with church leaders having strong influence in terms of cascading information to the mixed multitude. In an emergency scenario, such as a cholera outbreack, churches can become an effective tool for hygiene promotion as they interface …
