Community Health Club activities in Zimbabwe
Mr Tablespoon Chirambo and Ivanne Pablo from Development Technologies Training Centre in Mzuzu Malawi visited Zimbabwe on a look and learn tour of CHCs. Africa AHEAD team of Board Chair Dr Juliet Waterkeyn , Executive Director Regis Matimati and MEAL Manager Witness Nkomo took the visiting Malawi trio to Mwenezi and Chiredzi to see the …
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 »
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 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. …
