Helen Timoffee, Director of the Malawi Water Project March 31st. 2021 Even though our organization, The Malawi Water Project, already provided training on proper sanitation and hygiene to interested villagers, we found the training was not sufficient to achieve the behaviour change needed to improve the standard of health in families which would result in …
Malawi Water Project’s assessment of our Zoom training 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, …
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 …
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 …
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 »
Field Trip to Makoni District by CEO 6th December 2018 SKAT is supporting the introduction of locally fabricated Rope & Washer pumps in Makoni District and Africa AHEAD has been working with the communities to install around 60 of these new pumps, replacing the conventional upgraded family well which for the past 30 years has …
A major failing in the current WASH programme in Haiti today is that although ‘safe’ drinking water may be coming out of the tap, hand-pump or Bio San Filter outlet, re-contamination is clearly still a huge challenge, because of poor handling and storage of drinking water so that the water is not ‘safe’ at all by the …
CEO of Africa AHEAD delighted by the CHCs in Haiti Read More »
At the annual UNC conference which attracts the great and the good in the WASH sector annually in North Carolina for a week of sharing experience in the WASH Sector, the most interesting people I met were two ordinary non academics who were to me the most extraordinary people in the conference…. Jude Francois and Marie …
Haitian CHCs: the magic of solidarity – how making wine brings a community together! Read More »
April, 2016 ‘The happiest people I have ever seen singing about a toilet!’ says the BBC reporter who captured a rare moment of optimism in this traumatized nation. Read the full story ‘Bawili’s story is quintessentially Congolese. In 1998, her husband was shot when rebels attacked their village. She fled with her children to Tanzania, …
“My children used to often get typhoid, diarrhea and vomiting and we had to spent lot of money at the hospital. Ever since we started to practice the hygiene methods in my home, none of us got any of those sicknesses. Added to that, making of the new toilet has enabled us to get rid …
“I taught my husband and children to follow everything I learned in the class. Another important thing I learned and practice is washing the hands before and after handling food and defecation.”
“My family was always suffering from malaria. Ever since I attended the training my family and I began to clean up the surroundings and made sure to empty the containers used for water collection-especially in the rainy season. Since then we are free of malaria. We have saved some money from the hospital expenses. Mosquito …
‘I like the club because of the idea of bringing people together. You get ideas from this one and that one. So you learn everything. You share your knowledge. I did enjoy it. Because to me it had a direction of the real life we are supposed to live’ – CHC Member, Zimbabwe
‘I like the club because of the knowledge you get there and the discussions we have in the lessons. I enjoy it when you answer questions. You have some time to laugh and have some fun.” – CHC Member, Zimbabwe
“After each of the sessions I wanted to learn more. So I had to complete all the sessions. I also wanted to compete with others actually to answer all those questions on the membership card.” – CHC Member, Zimbabwe
“After each of the sessions I wanted to learn more. So I had to complete all the sessions. I also wanted to compete with others actually to answer all those questions on the membership card.” – CHC Member – Gutu, Zimbabwe
“Really, I will stay there (at the CHC) until I die. The health club keeps me fit because everyday I have to be presentable. When you meet me you have to know this is somebody in this world. So it keeps me smart and keeps me healthy and fit.” – CHC Member, Mberengwa, Zimbabwe
