Improve Health in rural Zimbabwe
Summary
ASAP will train 24 rural Cluster Facilitators (CF) for 3 days in permaculture, growing and using medicinal herbs and general health issues. These facilitators will then form local health clubs in their respective areas and train 12,000 people in these same health issues.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Life in rural Zimbabwe can be terribly difficult with life expectancy only in the upper 30's. This is due to a lack of health training at schools in the rural areas. The first 5 years of a child's life is crucial with early childhood death a common occurrence. Nutrition at an early age is critical.
Activities
ASAP will conduct a 3-day Health workshop for 24 women CFs on how diseases spread, nutrition, permaculture, growing and using medicinal herbs and general health issues. The CFs will then cascade the knowledge to at least 12,000 women in their home villages.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: £1,360
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £3,389
Total Funding Goal: £4,749
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Over 12,000 villagers will be trained in ways to improve their nutrition, their health and their children's health. This will have an immediate impact on the general health of the rural area with fewer early childhood deaths.
Project Message
“By using our existing Village and Savings program as a platform to implement the Health Club Project, we will reduced the overall cost and make it accessible to more people."
- Mr. Joseph Miti, Program Manager, Zimbabwe
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Elizabeth Bara,
Executive Director
58 Dover Trail
Peachtree City,GA 30269
United States
770-632-7451
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organisation
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A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP) 58 Dover Trail P.O. Box 2275 Peachtree City, GA 30269 United States (770) 632-7451 http://www.asapafrica.org |
Learn more about A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP) and the project team.
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Zimbabwe
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Zimbabwe, read the Human Development Report on Zimbabwe or the Wikipedia entry for Zimbabwe.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on April 03, 2012.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 10, 2009.
Latest Update from the Field
Project on Hold
By Tom Arsenault - Overseas Program Manager, April 03, 2012 11:02 AM
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