Good hygiene practices prevent disease. Amref Health Africa works with communities to train them in basic hygiene and sanitation practices improve access to toilets and encourage the use of clean and safe water for drinking and cooking. Supported by UNICEF, Jilinde is an 18-month project aimed at improving water, sanitation and hygiene services in schools. Working with 19 primary and six secondary schools, this project aimed to scale up the school WASH services in Makete District Council. It is designed to promote hygiene practices and facilitate knowledge gain and behavior cha
Mother and Son Find Hope to Enjoy the Beauty of Life
Likinesh Hurma, a 35 year old mother of four, lives in a village about 60km from Arbaminch, a small town 500km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
Likinesh was born with a cleft lip deformity that was considered a curse in the family. Consequently, she was not given a chance to go to school. She was also teased by her peers. Growing up, her life revolved around cooking for her family, collecting firewood and fetching water.
To her surprise though, she received a marriage proposal when she was 2
Charles is a pump mechanic, trained by Amref Health Africa, working to provide clean water in internally displaced people's camps in northern Uganda Charles is a pump mechanic, trained by Amref Health Africa, working to provide clean water in internally displaced people's camps in northern Uganda “If it wasn’t for the war, I would probably have become a successful farmer,” Charles Okana says, wiping sweat from his brow. Charles supervises seven men and women 2 km from the Orom IDP (Internally Displaced People) camp, They have come here to repair a water pump. After carefu
At the top of a vast open pit at the Geita Gold Mine, a group of men clad in bright reflective jackets, sturdy boots, protective goggles and helmets have their attention riveted on Boaz Kadikilo (29). He is using the lunch break to engage them in a discussion on condom use and the importance of testing for HIV.
What are the major challenges facing the miners and the
George Olali is well known and liked in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. He is a community health worker attached to Amref Health Africa’s Kibera Community Health Centre. George has been living with HIV for close to 10 years now, and has been on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for three years.
George Olali visits patients living with HIV. He was trained by Amref Health Africa as a counsellor an
Building Local Capacity: Aneno’s Journey to the National Laboratory
When Aneno Irene Oriech obtained her Uganda Certificate of Education from YY Okot Memorial College in 2005 in Masindi, she dreamt of becoming laboratory technician. The career path that Aneno was to take is a science discipline which required both practical and theoretical training.
The youthful and ambitious Aneno, who is from Eastern Equatorial State, joined Maltesa School of Medical Laboratory Technicians in Rumbek, where she studied her dream course and obtained a certificate in medical laboratory technology in 2009.
Dr. Asrat is a surgeon with Amref Health Africa. Dr Asrat Mengiste arrives at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. It’s 8am, and already 70 patients are lined up for a consultation. In the operating room are 20 local doctors
Dr Mengiste talks them through every action and explains every decision. After four days he will have operated on 40 patients and passed his knowle
AKELLO CHRISTINE 28 years of age is a qualified enrolled midwife working in a remote sub county of Lalogi where the Health Center 1V she works in is located and it is about 145 kms from Gulu Town. Christine, just like most of the affected persons from the northern part of Uganda, suffered from the LRA atrocities that caused socio economic and psychological setbacks twenty years ago.
Christine was determined to excel in her studies with the intention to come back home to support the rehabilitation of the tattered health sector. She strongly f