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  I am proud to see a smile on Leah’s face

  Words and Photos by Edina Kalikali, a fistula ambassador, living in Magu District, Mwanza Region.

  

• Personal Stories, Uncategorised

  The difficult path to recovery for Esta Laurent

  Photo and story by fistula ambassador Edina Kalikali from Magu District, Mwanza, Tanzania.

  

  Esta Laurent [pictured right, in grey, above, in the shop she runs] is 32 years old and a mother of 4 c

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  Gaudensia’s story

  Jumannee Charles, an Ambassador for Fistula, residing in Magu District, Mahala village in Mwanza region, Narrates.

  Gaudensia’s journey with fistula

  Gaudensia  John got fistula in 2018. It was at this time that she started to experience some labor pain during her third pregnancy. She was rushed to Kisesa Health Facil

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  Aneles Lubagumya: We used to conduct one Caesarean section per day but now we are able to conduct more C-sections in a day without any worries.

  

  Aneles Lubagumya, 43, has been a nurse at Mwandoya Hospital in Meat

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  Octavia Kakengela: Amref’s intervention has helped in reduction of newborn and maternal deaths in our village.

  Octavia Kakengela, is the in-charge health provider at Mwasamba dispensary in Busega District, in Simiyu region in Tanzania.

  Mwasamba Dispensary is one of the facilities supported by Amref’s Uzazi Uzima (Kiswahili for “Safe Motherhood”) project, with financial support from the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada. It benefited from the construction of a maternity ward, youth-friendly corner and infrastructure for water, sanitation and hygiene.

  Michael Oscar, a teacher at Chenge secondary school in Bariadi, Simiyu Region. Image by Adrian Mgaya, Amref Health Africa, Tanzania

   

  Michael Oscar, a teacher at Chenge secondary school in Bariadi, Simiyu region in Tanzania, is one of the 435 teachers trained through th

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  Marko Maguta: Amref’s training has helped in undertaking safe delivery

  [caption id="attachment_854" align="alignnone" width="200"] Marko Maguta Community Health Care Worker. Image by Adrian Mgaya, Amref Health Africa, Tanzania.
  

  Marko Maguta, a Community Health Worker (CHW) from Mwasamba Village at Bariadi in the Simiyu regio

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  Veronica Masomeke: Talking about sexual and reproductive Issues was a Taboo

  Veronica Masomeke at Chenge Secondary. Image by Adrian Mgaya, Amref Health Africa, Tanzania.
  

  Veronica Masomeke, 17, is a form four student and a peer educator at Chenge Secondary School in Bariadi District in the Simiyu region in Tanzania. She is one of the 1,356 adolescents Read More

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  Improved latrines construction: An employment opportunity

  “My name is Mwita Maryogo Marwa (42). I am a mason and I got training on construction of toilets through Amref FINISH project.” Maryogo, along with other men, benefited from the training facilitated by Amref Tanzania on the construction of toilets. The training has not only equipped Maryogo and his colleagues with hands-on skills, but has also enabled him to be an inspiration in his community on the importance of having and using improved toilets for each homestead.

  “The construction training has given me confi

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  “The Situation has changed for the better”, says a teacher, Regina Mwita

  Regina Mwita 35, a teacher at Bisarara Secondary School, she is grateful for Amref’s Usafi Kwa Afya Project, especially in providing an incinerator for disposing the waste. Unlike in the past where the school used to collect waste in a big bucket and burn them at the compost pit using kerosene, the situation has indeed, changed for the better. She sees the use of incinerator as the best way of disposing waste and preserving the environment. “We no longer use kerosene, because it is not good for our health, we collect waste and dump them in the incinerator,�

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