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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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  “They Call me Mama Choo” – Maria Kisiri

  Maria Kisiri, 44, is one of the CHWs in Serengeti District, and we capture some of her experience with the FINNISH Mondial project. Upon receiving training from Amref in 2018, Maria’s area of work has been at Central Stand ward in Serengeti District, where, alongside other CHWs, she conducts house-to-house awareness on sanitation and hygiene about the dangers of contagious diseases caused by poor access to improved sanitation and hand washing practices. In addition to creating awareness, CHWs have also been given hands-on skills on how to build toilets using local

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  Dickson Justin Matoli: Restoring Privacy and Dignity of Young Girls at School

  Dickson Justin Matoli a headteacher of Bisarara primary school. He has seen noticeable change since the start of USAFI KWA AFYA project, being implemented by Amref in his school. 

  According to Dickson, Amref Health Africa has helped them to build a 70,000 Litres water storage tank for rain water harvest in 2019, which has helped in providing drinking water and cleaning their classes as well as toilets. 

  “We are grateful to Amref Health Africa for giving

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  Story of Change: People Can Change, hear Paulina’s experiences

  Born in the village of Zagayu in Itilima district, Tanzania, Paulina Boniface Dotto, 53, has been working with the Uzazi Uzima (Kiswahili for “Safe Deliveries”) project implemented by Amref Health Africa. She devotes her time to promoting the value and importance of antenatal care services (ANC). Paulina started working as traditional birth attendant and she was later trained to become an active Community Health Worker (CHW) in her village. 

  Zagayu Centre is one of the health&n

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  Story of Change: Enhancing the Provision of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Services

  For the past four years Sibaba Kiseja, 56, has been working as a Village Executive Officer for Habiya Village in the Simiyu region of Tanzania. He has been very instrumental in ensuring his village members are aware of the health services accessible while advocating and working closely with other leaders to improve the provision of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services. His village is among the ones benefiting through the Uzazi Uzima project interventions aimed at improving the provision of RMNC

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