Barkary: “We’re now aware of the menstrual hygiene”
Barkary Mohamed is a Form Two student at Chongoleani Secondary school in Tanga. He is one among the boys in Chongoleani secondary school educated about menstrual hygiene. This has since changed his outlook, regarding menstrual periods for girls. “Many of the boys in my school are now aware of the menstrual hygiene. This has made […]
Fatma Rashid: “Menstruation is not a disease”
Fatma Rashid is in Standard Seven at Kisosoro Primary School in Tanga. She is one of the beneficiaries of the sanitary pads through the Timiza Malengo project, supported by the Global Fund programme. “Prior to receiving the sanitary pad, my mother could not afford to buy me monthly sanitary pads, hence I used the normal […]
Catherine Tarimo: “Sanitary Pads have led to better academic performance”
Catherine Tarimo is a Health teacher at Kisosoro Primary School in Tanga. She delves into how the distribution of sanitary pads has reduced school absenteeism and increased academic performance among girls. “I would like to thank Amref, through the Global Fund project, for supporting our school since last year with the sanitary pads to those […]
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. Leah Philipo is a mother of five and an entrepreneur from Mahaha village, Magu District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania. She lived with fistula for over ten years. How Leah’s ordeal began with fistula This all began in 1999 when Leah was […]
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 children. Esta is a fistula survivor, she contracted fistula in August of 2020 during her 5th pregnancy, at this time Esta explains how […]
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 Facility, and later referred to Seokuoture Hospital […]
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 Meatu District, Simiyu region in Tanzania, for more than 15 years. When she looks back, she sees great change that has been enabled by Amref’s Uzazi Uzima (Kiswahili for “Safe Deliveries”) project through construction of an operating theatre. Mwandoya Hospital is one of the […]
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 […]
Michael Oscar: Spearheading school peer clubs for sexual and reproductive education.
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 the Uzazi Uzima (Kiswahili for “Safe Deliveries”) project on Sexual and Reproductive […]
Marko Maguta: Amref’s training has helped in undertaking safe delivery
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 region of Tanzania, is one of the 800 CHWs trained through the Uzazi Uzima (Kiswahili for “Safe Deliveries”) project on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent […]