A Community Health Worker: Cause of Smile in my Life
The USAID Afya Shirikishi Project in Tanzania is using community –based health solutions to address social behaviors in accessing health services for Tuberculosis (TB) test and to help patients cope with long and difficult TB treatment.
Macrina Mhalafu: Drumming the HIV message through Football
Macrina Mhalafu is a 23-year-old girl and peer educator of adolescent girls and young women from Sagamaganga village in Signal ward, Ifakara Town Council, Morogoro region. She has been changing lives through her innovative approach to education, where she uses football to drive the HIV message to her clients. Despite facing challenges and dropping out of school due to pregnancy in 2013, when she was in Form Two, she never gave up on her dreams.
Rising Above: Veronica’s Journey of Resilience and Empowerment.
Veronica Kalani, a 23-year-old Adolescent Girl and Young Woman (AGYW) from Barabarani Street, Mpamantwa Ward, Bahi DC, has become a beacon of hope in HIV prevention. Despite facing numerous challenges, Veronica has risen above them and is now leading her community towards a brighter future.
Veronica's journey has been far from easy. Coming from a single-parent family of seven children, she lost her father at the age of 19. Despite this hardship, Veronica managed to complete her primary education in 2013. However, her
Asha: From a desperate young girl to an aspiring farmer
Asha Salum, a girl with an infectious smile, represents a classic case of the empowerment that training girls from vulnerable environments can achieve. The Timiza Malengo training has given her a sense of direction that many out-of-school girls can only dream of.
For this 24-year-old, who hails from Menia, Kondoa in Dodoma region, the first thing that one encounters upon meeting her for the first time, is her infectious yet sincere smile. This smile seems to stem from her confidence that is either in-born or sh
Fatuma Issa: A Traditional healer linking TB patients with Community Health Workers (CHWs) for TB diagnosis.
Wearing a red scarf, wrapped with a piece of cloth against a background of a shoulder-to-toe-long, black-spotted yellow gown, confidently smiling Fatuma is about five feet tall. She is a mother of five and resident of Wisikwantisi Street in Kondoa Town Council working as a Traditional healer.
Pili Daud: From Fistula Survivor to Business Owner
Pili Daud from Nyehunge is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. She has overcome great adversity in her life and has emerged stronger and more determined than ever before. Pili is a fistula survivor, a condition that affects many women in Tanzania and other parts of the world. Fistula is a devastating condition that occurs when a woman's reproductive tract is injured during childbirth resulting into a hole in the birth canal and bladder/urinary tract and/or rectum. The result is that the woman becomes incontinent and is unable to control her urine or fece
Perpetua Yusuph is a courageous and inspiring woman from Nyambemba village in Buchosa. She is a fistula survivor who faced immense challenges in her life, but she always had a strong spirit and an unwavering determination to overcome them.
When Perpetua first developed fistula, she was devastated. She had lost control of her bladder and was constantly leaking urine, which made it impossible for her to work or even leave her house. She was ashamed and isolated, and she had no idea how she would ever be able to return
Overcoming obstetric fistula with support from Amref Health Africa Tanzania
Masumbuko James Kazungu was a proud father of two beautiful daughters. He lives in a small village in Tanzania with his wife Scholastica, who was his partner in everything he did, he always supported his wife, Scholastica, through thick and thin. Masumbuko was a hard-working man, and his wife was the backbone of their family, taking care of their children and managing their homes.
However, things took a drastic shift when Scholastica gave birth to their second daughter. Scholastica started experiencing leaking urine
Overcoming Fistula through Support and Empowerment
Elizabeth Masheku's story is one with mixed feelings, both heartbreaking and hopeful. As a young girl living in the rural town of Kwimba, she was forced by her father to get married to a man much older than her who lived in Tabora. Unfortunately, during her first pregnancy, Elizabeth ended with an obstetric fistula. It was a devastating condition that not only caused her physical pain but also psychological trauma.
Tragically, Elizabeth lost her child due to birth complications which brought her an obstetric fistula.
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