Chata, Malawi
20 January 2006

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The following are some achievements in Chata Area Development Programme (ADP). Since October 2004 World Vision has:

HIV/AIDS
  • Held four HIV/AIDS open days. More than 4,800 people visited and received information about HIV/AIDS.
  • Facilitated 24 local leaders to visit an HIV/AIDS project in another ADP.
  • Assisted eight home-based care committees to support people living with HIV/AIDS by providing the groups with 1,000 Panadol tablets for pain relief and 32 bags of fertiliser to help them grow nutritious foods for those in their care.
  • Trained 10 teenagers, who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by the effects of HIV/AIDS as tailoring and tin-smithing tutors, so they can train others in these job skills.
  • Provided vocational skills materials, including sewing machines and cloth, for five youth clubs.
  • Facilitated quarterly meetings for leaders of youth clubs from throughout the ADP so they could share their experiences of carrying out HIV/AIDS prevention activities.
Health and sanitation
  • Monitored the nutrition status of over 12,300 infants and encouraged mothers to exclusively breast-feed those infants found to be underweight.
  • Formed nutrition clubs so breast-feeding mothers can support each other.
  • Supplied iron supplements to over 26,000 anaemic people, focusing especially on women of child-bearing age and children under-5.
  • Educated over 20,000 community members about health and nutrition.
  • Held refresher training sessions for 160 community health volunteers.
  • Trained 200 village health committee members to detect common diseases and prevent their spread.
  • Provided blankets for 1,200 sponsored children.
  • Provided materials for the construction of over 2,000 sanitary latrines.
  • Sprayed 500 houses against pests and insects.
Education
  • Trained 225 members of 16 school committees in leadership and project management. As a result one of the school committees accessed external funding to build two blocks of classrooms and a head teacher’s house.
  • Provided 10,000 exercise books and pens to children of 16 primary schools.
  • Supported 180 sponsored children with school fees and 66 with school uniforms.
  • Held a soccer and netball tournament between the 16 primary schools. The aim of this was to reduce youth delinquency.
Agriculture and food security
  • Trained 10 farmers to raise pigs and provided each farmer with a male and a female piglet.
  • Established eight vegetable growing clubs and trained 150 farmers to produce vegetables.
  • Trained 55 members of the Chiwamba Root and Tuber Farmer's Co-operative Society so they can pass on techniques to other members. This co-operative now has 2,210 members.
Water and environment
  • Constructed 20 shallow wells.
  • Trained 20 water-point committee members to manage water resources.
  • Trained 700 farmers, from 60 agro-forestry clubs, in agro-forestry techniques and provided them with indigenous seeds. Provided 130 farmers with exotic seeds.
  • Established 12 nurseries to grow vetiver grass, a crop which has a variety of uses including soil and water conservation, fodder and weaving.
  • Trained 205 village leaders in environmental management.
Leadership Development
  • Trained the leaders of eight Community-Based Organisations so they can continue development activities after World Vision has completed its activities in the area.

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