Nakonde, Zambia: Snippets

Nakonde, Zambia

11 August 2006

Snippets

Since October 2005, Nakonde Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

Home-based care workers show off
their new kits.

Health

Assisted the Ministry of Health to run a mobile immunisation clinic by providing 200 litres of vehicle fuel; 558 children and 884 pregnant women were immunised
Provided groundnuts, beans and soya beans to seven nutrition clubs, so they could make nutritious foods for children under the age of 5

HIV and AIDS

Held meetings to encourage community members to form support groups for people living with HIV and AIDS; as a result four groups were formed
Taught 50 people living with HIV and AIDS about positive living and nutrition to improve the functioning of their immune systems
Held three youth workshops about income-generating projects and HIV and AIDS
Supported the home-based care centre with medicines and nutritious foods; 317 people received care and counselling from the centre
Trained 82 new caregivers, bringing the total number of people trained to provide home-based care to 204
Provided bicycles for 14 caregivers
Provided 3.2 tonnes of bean, maize, groundnut and soya bean seed to 331 households caring for orphans and vulnerable children
Provided insecticide-treated mosquito nets to 250 chronically ill people

Agriculture

Distributed 10.4 tonnes of groundnut seed, 10.4 tonnes of maize seed, 3.86 tonnes of bean seed and 0.8 tonnes of soya bean seed to 495 farmers groups
Provided farmers with fertiliser and ploughs
Trained farmers in improved production techniques including the use of draught animals to increase the amount of land under cultivation

Infrastructure

Continued construction of Tulemane Development Trust Centre, a base for local community-based organisations
Built a three-classroom block

Justice

Held nine children’s rights and AIDS workshops for children and adults

Nakonde file

Nakonde project profile

NAKONDE STORY ARCHIVE
2007
Good news from Nakonde
Snippets
Counting down
Exciting changes in Nakonde
2006
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The benefit of good nutrition
2005
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Land of her own
Keep healthy
2004
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What class!
2003
Seed capital
Taking charge
Nakonde newbies
Last laughs
A matter of health
Environment follow-up
2002
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Malaria
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