Eastern Community Health and Development Programme - ECHDP

22/03/2019

Three Mandela Washington Fellows Nangamba Chintu, Evans Nsooka and Paul Shalala implemented the US-funded Nileleni Project which has rescued Zambian girls fr...

03/08/2018

Happy breastfeeding week

, initiated early and exclusively, is the “Foundation for Life” and gives growing newborns a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop to their full potential. Read a joint statement from World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF for World Breastfeeding Week 2018. https://bit.ly/2OwuvvT

05/04/2018

Journal of the International AIDS Society Volume 21, Issue 3 Commentary Open Access A pragmatic approach to monitor and evaluate implementation and impact of differentiated ART delivery for global and national stakeholders Peter D Ehrenkranz Corresponding Author E-mail address:peter.ehrenkranz@gates...

21/03/2018

CHIEFTAINESS KAWAZA
Monday, 19th March, 2018.
Chieftainess Kawaza of the Chewa people in Katete district says over 360 girls who were not in school in her chiefdom have been taken back to school through the Nileleni Project that is being implemented by the Mandela Washington Fellow and World Vision. Speaking when officers from Mandela Washington Fellow and World Vision paid a courtesy call on her on Friday, Chieftainess Kawaza said out of the 360 girls, a total of 306 girls dropped out of school for various reasons while 54 were victims of early marriages.
She said many girls and boys in her area have gone back to school, adding that the situation has since changed for the better.
Stressing the need for educating a girl child in society, the Chieftainess said her Chiefdom is in the process of coming up with a Foundation that will help promote education and many other issues in the area. And speaking during the same occasion, an 18 year old girl, Malita Banda who was retrieved from an early marriage said education is the only real key to a person’s successful life. Malita narrated that she was married off by her parents so that they could raise money for their upkeep and to buy a Puma blanket. Meanwhile Evans Nsooka who is one of the Project implementers, said the aim of the Project is to send young girls back to school and that they have a target of sending 10 thousand girls back to school. Mr Nsooka disclosed that the Nileleni Project is being implemented in Katete district in Eastern province and Pemba district in Southern province. He further explained that the Project will run for one year and that so far the 22,000 Dollars U.S Embassy Funded Project has achieved a lot.
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01/03/2018

The U.S. Embassy announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to assist with U.S. Embassy education advising activities. Apply now! https://zm.usembassy.gov/pas_small_grants/

24/02/2018

HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support are a human rights priority ... as much a challenge for leadership as it is for vulnerable populations. —Archbishop Desmond Tutu

24/02/2018

No woman should die in pregnancy and childbirth!

15/02/2018

30/01/2018

In response to the negative effects of global warming, ECHDP with support from the US Embassy is working with Community members in chipata District (In Chieftainess Mkanda's area) by implementing the Tisunge Sanga Program of which one of the projects involves constructing of firewood saving stoves as a way of reducing the cutting down of trees which contributes to climate change. As an organization, we intend to scale up this project to all other districts of Eastern province in order to create greater impact. At ECHDP, we believe in long term and impactful projects that respond to practical and real needs of our population.

17/01/2018

We partnered with a local NGO, Eastern Community Health and Development Program (ECHDP) in Chipata to teach community members in Chieftains Mukanda’s Area how to construct firewood serving stoves to reduce the cutting down of trees for firewood and to protect the environment.
The smoke-free stoves use 50% less firewood compared to the usual 3 block fires used in rural communities. The project is working with the community to build 5000 stoves in kitchens and is reaching out to about 20 000 people in Chipata District with information on the environmental impact of cutting down trees.

12/01/2018

The Community environmental project where ECHDP is teaching women how to construct firewood serving stoves has exited the community with more than 200 stoves already constructed. The stoves use 50% less firewood compared to normal fires used in rural communities. The project is funded by the American Embassy in Lusaka and is being implemented in Chieftains Mukanda's chiefdom.