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Health Action Promotion Association (HAPA)
Organisation: Health Action Promotion Association
Child-to-Child activities are organised through the association in both Singida regions and in Tabora town. Both primary school and pre-school children are involved in the activities. In 2001 numbers were about 18,000 but current figures are not yet available. The kinds of CtC activities that are performed and carried out depend on the school community priorities and needs. For instance, water, hygiene and sanitation are accorded greater priority. The adult workers are primary school teachers, village health workers, social and community development workers, school committees (including parents), and villagers through the village leadership. The programme particularly encourages children to think for themselves and solve problems
Child-to-Child Activities are Introduced
Child-to-Child is introduced through classroom teaching and through health clubs (health fairs). Child-to-Child six-step and Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) approaches are used. Teachers and Village Health Workers are trained in how to apply these, within, across and beyond the school curriculum.
School-based Child-to-Child Activities :
In 2001 37 schools in total were participating in the Child-to-Child programme. Each school developed a school health action plan which includes aims, objectives, the resources (human, material and financial) required for the activities, and an indication of the time-scale of the activity.
Health and Education Working Together
At the grassroots level, health clubs are being used by health professionals to campaign for health issues, e.g., immunisation. In other areas, health workers give talks to the school concerning health issues (e.g., the prevention of specific diseases).
Monitoring and Evaluation and Training
In addition to the training provided for all participants special training is provided in monitoring and evaluating. There is a checklist of indicators by which we measure the success and outcomes of activities.
Child-to-Child Materials
The programme uses some of the Child-to-Child resource books. It also seeks to adapt the readers and translated them into Kiswahili. A chart on the six-step approach in Kiswahili has been produced and distributed along with hygiene and sanitation posters, T-Shirts and caps carrying health messages as well as games, cards and other reading materials. Schools are encouraged to make health aids out of local materials.
Organisation: Health Action Promotion Association
Address: PO Box 1013, Singida Tanzania
Tel: +255 026 250 2499
Fax: +255 026 250 2311
info@hapa-singida.org
http://www.hapa-singida.org/future.html
Date: 2005
Source: HAPA
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