Health Education and Support
A healthy community is a stable community. A healthy community is a community full of compassion and care. The health education and support Program include:
a) WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene)
This program aim to achieve:
- To provide clean drinking water for the people of Rusinga Island
- To provide safe drinking water to 50% of the schools and Fishing beaches within Rusinga Island
- To ensure that 90% of the people of Rusinga has toilets. 100% of all fishing beaches along Rusinga has toilet and community Bathrooms
- To build community toilets in all the fishing beaches along the shores of Rusinga Island by the end of 2027.
- To train communities and the learning institutions on all WASH programs.
b) Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Rights ( SRH&R) and Preventive Health
This programs aim to achieve:
- Train all primary schools and secondary school students within Rusinga Island on SRH&R).
- Train 200 Youths annually on SRH&R
c) PSEAH (Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harm)
This program aim to achieve:
- To train all the residents living along the fishing beaches about PSEAH
- To train 100 families per year about PSEAH and targeting 1000 families within Rusinga Island and Mbita town by the end of 2027.
d) Mental Health
This programs aim to achieve:
To support community members by providing a safe centre where all the mental health trainings and support services can be accessed easily. We therefore intend to provide trainings on:
- Mental Health Awareness
- Sexual Harassment at workplace
- Managing Addiction and its challenges
- Family/Community Unity and Togetherness