Wiwanana Foundation

Since peace was restored in Mozambique back in 1992, the country has made good progress in improving the lives of its citizens and in generating growth. However, post-war bottlenecks in health service delivery, mainly due to shortage of human resources, low facility coverage and capacity constraints in health governance, persist and slow down progress. Additional challenges currently faced by the system remain, such as the high burden of infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and the increase of non-communicable diseases.

In order to progress further, Mozambique needs to strengthen its efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle among the poor and bring health services closer to its 65% of rural population.

Wiwanana Foundation, a newly created Mozambican NGO, works in the Districts of Ancuabe and Chiúre, in the Northern Province of Cabo Delgado, which is one of the poorest provinces with a total population of about 350.000 people and a high burden of diseases.

Make the rural population of Chiúe and Ancuabe less vulnerable to disease and improve their health, with a particular focus on women’s and child health.

• 350.000 people in the two Districts, 30% of the total population of the Province, with a particular focus on the poor, women in reproductive age and children under 5 years of age.

• Communities act autonomously and have acquired skills and knowledge to prevent and manage diarrhea, malaria/fever, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, maternal and child health and make use of proper nutrition, taking into account specific aspects of gender.
• Increased use of formal health services by community members through strengthened relationships between communities and officials of the formal health system.
• The WW Foundation has the ability to manage and implement its activities in a professional manner and has diversified its funding

• Formation and training of community health groups in various thematic modules (e.g.: malaria and fever, hygiene and sanitation, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, maternal and child health and nutrition).
• Development of synergies both with the Provincial Health Directorate and other like-minded organizations in the Province.
• Build own institutional capacity of the newly created Wiwanana Foundation.

Risultati raggiunti:  

• Provide communities of expertise to act autonomously in the prevention and treatment of diarrhea, malaria, fevers, HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, ensuring balanced nutrition.
• Community members will use formal health services and there will be an improvement in the relationship between communities and officials of the formal health system.
• Foundation Wiwanana shall be empowered to manage and implement their activities in a professional manner and be able to diversify their sources of funding.

Risultati principali attesi:  

•  Provide communities of expertise to act autonomously inthe prevention and treatment of diarrhea, malaria, fevers,HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, ensuringbalanced nutrition.
• Community members will use formal health services and there will be an improvement in the relationship between communities and officials of the formal health system.
• Foundation Wiwanana shall be empowered to manage and implement their activities in a professional manner and be able to diversify their sources of funding.

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

• Health literacy in the targeted communities has improved significantly in the period 2009-2011.
• In 2011, 1/3 of all institutional births in both districts were referred to formal health services by a traditional birth attendant.
• There has been a 44% and an 11% increase in the outpatient consultations in Chiúre and Ancuabe respectively, indicating an increased use of health services in the project area.
• Since 2009, institutional birth rates increased by 15% and 111% in Chiúre and Ancuabe respectively.
• The legal transformation process from the project to a local NGO/Foundation has been successfully completed.

• Provincial Health Directorate
• Solidarmed
• Non-Governmental Organizations

Gender is key component in the composition of the Wiwanana Foundation staff, with 60% men and 40% women, also at the monitoring matrix and tools. HIV/AIDS is one of the key thematic areas of the project.

Fase 3 01.01.2013 - 30.04.2016   (Completed)