Tawawami Community Health Program

Introduction:
Tawawami Health Project believes that all children of need and vulnerable youth of the community have the right to proper physical and emotional health. Excellence in health is essential to the development and enhancement of a child’s cognition, physical, and social welfare. Insufficient healthcare, poor nutrition, lack of essential provisions and educational stimulation can have severe consequences to a child’s potential.

In the Tawawami community, the majority of the children that would be served at the project are orphaned, and they are fostered in a relative’s home. Often the environment in the home is not favorable to the child’s well being. Aside from the traumatic loss of a parent due to HIV/AIDS, the child is subject to abuse, child labor, the sharing of a bed with 4-5 individuals in the foster home of a young stepmother, and or elderly grandparent(s).

The Tawawami Health Project will be proactive in educating the entire community. Working cohesively, the goal is to reduce mortality rates that plague the community.

Active participants in the project will learn alternatives that will lead to healthier choices and brighter futures. The program will combat the issue of HIV/AIDS transmission, the segregation of children with HIV/AIDS, and allay a myriad of issues that grossly affect the child and their community. In addition, the program will make valiant efforts to support the foster homes in order to provide a healthier environment for the development of the children in their home.

Mission:

The mission of the Tawawami Health Project is to enhance the quality of living of the children and the community at large.   The project will allay health myths and concerns, and provide holistic and realistic alternatives to develop one’s health in the community. 

Vision:

The Tawawami Health Project’s innovative programs will improve the overall health conditions of the community that it serves 

Objectives:

1. To promote and enhance nutritional health in the community.
2. To provide early childhood education in a nurturing and safe environment.
3. To provide quality health education and services to all participants of the project.
4.  Engage the participants in cooperative learning activities to enhance their understanding, involvement, and to provide an enjoyable atmosphere to learn. 
5. To provide housing for orphans and vulnerable youth whose home environment is not providing a healthy atmosphere for the proper development of the child.

Outputs of the Project:

1. Improvement of the participant’s health will increase.
2. An improved environment for childcare will be provided.
3. Affordable quality health, life skills, and educational services will be a provided to all members of the community.
4. Participants will develop in a safe environment free of the anxiety and fear of abuse.
5. Participants will attend a facility that is inviting, attractive, and favorable to their educational development.
6. Varied projects will allay and prevent the transmission of diseases that could have been prevented with early intervention.

Project Activities:

1. Provide a nutritional meal program for the participants of the project.
2. Enhance and monitor the sanitary and living conditions of the children’s residences.
3. Working collaboratively with the public school’s health education and expanding it at the project’s facility.
4. Construct housing for orphans at risk in the community.
5. Make available essential medicine for varied illnesses, and to develop a health clinic facility for care and distribution under the supervision of a license health coordinator.

Project’s Imputs:

1. Dedicated and educated administration.
2. Nutritional meal program.
3. Essential needs for the child; proper clothing (uniform), housing, and medicine.
4. License medical personnel and educators who can provide quality training.
5. All materials needed for a housing project, care, and educational facility.
6. Sufficient medicine and medical care for all members of the community.
7. Incorporate a volunteer program and develop relations with an organization who is proactive in meeting the health needs of the developing community.