Nineteen students from Mbola Millennium Village, in Uyui district in Tanzania, have been awarded secondary school scholarships from the Connect To Learn program. The scholarship recipients are attending local schools supported by Connect To Learn with mobile broadband technology investments in order to provide these students, their classmates and their teachers with access to quality teaching and learning resources.
"Today we are here to celebrate your hard work. These . . . [more]
In 2008, the Uganda ministry of health entered a partnership with JHPIEGO, an affiliate of John Hopkins University, and the General Electric (GE) Foundation to improve infection prevention practices in 12 health facilities in Isingiro district where Ruhiira Millennium Village is located.
An external evaluation commissioned by the partners revealed that the best performers, after two years . . . [more]
When I arrived to the Bonsaaso Millennium Villages Project (MVP) site, my first impressions regarding the status of healthcare delivery were above expectations: I was pleasantly surprised about the great work that MVP and the Ghana Health Service had carried out in this cluster. I found 7 functional health centers, managed by midwives operating as doctors, assisted by a team of community health workers. The 7 clinics in the cluster . . . [more]
Laundry soap, margarine, cooking oil, skin moisturizer: all these are products shoppers in developed countries drop into their carts without a second thought. In Mwandama, a remote village in Malawi with no supermarket and limited internet, the community was falling right through the meshes of the consumer grid. But a group of enterprising women has achieved nothing less than a small revolution by effectively turning themselves into sales representatives for the world's second-largest consumer . . . [more]
Storm clouds had been gathering all afternoon that Sunday. But no one in Mindhine expected the heavy downpour and strong winds that hit this Millennium Village last August. The roof of the health facility, covering six rooms that offer out-patient services, was blown off. The electricity line, kitchen and a pit latrine nearby were not spared either. At the time, the dispensary was being refurbished and expanded, and so construction materials like timber were damaged by water. Drugs and paper work were destroyed, iron sheets were blown away. Property worth approximately Ksh 450,000 ($5,600) was damaged. The only surviving building . . . [more]
It was a proud moment: out of nearly one hundred entries, the Community Health Workers (CHW) program of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was singled out by the World Health Organization (WHO) for an award of excellence.
Here we were, the participants at WHO's second Global forum on human resources for health in Thailand, at the end . . . [more]
Mayange had been yearning for this moment for a long time: finally, the community of this Rwanda Millennium Village has seen the light, in every sense of the word.
Janvier Nzanywayimana was one of the people who were living in the dark. Now connection to the electricity grid has allowed him to go to university. How? 'I finished high school in 2007 but couldn't afford to continue my education. . . . [more]
Located in Western Kenya, Sauri was the first Millennium Village (MV) to see the light in 2005. Five years on, the project area has grown to nearly 70,000 people and has registered numerous successes in its multi-sectoral approach.
The MV team and the community celebrated this at the inauguration of new classrooms at the end of October 2010.
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Five years ago, Falanes Josephat hit rock bottom: she suspected her husband of being HIV positive, got tested and found out she was too. In poor, rural Malawi, this meant one thing: death. And, in her case, leaving behind four small children with the bleakest of futures. 'I was depressed. I thought I would die fast,' says the 38 year-old mother.
Five years on, not only is she still . . . [more]
The Millennium Village of Koraro, Ethiopia, was recognized for its achievements in the field of primary education in the state of Tigray, and was awarded a trophy and certificate in the local educational festival in December 2010.
Since 20005, Koraro has significantly contributed to the expansion and strengthening of universal primary education in the 22 establishments located in the project area. Through partnerships with the government . . . [more]
Education • Mbola, Tanzania • Millennium Development Goals
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