INTEGRATED HEALTH FOR ALL FOUNDATION - IHAF
CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Education Services @ IHAF

EDUCATION:


Through the department of Education, the division of Civil Society Capacity Building Network (CSCB Net) presents:

Project Planning and Management and Leadership Internship Programme (PMLIP)
Check out more about the internship program by downloading the brochure and contact IHAF if you are interested.

Capacity building at IHAF is by a participatory approach through focus group discussions, adult schools, community gatherings, seminars, internships, street and short training courses.

Expected results

Enlightened communities with the ability to use available natural resources to improve their nutritional, health and economic status.

Purpose:

The education program was designed as a reservoir for proper outreach to people in the local Communities (LocComs) on nutrition and health care related issues. It is intended to enlighten individuals, families and communities on the use of available natural resources for the improvement of their nutrition, health and economic status.

Program Objectives:

To build capacities of people in LocComs on nutrition and health care related issues through:

Nutrition and health care education campaigns                                                                                                                          Seminars/Training workshops                                                              Demonstrative street sign post                                                             Short training courses                                                                        Educative dramas on:                                                                             

- HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases                          - Personal hygiene, cleanliness at home, and environmental sanitation                                                                                                  - Malnutrition and non-communicable diseases                               - Self reliant activities. 

To develop community capacity to harness the resources of their immediate local environment aimed at increasing income, food security and access to clean water, and target them to those most vulnerable.

Project:

 Past Projects!!!

Workshop on Proper Project Planning and Management for Development.

Haven been exposed to social, business and developmental projects aiming at alleviating poverty and improving health in local community, and cognition of the fact that we have trained staff on project planning and management, we thought it wise to train others who are in leadership positions: project coordinators, managers, council officers, etc. As a matter of fact, we have schedule a workshop to that effect come February 5-7, 2009 at Bamenda.                                           

Training of Peer Educators of:                                                                          

- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS;                                                                                      -Personal hygiene and malaria;                                                                             -Nutrition and malaria in pregnant women and the under-fives

 

 Nutrition Services @ IHAF

NUTRITION :

Nutrition at IHAF is through proper management of available foodstuffs (helping local communities better use the foodstuffs they cultivate)

 Expected Results:

Improved nutritional status of individuals, families and all in the target communities.

Purpose:

The purpose of the Improved Nutrition Program is to contribute to improved nutritional status of the people in local Communities (LocComs) in Cameroon. The program was established originally as Foundation for Healthy Nutritional Practices (FHNP) in February 04, 2004, with the recognition of the high prevalence of malnutrition in Cameroon with an estimated 1 in every 5 children the age of five being stunted in some communities (UNICEF 2004).

We believe that the program shall enlighten people in LocComs on the nutritional and economic values of the available foodstuff when used properly. Similarly, it will ensure adequate intake and absorption of good food with a resultant good-health-for-all.

Program Objectives:

  • To sensitize people in LocComs on the nutritive idea and values of available foodstuff.
  • To guide people in LocComs to appropriate their diets.
  • To encourage people in LocComs to make home gardens and consume balanced diets.
  • To train people in LocComs to determine their nutritional status using anthropometric measurements of BMI  and physical observations.
  • To educate people of LocComs to manage their nutrition situations.
  • To advocate for relevant nutrition policies and programs in Cameroon.
  • To reduce malnutrition and control of non-communicable diseases in affiliation with other stakeholders.
  • To promote collaboration of laboratory based or fundamental research and research findings with nutritional realities in communities.

Project:

 Health care Services @ IHAF

HEALTH CARE:

Health care at IHAF is through personal hygiene, community sanitation, disease management and other health care related issues.

 Expected results:

 Improved Health for all

Purpose:

The Health care program was founded in January 2006 with the purpose of strengthening the capacity of health care sector in local Communities (LocComs) to effectively reduce HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other infections, Water/food-borne-diseases, and improve access to quality care and treatment for children, pregnant women, orphans and minorities.

Program Objectives:

  • To sensitize people in LocComs on their exposure to diseases.
  • To promote personal hygiene in LocComs in Cameroon.
  • To educate them about the risk involve in overdose of social drugs.
  • To advocate family planning and restore hope in orphans and disable persons.
  • To strengthen access of people in LocComs to basic health care information and facilities.
  • To ensure that people in LocComs are aware of the effects of medications without prescriptions.
  • To build capacity of youths of LocComs on health care management of disease situation and epidemics.
  • To strengthen mechanisms to increase access to affordable drugs and commodities for malaria,  HIV/AIDs and other related situations.

Project:

 PROJECT NAME: IHAF-Community General Clinic, Menka (IHAF-CGC-Menka)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES: Our major objectives are to increase access of over 90% of the total population of Menka (including children, pregnant/breastfeeding mothers and orphans) to primary health care facilities/services through the construction of a sustainable community health centre and to reduce malnutrition/infection related disease situations by 70% in the year 2011.

We can readily provide details about the project upon your declaration of interest to assist to contribute to welfare of over 21,000 people!!!

Integrated Projects

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF PROJECTS

Project identification:

Project Title: “Small-scale Red Palm Oil and Soap Processing in Ekaw-Menka, Widikum Sub-Division,                             Momo Division, North West Region, Republic of Cameroon, Central Africa"               

 Relevance of Project:

Considering that Menka population (over 21,000) exploits natural groves of oil palms most of which is birds-planted in a disarrayed manner for production of oil palm traditionally using under feet (to smash oil palm fruits) and hands (to press the mash), the introduction of improved breeds nurseries and small-scale farms will significantly improve yields. In addition, use of pressing and filtration machines to process oil will improve quantity and quality while easing the tedious and inefficient traditional processing method. Furthermore, in view of the poor sales of the palm oil, transformation into soap will greatly maximize profits and create jobs for many. 

Beneficiary: Menka community (immediate) and environs (later).

Duration of Project: Three years (36 months).

Brief Project Description:

Oil palm is economically important as a high-yielding source of edible and technical oil. Red oil palm is very nutritious oil, rich in Pro-Vitamin A and Vitamin E with no known toxins. It is the widest and most popular cooking medium in Cameroon. In addition, it is a major source of income to several local populations that exploit the natural groves to process red palm oil traditionally. Although, the traditional process is simple, it is very tedious and inefficient.

Menka is an epitome of such a community where natural groves of oil palms are exploited for oil production traditionally to make a living. The sparse nature of the natural and relatively low yield of the natural groves; and the tedious and inefficient oil palm processing method necessitates making of nurseries and organised cultivation of improved breeds of oil palms.  Furthermore, the poor farm to market roads that led to poor sales of the red palm oil, making it difficult to acquire the expensive indispensable commodity, soap, demands establishment of a small-scale red palm oil soap making unit.

Therefore, this project intends to establish improved breed oil palm nurseries and small-scale oil palm farms in Menka Cameroon. Furthermore, small-scale red palm oil processing mills and soap making units shall be set up to process the produces and convert part into a low-cost soap. This is a cost-effective and simple approach to poverty alleviation.

Cross cutting issues the project is contributing to: The Project shall cut across small scale agriculture and commerce, and health to alleviate poverty and improve living standards of locall communities.

Cost: £ 76,231.44 9 FCFA 68,608,300)                                                                                                      

Sponsor:  (Do not let this opportunity pass you by, we appreciate your interest in advance)

IHAFCAM