Zanzibar - Health and Nutrition Project
No sooner had we swallowed our dinner last night than it was time to get up. Out of the door at 05.30, and off to the airport again. Hard work all this ambassador stuff! Just a short hop across the bay this time, and we were greeted by Mali, the Save the Children operations manager on the islands. A strong character, Mali is a real agent for change. On then to receive a briefing from her team over a shared breakfast.
Shocking stats here: 94% of the health budget comes from donors, and 80% of the social budget. A predominantly Muslim community which has strong links to Oman, Zanzibar has both Common Law and Sharia Law. On average, women have 9 children (30% have their first by age 15, 50% by age 18), and men have 2 wives.
Save the Children's Health and Nutrition project funds the training of Community Health Volunteers CHV). For our first project visit, we joined a group of local women and their babies listening to a Save-trained advocate the benefits of breast feeding.
Shocking stats here: 94% of the health budget comes from donors, and 80% of the social budget. A predominantly Muslim community which has strong links to Oman, Zanzibar has both Common Law and Sharia Law. On average, women have 9 children (30% have their first by age 15, 50% by age 18), and men have 2 wives.
Save the Children's Health and Nutrition project funds the training of Community Health Volunteers CHV). For our first project visit, we joined a group of local women and their babies listening to a Save-trained advocate the benefits of breast feeding.
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