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Grants awarded in 2002

Link Community Development; Capacity-building for effective secondary school management in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

The eastern region of the Eastern Cape, formerly the Transkei, is one of the poorest areas of South Africa, suffering from very high levels of unemployment. With few resources, low numbers of staff and weak management, the department of education struggles to provide services. LCD’s partner on this project is the Eastern Cape Department of Education. The project will operate in one district (37 senior secondary schools) but the lessons learned will be widely disseminated both within the South African central Department of Education and in wider educational development forums. The project has a two-pronged approach: - firstly facilitating a participatory school development planning process, involving managers, educators and representatives from the local community and secondly strengthening the ability of the District Office and Provincial Department to deliver, be accountable and set standards. Additionally, through twinning links with UK schools, UK teachers will be attached to schools in the district to work on teaching or school management assignments for five week periods and afterwards to develop other forms of support. LCD will also help the development of community funding for the schools, matching it with funds raised in the UK.

Reproductive Health Alliance: Training teachers in Zambia to provide sexuality and life skills education to pupils aged 10-15 years.

The estimated HIV infection rate in Zambia is one in five. AIDS prevention programmes have been having some impact amongst young people in urban areas but ways need to be found of reaching young people in rural, isolated areas where traditional socialisation practices and gender expectations put children at greater risk. The project aims to reduce HIV infection, pregnancy, gender inequality and sexual violence amongst young people in Zambia starting with the Eastern Province - a rural, agricultural region with poor communications. Working with the Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) and the Ministry of Education, the project will develop a curriculum for a sexuality and life-skills programme, based on local needs identified by pupils, teachers and communities. Groups of teachers will be trained to implement the curriculum in schools.

Riders for Health: Transport management training in Africa.
The population of Africa is predominantly rural - effective transport management is therefore very important for efficient delivery of health and other public services, development and emergency aid as well as commercial activities. Riders for Health has developed a Transport Resource Management System (TRM) designed to ensure that vehicles used in harsh environments are run at the lowest possible cost for the longest possible time and has established the Academy of Vehicle Management in Harare to provide practical training in all aspects of vehicle management for personnel from NGOs and public bodies across Africa. The project will increase the Academy’s capacity in marketing its current courses and provide subsidies for African NGOs wanting staff trained to implement TRM within their organisations.

Hospice Africa UK: Palliative care in Africa.

Palliative care offers control of pain and symptoms to the terminally ill combined with a holistic approach to the patient and family where the patient is the focus. In Africa, the AIDS epidemic has increased the need for palliative care services, not just in the hospitals, but in the community and at village level where many of the population may never see a health professional. Hospice Africa was founded to develop the provision of palliative care to terminally ill cancer patients through the establishment of a "model" hospice providing a direct home care based service to patients and their families and the development of an education programme for health professionals and volunteers, using the "model" hospice as a teaching model. Uganda was chosen as the site for the "model Hospice". The grant funds a number of elements of Hospice Uganda’s outreach and training work, including a mobile clinic and training of health professionals in Mbarara as well as the development of similar initiatives in Malawi and Zambia.

Last Updated Mon, 16 May 2005