Conservation of wildlife and habitat through improved livelihood security specifically targeting health and wellness of people living adjacent to wildlife areas.
The Community Health and Wellness Education Program (CHWEP) aims at delivering health and wellness education to villages which are in or adjacent to concessions assigned to Robin Hurt Safaris (T) Ltd.
The Program achieves its goals through the following five components.
1. Village Government Natural Resources Management Strengthening & Capacity Building
This component aims at supporting and building the capacity of village government institutions such that their ability to manage and benefit from natural resources is increased... Read more
2. Classroom-based Educational Activities
The purpose of this component is to deliver appropriate curriculum to school children about the value of conservation, the benefit of sustainable utilization of natural resources and the importance of healthy, functional ecosystems for human wellness such that awareness is increased and other activities are strengthened...Read more
3. Film Unit
The purpose of this component is to show to local communities films about natural resources, conservation, and health and wellness educational films to raise overall awareness on natural resources issues as well as to use the unit as a crosscutting tool for the other components...Read more
4. Health & Wellness Services
This component has the goal of identifying critical health and wellness issues found in target villages and taking proactive steps to mitigate them such that people’s livelihood security is less at risk...Read more
5. Internship Program
With this component, the program developed and implements an internship program for Tanzanian College and University graduates to allow them gain experience in related fields while at the same time extending the range of CHWEP activities...Read more
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