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This project targets 80,000 pastoralists, particularly focusing on mothers and children through:
- training health workers, community health workers and Traditional Birth Attendants so that women are able to give birth in safer environments, with skilled assistance at hand
- vaccinating young children against diseases such as polio and TB
- providing mobile outreach services to treat common illnesses and educate communities about disease prevention, hygiene and harmful practices
- providing sexual and reproductive health education and distributing condoms to reduce HIV transmission.
Communities are now more aware of the dangers of traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation and traditional ceremonies encouraging unprotected sex in young girls.
This project is implemented in partnership with a local organisation, the Ethiopian Pastoralist Research and Development Association.
This project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
