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Nchute Health Clinic

Location

Nchute, Chongwe, Zambia

Project start

November 2011

Project finish

Partners

Zambia Ministry of Health

Trainees

11

Beneficiaries

2,521 (direct), 2,577 (indirect)

Key Details

Health clinic and maternity unit for over 2,500 people

Project Funding

Cost: £140,000 est. Raised: £131,000 Shortfall: £9,000

Full Project details

Imagine having to walk over 8 hours to your nearest health clinic. That is what many people in the Nchute area of Zambia are currently forced to do. Health facilities are limited in Zambia, where a staggering 48 newborns and 8 women die during childbirth every day.

We are working with the local community in Nchute and the Ministry of Health for Chongwe District to build a new health post, which will improve access to health services for over 2,500 people. It will be operated by the Ministry of Health and provide all basic primary care facilities, services for under-fives and pregnant women together with a small maternity ward. It will serve as a base for outreach work in public health and maternal child health.

A brand new design has been developed with input from the local community and a specialist architect. One key feature is the separation of the small maternity unit from the main out-patients. This will give pregnant women greater privacy.

The local community has worked tirelessly collecting and delivering sand, gravel and crushed stones to the site to help make the clinic a reality.

Project Trainees

11 trainees have been selected from the local community and have already completed their formal classroom based training, which includes health and safety. They will be involved in all stages of the construction work from setting out to making blocks and painting the plastered walls.

Former Build IT trainees Sabron Muchimba (from our Makangwe project) and Enoch Sikazwe (from our Fiwila project) have both been contracted to oversee the production of Interlocking Stablised Soil Blocks (ISSB) as well as Parry Roof Tiles.

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the roof at Nchute

Nchute Nears Completion

16 Nov 2012

Roofing has begun at Nchute Health Clinic.

The project is drawing to a close as the walls are complete and the tiles for the roof are being...

Progress at Nchute

09 Jul 2012

Work on the new buildings reached ring-beam level in May but our Zambia office had concerns over the quality of workmanship.

An independent...

Nchute Springs to Life

26 Mar 2012

Things are looking up at Nchute, where we are building a new health clinic for 2,500 people.

The health clinic is essential for the local...

A Festive Update at Nchute

29 Dec 2011

A festive update from Nchute Health Clinic – courtesy of former trainee Sabron!

Despite the rains, things are really hotting up - with our...

Nchute Takes Off

22 Nov 2011

After five months work, progress at our first ever health clinic is going well, after great support from the local community and recruitment of...

Training at Nchute

17 Jul 2011

Work is well and truly underway at Nchute Health Clinic. Thirteen trainees have been selected from the local community, after undertaking health...

Work begins at Nchute Health Clinic

17 May 2011

After six months of planning and fundraising, work has finally commenced at the building site for this important new project.

Enoch and...

Designs complete at Nchute

21 Apr 2011

With the plans being finalised at Build IT’s first Health Clinic in Nchute, Zambia, building work is due to start in May 2011. Following community...

Community is key at Nchute Health Clinic

20 Mar 2011

Over 100 people took part in a community design workshop on the 21-24 January for the new Health post in rural Nchute, led by consultant RIBA...

What a difference a clinic makes

05 Nov 2010

In the UK we complain about waiting to see our GP. But in rural Zambia access to health care is a problem of a different order. In fact, only 60%...

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