Simply in our own words – “To Meet the Needs of the Needy”
In Zanzibar there are a lot of people who live far from a hospital and/or don’t have the money to go to a hospital when they need a doctor. To make sure all community members get the medical help they need, ZOP runs several programs to help the communities of Zanzibar, which are divided into three main categories.
Health: ZOP’s medical camps (Such as Mobile Clinic Camps, Specialized Medical camps), health monitoring programs, clubfoot management and production of assistive devices these bring general and specialized medical services into the heart of the community and rural areas of the archipelago.
Community services: ZOP is dedicated to serving the community through water projects, Charity distribution and the renovation of facilities across the archipelago of Zanzibar.
Education: ZOP supports and runs numerous educational and training programs. These range from special needs teaching, education on particular health issues relevant to the island, Scholarship programs and efforts to support Zanzibaris in pursuit of careers.
The distribution of the projects is as below
Mobile Clinics
Throughout a mobile clinic community members are examined and managed as needed. These clinics are mainly sponsored by IMPACT UK, except for the dental part of the camp which is sponsored by GOZA. Read More
Specialized Camps
Medical camps include Specialized Camps for Eye,ENT, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Surgery, Clinics at the houses of elderly. Read More
ZOP Community Water Supply
The policy for the tanks, which range from 2,000 to 5,000 litres, is to place them into areas of a minimum of 500 people. The units are donated to individual well owners on the condition that their water supply is already serving the community. Read More
Club Foot Management
ZOP in collaboration with Infant Club Foot Appeal of UK run a program on Clubfoot management in Zanzibar with the main aim of ensuring every child born with clubfoot in Zanzibar receives quality and timely treatment, providing them with equal opportunities to lead active and productive lives. Read More
School For The Deaf
2012 saw Zanzibar’s fiirst School for the Deaf in Mchina Mwanzo. The school first came about as a result of a Campaign for Hearing Loss Reduction carried out in April 2008, in collaboration with researchers from Oxford University. The study, which involved 200 children across Zanzibar. Read More
SHMP
School Health Monitoring Program. In May 2008, it was one of ZOP’s first collaborations with IMPACT, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training that enabled the beginning of the School Health Monitoring Project. Read More
Charity Collection
The charity wing of ZOP now operates as both a distributor of donated charity items and in partnership with other NGOs around the archipelago. Charity donations here are collected from many parts of the world including Oman, Dubai, the UK and Denmark, as well as locally in Zanzibar. Read More
PEHC
Primary Ear and Hearing Care [PEHC] This program look into raising awareness on the primary ear care including prevention of ear infection and deafness. It involve training, production of posters and brochures as well as television and radio programs to raise awareness. Read More
Facility Upgrading
The program looks into upgrading the Zanzibar facilities to overcome their challenges, to mention few of the upgrading done so far are: Chake Chake hospital Audiolody Unit was constructed in 2008, The Eye Theatre at Mnazi Mmoja hospital in 2009 The Audiology Block at Mnazi Mmoja. Read More
BIES
In collaboration with local NGO Saidia Zanzibar, ZOP helps support the ongoing education of children whose families were affected by the 2011 MV Spice Islander passenger ferry disaster, after the boat sunk off the coast of Zanzibar on 10th September 2011. Read More
In Good Memory
In Good Memory – a new account for ZOP to help people suffering disabilities ‘In Good Memory’ is an account specifically set up to help Zanzibaris who have suffered disability because of accidents. This was made possible by a generous donation from 500 Miles. Read More
Career Upgrade
ZOP believes strongly in the training and education of Zanzibaris and has sponsored scholarships that includes the training of Zanzibar’s first Audiologist, and is continuing the with medical education to health personel in Zanzibar. Read More
Helping People With Albinism
In June 2011 a kind donation of a shipping container of Factor 50 suncream by the UK’s Boots Chemist was made to the Jumuiya Ya Ma Albino Zanzibar (Association of People with Albinism). This inspired a partnership between ZOP and the Association, then in its infancy, to distribute the cream through its medical outreach programs. Read More
