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 Dr Mwanana Kassim was financially supported through ZOP to gain her Diploma in Clinical Audiology at the University of Nairobi. She graduated...
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 are collected from many parts of the world including Oman, Dubai, the UK and Denmark, as well as locally in Zanzibar. The Pemban villages of Micheweni, Sebudawa, and Maziwa Ng'ombe and...
In collaboration with local NGO Saidia Zanzibar (http://www.saidiazanzibar.org/) 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. The ferry, which was carrying at least 800 people, was travelling along the Pemba Channel between...
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, (http://www.500miles.co.uk/) a Scottish NGO that has donated money to honour the memory...
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. Through...
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. They enhance efficiency and reduce the distances that villages have to...
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. The training of each student health monitor means that they are then able to carry out assessments of...
2012 will see Zanzibar's School for the Deaf in Mchina Mwanzo, Stone Town, enter into its fifth year. 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, saw 40...
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 in 201 solar power supply was installed at...
Early Childhood Health Monitoring Program [ECHMP] The program involve monitoring the children from age 0 (in pregnancy) to 5 years with objective of early diagnosis and treatment of chronic disabling disease. It covers 271 Shehia in Zanzibar and start to follow the pregnant ladies since the day she presented her pregnancy and advice her on...
