Annual report Helpcode Italia - EN

In correlation with this topic, we have also worked to promote a culture of peace and
methodologies for creative conflict resolution on a local level. One of the ‘conflicts’ on which
we have worked most is precisely that between the school and families as regards education
for girls. With the goal of bringing more girls back to school and to enhance the importance
of education for all, we created a series of consciousness-raising campaigns in Mozambique
using the “theater of the oppressed” with the goal of collectively finding local solutions to this
‘conflict’.
In 2021, an extremely important area of work on this subject was health: in Libya especially we
restored primary and secondary health centers, thus ensuring access for the population to
six healthcare structures that today guarantee essential services even in remote areas, while
restructuring of another six structures is underway. We have also collaborated with the Libyan
Ministry of Health for the distribution of the Covid 19 vaccination.
Our commitment to the healthcare sector has a double objective: to improve the quality of
services (through work done on infrastructures and personnel) and to increase the degree of
access to the services themselves, above all for the most vulnerable categories. This is an area
of our work along with agriculture, WASH, and educating for peace that is starting to become of
great importance for Helpcode, and expending in other countries.
IN
2021
51,620 people were reached by basic services
28 infrastructures related to basic needs were reinstated or brought up to
speed (water structures, agriculture infrastructures, etc.).
WELL-BEING: TWO PROJECTS
Restoring quality health care services in Zawya and Ghat District in Libya
Where
Donor
Cities of Zawya and Ghat (Libya)
European Union through EU Trust Fund – North Africa Window managed by
AICS Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development
Duration 01/01/2021 - 30/11/2021
Spent in 2021 € 1,170,328
Goals
Improve the quality and access to health services in the most vulnerable
income brackets of the cities’ populations in Zawya and Ghat/Tahala
Activities
Three key healthcare structures in the District of Ghat (Ghat Health Center,
Awainat Health Center and Tahala Health Center) and three in the region
of Zawyia (Zawyia Central: Abu Sorrah Village Hospital, Zawyia West: Al
Harsha Health Centre, Zawyia South: Bir al Ghanam Village Hospital) were
restored to the community after substantial renovation work.
The infrastructures were rehabilitated, and the plumbing and electrical systems
were redone, furnished with modern instruments. Moreover, 331
operators from the sector including doctors and nurses took part in training
programs to improve skills and know-how.
The work was accompanied by a consciousness-raising campaign aimed at
informing local communities about the services now available.
Beneficiaries 26,300 patients of which 18,410 women (70%) and 7,890 men (30%)
200 doctors and other healthcare professionals (130 women and 70 men)
Partner
Organization for Development Pioneers (ODP)
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ANNUAL REPORT 2021