The entire TAMANA team is proud to present its first project which will take place at the end of 2022:
Intervention area: Municipality of Alakamisy Ambohimaha
Alakamisy Ambohimaha is a picturesque village located 25 kilometers north of Fianarantsoa in the Haute Matsiatra region, on the N7 national road, 400 kilometers south of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar.
Founded in 1960, Alakamisy‑Ambohimaha is home to nearly 31,200 inhabitants.
Alakamisy Ambohimaha is a municipality known by the whole team.
Indeed, during previous humanitarian missions in the region, the members were able to make observations and to talk with the inhabitants about the urgency of their needs.
It was therefore obvious for the team to direct TAMANA's first mission towards searching for and implementing solutions to the problems raised by the municipality and its inhabitants.
Mission 2022 - Presentation of projects: Rehabilitation and re-equipment of the CSB II dispensary and women's and men's awareness of menstrual hygiene
1. Rehabilitation and re-equipment of the CSB II dispensary
For its first mission, TAMANA decided to intervene at the level of the CSB II center of the Alakamisy Ambohimaha municipality.
The Alakamisy Ambohimaha dispensary consists of a main building for medical consultations and patient reception, a maternity ward, and a building for patient attendants.
After an assessment of the situation, it became clear that the dispensary needed to be rehabilitated and re-equipped in order to help strengthen the diagnostic capabilities, the staff protection, and the patient care structure.
The rehabilitation of the three buildings will consist of the following actions:
- The renovation of the walls, floors, ceilings and roofs
- The replacement of the glazing on the original frames
- The installation of a photovoltaic system (lighting for a 24-hour reception)
- The painting of the walls and ceilings
We also include the creation of therapeutic artistic works in order to recreate pleasant atmospheres giving diversion and serenity for the patients and their families during their stay at the dispensary.
The re-equipment will consist of donations from health structures.
Indeed, Dr. Patricia Tantely Randrianasolo, General Practitioner and Head of the CSB II center, told us that she needs mattresses for the maternity ward beds, tensiometers, oxygen concentrators, ultrasound scanners and medical clipping devices. We are in contact with medical structures likely to provide equipment. TAMANA is committed to meeting the needs expressed by Dr. Patricia Tantely Randrianasolo.
2. Women's and men's awareness of menstrual hygiene
The objective is to organize mixed workshops (women an men) of awareness on health and menstrual hygiene management in order to:
- Disseminate information about female physiology and the hygiene conditions necessary for basic health security
- Deconstruct the bad practices as well as the misconceptions about menstruation
- Give back dignity, intimacy, and security to young Malagasy girls by offering them a menstrual kit that can be reused for about 1 year
The TAMANA association is committed to distributing menstrual kits made by local dressmakers to women in the municipality of Alakamisy Ambohimaha. As a first step, we would like to have a test period by equipping about fifty women in order to collect quantitative and qualitative data. These data will be used to draw conclusions concerning the strengths and weaknesses of this project, to evaluate the satisfaction of the users and to collect comments regarding what they liked, moderately liked, or did not like at all.
For this project, TAMANA wanted to collaborate with the NGO CARE for its expertise in the field. To ensure the sustainability of its projects, the NGO CARE values the local skills of the countries in which it is involved.
Thus, thanks to a contact with the organization, TAMANA was put in touch with a Malagasy tailor from the region, Tolotriniaina Benjamin TAHINJANAHARY. A young man in his final year of high school but also a fashion designer committed to women's menstrual hygiene. Trained by the RANO WASH project, funded by USAID and implemented by the NGO CARE, Tolotra created his own start-up named MEVA, composed of 4 dressmakers. Tolotra is also the winner of the "whoever sold the most washable sanitary napkins" contest in his district! Thanks to his work, Tolotra creates employment in his region and feeds a dozen families, including his own.
TAMANA is thus very happy to collaborate with this young entrepreneur, who will provide us with menstrual kits for the women of the commune of Alakamisy Ambohimaha. As for the speech and the words to use during the awareness workshops aiming at breaking the taboo of menstrual hygiene, TAMANA will benefit from the experience and the help of Tolotra and his teams.
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