CHoiCe Trust is a connector.
This small yet powerful group, located in the foothills of Tzaneen -- the "fruit-basket of South Africa" --- reaches across hundreds of miles to train and resource independently employed health workers to support diverse communities all across the Limpopo Province.
When we teamed up with CHoiCe, they explained the difficulty of staying connected to their network of service providers and the 50 Community Based Organizations (CBO) they provide capacity building, training, and oversight for in the field. Many of these are one person operations, and it can take days and sometimes weeks to follow through on critical messages, which are often urgent.
The principal problem, of course, is costs. Many fieldworkers survive on an income of 30R per day, or about $4 US. And, while communications access and cell phones are a priority, its easy to see how, with families to feed and other basic needs to satisfy, paying for more airtime is often a priority that falls off the list. This seems especially the case when your trying to serve sick people in your village.
So, what we proposed was a simple campaign to mobilize used phones and empower CHoiCe with a centralized capacity to better connect the CBO network they work tirelessly to support. It's a win-win-win in our view -- CHoiCe will get to be better at fulfilling their mission; MobileImpact.Org will accelerate community development through used cell phones; and You, that's right, You can make a difference by donating your used cell phone to support the project.
CHoiCe has agreed to help all of us understand the impact of their work in South Africa, and will be sharing 12 personal stories during the campaign of people who have been supported by their incredible programs and services. Today, we learn about Mlangeni and his journey to recovery from Tuberculosis -- and the importance of staying connected to his health providers.
The campaign will run through March 31st. Look for more stories and updates as we move along, and thanks for your support.
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