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Health education by theater playsIn August and September 2011 Dutch nurse and
psychology student Jose de Jager quitted her job as
project coordinator with the Dutch Community Health
Services (GGD) and started her big adventure; working
as a volunteer in the Nanatha community for Anan
Clinica. In The Netherlands she worked with ethnic
minorities in sexual health. With her vast experience
we were honored to have her as one of our volunteers.
She is a young woman with a warm and big heart
who has a real passion for Africa and its people.
She had some ‘Africa experience’ when she left The
Netherlands but when she arrived in Nanatha she was
really impressed with the completely different world
she entered. She was both ‘wowed’ and overwhelmed
by the beauty of the beaches, the enthusiastic smiles
of the local people, the huge amount of mango’s and
cashew trees, but also the unimaginable simplicity
of the lifestyle of the Nanatha community. She
immediately forgot about her 30 hours journey and
started with great enthusiasm with her work.
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Jose worked with our Activistas, an inspiring group of
16 people from Nanatha and the surrounding villages
who help us with health promotion and education.
After consulting several community members, Jose and
the Activistas decided to focus on diarrhea and family
planning in the time Jose was there.
Because of the high level of illiteracy within the
community, Jose wanted to use theater for transmitting
the knowledge rather than using a ‘school setting’.
This was a new initiative and also comes closer to their
traditional way of transmitting knowledge through music,
songs and rituals. The Activistas loved this idea! Jose asked
the Activistas to collect ‘life’ stories from friends and
family about diarrhea and family planning. Together with
the Activistas she chose the best stories for a script.
Because of the illiteracy of the Activistas Jose couldn’t
write a script, which the Activistas could learn from heart,
so practicing took quite a while. But there was sooo much
fun! The Activistas proved to be excellent and natural
actors and musicians. It was very impressive to see them
easily making some super funky songs which everybody
could sing after 5 minutes.
They showed both theatre plays in 5 villages. The plays
were very well attended with an audience of more than
100 people in every village! That means that Jose and
the Activistas have reached more than 500 people with
their plays. Approximately 500 people know more about
diarrhea and family planning. A fantastic result and we
are very proud about this. Thanks a lot Jose, Feliciano
and Activistas!
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Together anything is possible
What Jose says about her experience:For Jose working and living in Nanatha was a very special
experience, which has enriched her life. “Life in Nanantha
could not be more different from the life we have in the
Western world. People are so happy, cheerful and inviting
all the time. On the other hand, especially in the period
I was there, it was dry and there was not always enough
food for all the people. People got sick easily and the gap
between life and death just seems smaller. This made a
huge impression on me. Most of all I was impressed by
the resilience people showed after facing sickness or
even death…”
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For donations: 44.68.04.444;
Stichting Anan Clinica at Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Anan Clinica
Anan Clinica Foundation is a non-religious charity
that aims to increase local knowledge of health issues
and the scope, quality, accessibility, acceptability
and coverage of primary health care services for the
underserved people of the Nanatha community in
Northern Mozambique. Anan Clinica focusses
primarily on health education and basic hygiene facilities
Together anything is possible!There is still a lot to be achieved in the Nanatha
community and the neighboring villages. We are
very happy to announce that 9 new volunteers
are very enthusiastic to go to Mozambique from
April till December 2012. All of them are medical
students at the University of Groningen. They will
all help us to work towards better health of the
Nanatha community. We are very grateful for
their volunteering.
Also interested in contributing to Anan Clinica?Together anything is possible and also your
help will be very welcomed. It can be as simple
(but not less important) as making a financial
donation, volunteering time and knowledge;
even a useful suggestion or good idea can take
us further in helping the Nanatha Community.
If you are interested don’t hesitate to contact us:
For more information about Anan Clinica, please
visit our website: www.ananclinica.com.
For donations 44.68.04.444Stichting Anan Clinica at Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Anan Clinica | P.O.Box 88 | Nacala Porto | Nampula | Mozambique
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