Moyo Chiefdom receives a gift of a maternity annex from World Vision

In a significant boost to healthcare delivery services in Pemba District, World Vision Zambia, in partnership with Golf Fore Africa, recently donated an equipped maternity annex to the community in Moyo Chiefdom. The gesture of the maternity annex was warmly received by community members and officials, marking a new chapter in the district's healthcare provision.

Pemba District Commissioner Mr. Obey Habeenzu said the construction of the maternity annex would improve the health status of pregnant and lactating mothers and under-five children in the area.

“In line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number three, this infrastructure will improve health indicators in Pemba district and Zambia as a whole,” he said.

Mr. Habeenzu said it is the government and civic leaders’ mandate to provide decent health facilities, schools, trading places, and roads for its people regardless of their race, religion or indeed political affiliation.

“Therefore, everyone will benefit from the policies that the government is implementing,” he said.

The District Commissioner also urged the Department of Health and the community to take care of the facility.

“I want to urge the Department of Health, the traditional leadership, and the residents of Ndondi at large to guard this property jealously because World Vision has spent colossal sums of money ensuring that this community has a decent maternity annex," said Mr. Habeenzu.

World Vision Zambia's Moyo Hamaundu Area Programme Manager, Joseph Kayafa, speaking on behalf of the Integrated Programmes Director Wezi Kaira, said World Vision prioritises the welfare of pregnant women and under-five children.

“World Vision understands the unique challenges that pregnant women and under-five children face in these areas and is committed to meeting their needs," he said.

Mr. Kayafa said World Vision’s aim in the next five years is to contribute to the measurable and sustainable improvement in the well-being of 1,500,000 vulnerable children across the country.

“We will achieve this by providing them access to safe and clean water, sanitation and hygiene, reproductive, maternal, newborn, adolescent and child health services, literacy programs, and enhanced livelihoods and resilience interventions,” he stated.

For the past 15 years, World Vision has been working in Pemba district and has contributed to the transformation of the communities by helping to improve service delivery through the construction of maternity annexes at Moyo Mini Hospital, Kanchomba Rural Health Centre, Michelo Health Post, and at Ndondi Health Post the one we are witnessing today.

To improve healthcare service delivery in the health centres, World Vision has also trained 216 Safe Motherhood Action Groups from healthcare facilities in both Moyo and Hamaundu Area Programmes.