Ministry of Health

One of our primary goals for the trip was to investigate training courses for new community health workers. After several visits to various Ministry of Health offices, we met the dynamic and friendly District Community Partnership Coordinator, Lynette Mambo. The Zambian Ministry of Health freely admits it cannot meet the health needs of its citizens alone and actively seeks partnerships with NGO’s. Lynette was excited to learn of our interest in training health workers. She herself conducts the training and will personalize a curriculum to meet our needs if we provide for the training costs. We’re now looking toward June as a possible training date. We had over 100 people volunteer to be trained at the two sites. Knowing that number will dwindle over time, we estimate we will probably end up with 25 or 30 serious candidates – certainly enough to make a huge impact on communities with little or no health care.