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An update on the baseline evaluation experience:
In the previous post, Nick shared the exciting news that data from health centers in Mozambique is now available for us to see. Living in an environment where information is easily available at our fingertips, we often take the availability of data like this for granted. In reality, obtaining data from a place where information [...]
Cultivating Markets: Increasing household access to propane in Mozambique Part 1
My name is Peter Nakamura and I am one of the newest members of the VillageReach team. I am currently based in Nampula, Mozambique to help coordinate a project funded by USAID to help individual households gain access to propane. The project is coordinated through VillageReach and its social business, VidaGas – the largest distributor [...]
Arriving at the Last Mile in India’s City Slums …
With our focus on last-mile healthcare access for remote rural populations, it may sound like a contradiction to address the pressing challenge of improving access for urban populations. But in 2010 that’s exactly what we’ll be doing. In August and September we were in India to look at locations for a new vaccines distribution program, [...]
Notes from the Field: SMS in Malawi
A few weeks ago I traveled to Malawi to work on two projects that use SMS phone technology. One of these projects focuses on providing community health workers (CHW) with an easier and quicker way to communicate with their local hospital, supervisors, and fellow community health workers. I spent an afternoon with 18 of the [...]
Notes from the Field: Bicycle Ambulances in Malawi
Back in February, VillageReach purchased bicycle ambulances for a number of communities in rural Malawi. Before they had these bicycles, community members would often resort to making homemade stretchers to carry their loved ones to the nearest health facility. Needless to say, the communities are very excited to have the new bicycle ambulances. In June, [...]
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