Case for Change
- Tanzania
Nyarugusu is Tanzania’s largest refugee camp and the fifth largest in the world. Home to over 150,000 Burundi and Congolese refugees, of which 52 per cent are children. Vodafone’s Instant Network Schools Programme has helped to address the huge challenge of providing education to all the children within the camp through their Instant Classroom.
Treat & Train Network
- Tanzania
Treat & Train began as an initiative by the Touch Foundation to improve clinical education by connecting hospitals so medical and nursing students could gain valuable experience in smaller external rotations while also helping to provide better care to patients in under-resourced health facilities. External clinical rotations have proved a successful model for improving education and patient care. In addition, students have significantly increased their willingness to work in more remote areas of Tanzania. These increased clinical competencies and willingness for working in more remote and poorer regions of Tanzania will very likely result in significant longer-term benefits to the Tanzanian health system.
Consolata, Ambulance Taxi Service
- Tanzania
A first-of-its-kind 'ambulance taxi' service created by the Vodafone Foundation to save the lives of high-risk pregnant women in two Tanzanian districts the size of Belgium. Consolata is one of the women who benefited from the programme that helped reduce maternal mortality by 27 per cent.
Precidie, Instant Schools
- Democratic Republic of Congo
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, only 36 per cent of girls are in secondary education and just 4 per cent of young women are enrolled at university. Barriers to learning include poverty, gender bias, political conflict and violence. Against the odds, more girls are now using smartphones to reach university, accessing a free digital learning programme called Instant Schools from the Vodafone Foundation. Here is Precidie’s story.
Grower Support Programs
- Tanzania
The Grower Support Program is a collaboration between JTI and their grower communities which invests in activities to improve the life of communities, and addresses problems such as access to education, and helps to diversify income opportunities.
Patrick, 10th Anniversary of M-Pesa
- Kenya
Patrick, a businessman in Nairobi, talks about the transformative impact M-Pesa has had not only on his business, but also the community and the country.
Maboe, HIV Text to Treatment
- Lesotho
Maboe Ntsime, who is HIV positive, describes the challenges she and her son faced trying to access regular treatment and access to health care from their isolated community in the remote mountains of Lesotho. She explains how these challenges are being addressed by the mobile clinics which enable her and many others to access critical on-site HIV testing and clinical services in challenging geographical locations.
Jediva, Kakuma Refugee Camp
- Kenya
Kidnapped at the age of 15 from South Sudan and smuggled by her captor to live as his ‘wife’ in northern Kenya, Jediva shares her terrifying ordeal and the immense bravery she showed in escaping from a life of imprisonment. Determined to access education, she enrolled and now studies in a school in a refugee camp in Kenya.
Hlengiwe, Mum&Baby
- Soweto, South Africa
Hlengiwe is a first-time mum living in South Africa, where access to healthcare is challenging. There are 1.2 nurses to every 1000 people in South Africa, so parents like Hlengiwe are turning to mobile services such as Mum & Baby for reliable health advice. Hlengiwe says it has changed her life.
Isaac, Mum&Baby
- Limpopo, South Africa
Isaac is father to two young boys, but he lost contact with the mother of his first child. Before using Mum & Baby to help prepare for the birth of his new baby, Isaac believed that child-raising was a woman's job. The free mobile service has transformed him into a hands-on dad with new opinions. Isaac says it has changed his life.