Preventive Healthcare Frontiers is a community-based organization in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that became a member of the AfricanCommunities.org network at the beginning of 2006. __________________________________________ Key facts about PHCF: Contact Details Email address for PHCF: clinical_officer@yahoo.co.uk Chair: Dr Nyirabu Kitano, 0784 239 900 Treasurer: Alphonce Marwa, 0715 239 900 Secretary: Violet Yimbo, 0713 692 831 Coordinator: Chacha Keboya, 0713 533 205 __________________________________________ Group activities PHCF has listed the following as its key activities, with the number of children it provided services to in 2007. Daily necessities (150 children) School fees and books (100 children) School uniforms (100 children) Doctor/dentist referrals (200 children) Medical/dental care provision (200 children) __________________________________________ Assessment Each year, members of the network take part in an annual process using Geoff Foster's Community Capacity Assessment Tool. The tool, which consists of a set of multiple-choice questions, aims to produce a quantitative measure of the maturity of community organizations. It's organized into eight categories, and delivers a score to each community organization in each of the categories. PHCF's average scores (between 0 and 3) in 2006 and 2007 were as follows: Governance: 3.0 (2006), 1.8(2007) Finances: 3.0(2006), 1.7 (2007) Human Resources: 3.0 (2006), 2.3 (2007) Admininistration: 3.0 (2006), 3.0 (2007) Service Delivery: 3.0 (2006), 2.0 (2007) Community Ownership: 3.0 (2006), 2.0 (2007) Financial Support: 2.3 (2006), 3.0 (2007) Tech Support: 2.0 (2006), 1.7 (2007) Total: 85 (2006), 41 (2007) CCAT ranking among 28 groups in Dar network: 2 (2006); 24 (2007) Note: A ranking of one means the highest among the cohort. A ranking of 28 means the lowest. If two groups tie in first place, the next group is ranked as 3, and so on. A DIV error indicates that the group's responses were not recorded on the questionnaire. __________________________________________ Budget and other funders PHCF gave us the following budget information in 2007: Total funding from all sources in USD: $7,000 (2006); $7,671 (2007); $5,907 (2008 forecast) Percentage of total 2007 funding provided by AfricanCommunities.org: 15% Other sources of funding: RFA/TACAIDS; FCS; Projects. Note: a zero means that there were no other sources of funding. __________________________________________ Network participation During 2006, 2007 and part of 2008, PHCF took part in activities of Afconet, an NGO in Dar es Salaam which provided monthly training and exchange visits in which pairs of leaders from one group were funded to make short visits to other groups in the network. Twelve training meetings a year were held, and groups were invited to make at least six exchange visits and receive at least six visits. During 2007, PHCF attended 9 meetings, made 2 exchange visits, and received 7 exchange visits. Combined with the CCAT score, this placed the group's 'ranking' in the network at 27, where 1 indicates the most participative and 28 the least. __________________________________________ Current grant status Preventive Healthcare Frontiers received a grant in 2006 and 2007. At the end of the 2007 granting year, site visits and correspondence raised a number of issues about accounting and use of funds, which have not yet been resolved. As at December 2008,Preventive Healthcare Frontiers was not eligible to apply for a grant in 2009.
December 2007 Site visit record
December 2006 Site visit record
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