World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April. The date of 7 April marks the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948.
The annual celebrations drawattention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. To address these types of challenges, the theme for World Health Day 2024 is 'My health, my right’.
This year’s theme was chosen to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination.
Tunza Foundation organization concerned with the preservation and conservation of environment seeing that the environment is the vital aspect to healthy life style and essential solution to the everyday global health challenges.
Around the world, the right to health of millions is increasingly coming under threat.Diseases and disasters loom large as causes of death and disability.Conflicts are devastating lives, causing death, pain, hunger and psychological distress.The burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and taking away our right to breathe clean air, with indoor and outdoor air pollution claiming a life every 5 seconds
On this year’s celebration Tunza Foundation collaborated with other organizations namely BumacoInsurace Company, Micro Health Initiative and Saifee Lightsand held an outreach at the famous Manyema Market in Moshi, Kilimanjaro in order to bring about the awareness of environmental conservation and anti-pollution so that the health challenges that face the community in Moshi, Kilimanjaro can be tackled for this and the coming generation.
Also on the event, we were graced by the presence of government leaders of the Bondeni ward in Moshi Municipal. These leaders were the Councilor of the Bondeni ward and the Executive Officer of the Bondeniward.
Below are a set of activities that Tunza Foundation together with other organizations performed on this wonderful day.
Activities
Cleaning, Trash picking and Sweeping at Manyema Market grounds]
Tunza Foundation together with the aforementioned organization participated in cleaning the environment at the Manyema Market by picking trash, litters, wastes and sweeping the Manyema Market grounds
Lectures for Environmental conservation and First Aid
Lectures that carried lessons that aimed at educating and raising awareness to the community about the effects environmental pollution and the importance of environmental conservation. Also, some lectures focused on education the community about the importance of preserving their individual health and the health of their loved ones.
Tunza Foundation representative educated the mass about the Importance of environmental conservation and the diseases that can arise from environmental pollution. Diseases such as cholera, amoeba and typhoid. Also, a lesson on First Aid incase an accident happens at the market
Health Insurance
A representative from Micro Health Initiative educated the mass at the Manyema market about the importance of having a health insurance for one’s self and one’s family. And also described briefly the insurance packages that Micro Health Insurance offers.
Life Insurance and General Insurance
Bumaco Insurance Company Ltd had prepared a lesson on the importance of life insuranceand described briefly about the life insurance packages that they offer. Also, they spoke about general insurance, a lesson that benefited the entrepreneurs largely in case of a fire accident similar to the one that happened at the Mbuyuni market a few months ago.
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