HAPA-SINGIDA AND THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

VolunteerAfrica has worked with HAPA in Singida since 2002, the two organisations being successors to the highly successful HPA (Health Projects Abroad) programme that started in Singida in 1996.

Volunteers work alongside villagers on community-initiated building projects. Past projects have included health dispensaries, school classrooms, pit latrines, homes for teachers and medical staff. Volunteers live together (groups range from 4-12 volunteers) in camp conditions. You'll be fully supported during your time in the villages by HAPA staff backed up by Volunteer Africa. The conditions are tough and most villages we work in do not have electricity or running water.

Here is an overview of each of the village projects volunteers have worked on.

Mghumbu School Project 2010

Mghumbu School Project  2009 and 2008 overview 

Mvae Medical Staff Houses Project 2008 overview

Nduru Dispensary Project 2008 overview

Mvae Dispensary Project 2007 overview

Mghumbu School Classrooms Project 2007 overview

Matumbo HAPA Dispensary Project 2006 and Nkuninkana Classrooms & Staff House 2006. 

In 2005 volunteers worked on school classroom projects in Kimbwi and Msambu villages. For photos taken by volunteers of Kimbwi go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimbwi2005/sets/909241/

Details of Costs for the HAPA-Singida Rural Development programme are here.
Details of Start and Finish Dates for the HAPA-Singida Rural Development programme are here.

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