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CHEP
Website:
Contact Details:
Postal Address
P O Box 23567, Kitwe, Zambia
Physical Address
8 Diamond Driver, Martindale area, Kitwe central,
Kitwe, Zambia
Email: chep@zamnet.zm
Telephone: +260 212 229 512/ 230 232
Fax: +260 21 2 222723
Organization Full Name
Copperbelt Health Education Project
Target Group
NGO and Community Based Organization
Geographical Focus
Zambia – Nine Provinces
Programme Area
Health
HIV/AIDS (care for as opposed to advocacy)
Copperbelt Health Education Project (CHEP) is a non-governmental organization that started its operations in 1988 as a community health service wing of the Kitwe Rotary Club. It started with a mandate to raise awareness, educate and support communities to prevent the spread of HIV.
In 1991 it was registered as a company limited by guarantee. CHEP is one of the very first Zambian indigenous organizations that pioneered innovative prevention, care and support activities such as drama, person to person communication, radio programmes, workplace programmes, home based care and production and distribution of IEC materials.
Through these strategies CHEP has to become one of the biggest local NGO on the Copperbelt province in Zambia, providing technical support to CBOs that it helped create. Aiming at accelerating the uptake of TB, HIV and Malaria prevention, treatment, care and support services by consolidating its strategic capacity building and technical support to community based, non-governmental and faith based organisations in three provinces of Copperbelt, Northwestern and Central Provinces.
Mission:
The mission of the CHEP is to develop knowledge, values and life skills that enable creativity, responsibility and healthy life styles
Objectives
• To provide resources to CBOs/FBOs to enable them support people to access and adhere
to TB, Malaria and HIV treatment.
• To enhance quality household level care and support to orphans and vulnerable children.
• To advocate for increased community level diagnostics and active case finding
and management of TB, Malaria and HIV.
• To enhance skills in organisational, programmatic and financial management systems amongst 90 CBOs/FBOs/NGOs
• To strengthen the overall governance and management systems and develop the capacity
of staff to implement the strategic plan
To sustain the operations of CHEP by strengthening the business component.
To develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy
To develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy
Operating methods:
Technical support through:-
o Training of Community based organisation
o Sub-granting
o Regular Monitoring of partners
o Development and Distribution of IEC materials
o Sub-granting
o Regular Monitoring of partners
o Development and Distribution of IEC materials
Structure:
• Board of Director
• Executive Director
• 3 line Managers (Programmes Manager, Finance and Administration Manager,
Training and Research Centre Manager).
• Executive Director
• 3 line Managers (Programmes Manager, Finance and Administration Manager,
Training and Research Centre Manager).
o Programmes Manager we have 4 programmes officers namely
• Programme Officer – Health
• Programme Officer – Child Support
• Programme Officer – NGO Support
• Monitoring and Evaluation Officer ; and just below the programmes Officers we have
Technical Support Officers
Under Finance and Administration
• Project accountant and Account assistants
Training and research Centre Manager we have there are three departmental head namely
• Information Systems Officer
• Guest House Officer
• Resource Centre Officer
Below each head of depart we have support staff respectively
