Community Health Clubs in Africa

The concept of CHC was developed to gather communities and communally discuss hygiene to improve the health of children.

The facilitator is responsible for leading dialogue sessions and motivating club members to adopt better hygiene.

Lite CHCs have a training period of 3 months and discuss a total of 8 dialogue sessions concentrating only on WASH topics.

During these sessions cards are used to engage members in discussions and debates on topics promoting health and hygiene.

Various participatory activities take place that entertain and encourage members to get involved in the decision-making process on improving daily hygiene habits.

Communal nutrition gardens are started by CHC members where produce is organised to maintain a balanced year-round diet.

Other clubs start income generating projects such as soap making, whilst others create saving and loan schemes to enable members to buy products needed to maintain hygiene standards.