Chamisa visited the clinic yesterday |
President Mnangagwa is today expected to officially open
Tariro Clinic and Youth Centre in Hopley, Harare.
The facility was built through a skills development project
supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), Harare City Health Department and Larfarge Cement.
A total of 100 young people were part of the skills
development project. They were trained in areas such as plumbing, building and
cobblestone technology.
The youths were engaged as apprentices to build the
facility and a road connecting the clinic to the main road.
Over half of the youths were young women who also received
reproductive health education.
City health director Dr Prosper Chonzi said the clinic is
expected to provide comprehensive health care to residents of Hopley and
surrounding areas.
“We want to make this clinic our prototype and it is the
biggest satellite clinic in the City and we want to make it a replica to other
areas such that people will get full services.
“There were no maternity services in the area and most
people would go to Hutsanana in Glen Norah and Highfield Maternity Clinic for
delivery,” he said.
Dr Chonzi said they are working on increasing the scope of
services to be provided at the clinic.
The clinic is fully solar-powered, has a functional
borehole and a solar-powered water supply back up.
The Youth Centre, which will also be officially opened
tomorrow, is expected to provide entertainment for hundreds of youths in the
area.
It will also have a library and Internet services. Herald
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