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Health

Providing access to essential health services is one of the top priorities of the Zalala Foundation. When we first arrived, neither Supinho, nor Idugo had a health centre or any health facilities. In the case of Supinho, there is a health centre within a few kilometers. But in the case of Idugo, there were no facilities at all on the island and access to the nearest health centre entailed a long and hazardous journey across choppy waters. In response to the desperate pleas of local communities, addressing this situation and bringing health services to the people of Idugo has been one of the top priorities of the Zalala Foundation. As described in this section, over the last decade, the Foundation has been able to transform the health situation on the island making it the pride and envy of surrounding communities.

The Health Centre

Following on from our success in providing desperately needed maternity services for the people of Idugo, the Foundation embarked on a new mission to provide a fully fledged Health Centre to meet the ongoing need for general health services on the island. We again approached the Government of Japan and in 2024 our application for funding for a general health centre on the island was successful and a grant of USD $78,900 was granted at a signing ceremony in the capital Maputo attended by the Foundation’s  Director, Angela Hadjipateras.

Construction of the Health Centre began in 2025. As in the case of the Maternity Centre, there was a lot of community participation during the period of construction, which was completed in early 2026.

The total cost of the Health Centre is just under $140,000 and the Foundation has successfully raised most of the additional funds required. The new Health Centre will provide a wide range of health services on the island and transform the health situation on the island in the space of less than a decade from the arrival of the Zalala Foundation on the island with just one community-based health care worker for an estimated population of close to 10,000 people.