The Department for International Development has donated 275,000 British Pounds towards the Child Health Week which will run from November 26th to December 5th 2009.
The donation is the British government’s support to Zambia towards the successful Child Health week this year.
British High Commission Press and Public Affairs section disclosed the development in a statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday.
According to the statement, the British government will remain committed to supporting activities such as the Child Health Week which includes programmes such as the growth monitoring, deworming and immunization of children against common childhood diseases such as measles, polio and tetanus.
The statement further said the funds would be channeled through UNICEF and allocated to Central Province, Copperbelt province, Chipata, Nyimba and Lusaka.
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275,000 British Pounds? If only the MOH could have been more responsible, we wouldn’t be talking about this. all that stolen cash could have gone a long way.
They should manage this money themselves. You know what shall happen if a Zambian touches even a pence of that money. hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Good on you Tom and Paula. It`s alright if it`s channeled through UNICEF. But even then, make sure you monitor those Zambians running the project. There may be a Kapoko there.
C’mon guys, you make it come out as if Zambians are just these corrupt and unaccountable people. While corruption is there in Zambia, there are quite a lot of good people out there who aren’t corrupt, so let’s not sensationalize the whole corruption thing.
#4, Have you forgotten about the money that went missing some few months ago, There is need for accountabilty and they must show how the money is spent.
Be it donations or anything of that sort its either Lusaka, Central, Copperbelt or Esatern provinces. What about other provinces? There is too much kapatulula in the way donations or some form of aid is distributed.