the basis is education and creating employment

Poor hygiene and the lack of basic health care as well as environmental facilities are often essential problems in developing countries’ urban living environments. This is usually due to structural poverty and poor housing facilities. Intervolve therefore integrates programmes in the field of health care and the environment, preferably by adopting a broad approach to the living environment.

In practice, measures to promote hygiene usually prove most effective as part of a housing improvement project; the provision of proper sewerage and water supply facilities are sufficient to yield a significant long-term improvement.
Our vision is therefore as follows: Information, prevention and the establishment of (first line) facilities should, wherever possible, be carried out as part of large-scale projects and be linked to schooling and training. Our strategy hinges on creating ties with other (local) initiatives. Our focus areas in the field of health care and the environment are as follows:

1. Health and hygiene information
        a. Awareness raising and training

2. Prevention and care programmes
        a. Centres for HIV/AIDS information & testing
        b. Reception centres for drug addicts and alcoholics
        c. Support and strengthening of existing local initiatives

 

3. Increasing environmental awareness
        a. Waste processing and energy utilisation
        b. Introduction of sustainable and alternative technologies

A detailed description of our approach can be found in the product sheet ‘Prevention prevents care’, which is also available as a PDF file. Click here for our product sheet.