CARING FOR CARERS

In an effort to address the effects of HIV/AIDS among Nurses and Midwives in Zambia, ZUNO with assistance from Norwegian Nurses Organisation (NNO) established support groups.

From 2003, 100 Support groups has since been established and out of these, 80 were funded with seed money equivalent to USD1000.

One such beneficiary of the seed money was Milenge Support Group.

Milenge District is in Luapula Province and has 10 nurses, these 10 nurses came together to build a cateferia using the seed money and their own resources. They have so far spent USD5000 in the building structure shown above.

These nurses are so innovative that they have rented this structure as a boarding facility for Student Nurses to government.

This shows that with resources nurses can be innovative wherever they are working. This has contributed to motivating these nurses in the rural areas.