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"SALAMA"
means "Good Health" in the local language
"Emakua." The organisation grew out of a COCAMO
implemented health project when 10 former staff formed
their own NGO in response to the closure of a COCAMO
project. The organisation has involved itself with community
health related issues since 1994. It has a head office
in Nampula and a field office in the district capital
of Ribaue. It is one of the most well established and
reputable local NGOs in the province.
Over
the last two years it has been involved in a wide variety
of programmes connected to health. These include community
participation in health services, community pharmacies,
reproductive health and community health. SALAMA has
also delved into community development having taken
on projects involving literacy, horticulture, water
and micro-enterprise development.
SALAMA
became in effect a victim of its own good reputation
in a place with few established, effective NGOs. Donors
looked upon SALAMA as an attractive vehicle to deliver
their particular project or agenda. The SALAMA leadership
found it difficult to decline. Inevitably the complexity
of taking on so many different projects outside of their
expertise overwhelmed SALAMA's capacity to manage and
implement meaningfully. The sudden withdrawal of its
biggest funder precipitated a crisis in the organisation.
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