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Programs That Heal People & Planet

SHCI runs 9 integrated program areas plus our annual Ubuntu Health Fellowship — each designed so that every action we take for the environment also creates a direct benefit for community health, and vice versa.

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5Climate Programs
4Health Programs
1Fellowship Program
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Climate Programs

Environmental Conservation
& Climate Action

Five programs protecting Tanzania's ecosystems, reducing pollution, and building long-term climate resilience in communities.

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Environmental pollution clean-up Mwanza Active

Environmental Pollution Clean-Up

Community-led waste collection, plastic reduction campaigns, and environmental clean-up operations targeting Mwanza's waterways, public spaces, and Lake Victoria's shoreline.

Reduces plastic and waste pollution in waterways
Community mobilisation and environmental awareness
Protects aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity

Health Co-Benefit: Cleaner waterways reduce waterborne disease rates and toxic chemical exposure in communities that depend on Lake Victoria.

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Tree planting reforestation Mwanza Tanzania Active

Tree Planting & Ecosystem Restoration

Reforestation and afforestation initiatives across Mwanza region — establishing seedling nurseries, organising community planting drives, and restoring degraded land and forest ecosystems.

Carbon sequestration and climate mitigation
Restored water cycles and rainfall patterns
Habitat for wildlife and biodiversity

Health Co-Benefit: More trees mean cleaner air, cooler temperatures, and better water quality — directly reducing respiratory and heat-related illness.

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Clean cookstoves Tanzania Active

Clean Energy Cooking

Promoting clean cookstoves and sustainable energy solutions to replace traditional open-fire cooking — protecting forests from over-harvesting and protecting families from indoor air pollution.

Reduces firewood demand and deforestation
Lower carbon emissions from household cooking
Reduced time burden on women and girls

Health Co-Benefit: Indoor air pollution from cooking fires is a leading cause of respiratory disease. Clean cookstoves protect women, children, and the elderly most at risk.

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Eco-friendly menstrual pads Tanzania 🌸 Featured Project

Eco-Friendly Disposable Pads 🌸

SHCI's newest and most distinctive initiative: creating and distributing biodegradable, eco-friendly menstrual pads for girls and women in underserved communities across Tanzania. This project sits at the powerful intersection of gender equity, climate action, and health.

Addresses period poverty for girls in rural schools
Biodegradable — reduces plastic menstrual waste
Keeps girls in school during menstruation
Creates local production livelihoods for women

Climate Co-Benefit: Conventional pads contain plastics that persist for 500+ years in landfills and waterways. Our eco-pads offer a sustainable alternative that protects Tanzania's environment.

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Climate webinar SHCI Tanzania Active

Online Webinars & Zoom Sessions

Virtual awareness and education sessions on environmental conservation, climate change, and sustainable practices — reaching participants across Tanzania and the diaspora.

Scalable climate education at low cost
Reaches urban and rural audiences
Builds a network of climate-aware champions

Health Co-Benefit: Webinars cover climate-health connections, preparing communities to recognise and respond to climate-related health risks.

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Health Programs

Community Health & Universal Coverage

Four programs bringing essential health services, education, and disease prevention to underserved communities across Tanzania.

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Community health outreach Ukerewe Tanzania Active

Community Health Outreach

Delivering basic health services, referral support, and essential health information directly to underserved and vulnerable households across Ukerewe Island and Mwanza region.

Direct health services to remote communities
Referrals to formal health facilities
Maternal and child health support

Climate Co-Benefit: Outreach includes environmental health messaging — helping communities connect their health with the condition of their local environment.

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Health education session Mwanza Active

Health Education & Awareness

Community sessions and school programs on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles, environmental health, climate-related health risks, and menstrual health for girls and women.

Disease prevention knowledge in communities
School health education sessions
Climate-health links made accessible

Climate Co-Benefit: Health educators integrate climate awareness, helping communities understand how environmental change affects their bodies and families.

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Universal health coverage outreach Tanzania Active

Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

Promoting equitable access to essential health services through outreach, community education, referral support, and health financing linkage — leaving no one behind.

Bridges gap between communities and formal care
Health financing awareness (NHIF/CHF)
Reduces financial barriers to health access

Climate Co-Benefit: Climate-resilient health systems that reach every community are better able to respond to emerging climate-driven health risks.

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NCD screening camp Tanzania Active

NCDs & Communicable Disease Prevention

Community-level prevention, awareness campaigns, and early screening for non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, cancer) and communicable diseases worsened by environmental factors.

Early screening and detection
Behaviour change communications
Links environment-to-disease pathways

Climate Co-Benefit: Many NCDs are worsened by air pollution, contaminated water, and heat — addressing these environmental drivers also reduces disease burden.

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Fellowships & Leadership

Training & Funding
Tomorrow's Leaders

A structured annual fellowship that equips emerging Tanzanian leaders to design, pitch, and implement solutions at the intersection of climate and health — then funds the best idea.

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🌿 Pilot Year
Ubuntu Health Fellowship
Annual Leadership & Innovation Program
10–15Fellows / Cohort
7 DaysResidential Camp
$2,000Seed Grant Award

Ubuntu Health Fellowship (UHF)

An annual residential program training emerging Tanzanian changemakers to design community-driven solutions at the intersection of climate change and public health — and funding the best idea to launch.

7-day intensive camp: climate science, public health, leadership & project design
Every fellow develops a real community climate-health innovation proposal
Most impactful project receives a seed grant to begin implementation
Alumni network of climate-health change agents across Tanzania
Open to professionals aged 21–35 in health, environment & community development
🌍 Climate & Health Nexus 💡 Innovation Design 📊 M&E & Proposals 🤝 Social Enterprise 📣 Policy Advocacy

Sustainability Model: Backed by a fish farming (aquaculture) social enterprise — profits fund future fellowship cohorts, reducing long-term donor dependency.

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The SHCI Difference

Every Action Creates Two Wins

Our integrated model means every climate program generates a direct health benefit — and every health program is rooted in environmental stewardship.

🌱 Climate Action

Tree planting restores water cycles and sequesters carbon
Clean cookstoves cut biomass burning and deforestation
Clean-up drives remove toxic waste from waterways
Eco-pads reduce plastic menstrual waste in landfills
Webinars build climate-aware community champions

❤️ Health Benefit

Better air quality cuts respiratory and cardiovascular disease
Lower indoor smoke protects children from lung disease
Cleaner water slashes waterborne disease rates
Affordable pads keep girls in school and protect health
Educated communities better prevent climate-linked illness
How We Work

Our Program Approach

Everything we do is guided by these four principles.

Community-Led

Communities design, lead, and own the programs we run. We facilitate — they decide.

Evidence-Based

Programs grounded in research, local data, and continuous learning to ensure real impact.

Gender-Responsive

Women, girls, and marginalised groups are centred in all program design and delivery.

Integrated

Climate and health addressed together — because the problems are connected, so are the solutions.