Kala Health Services serves men, women, boys and girls, including disabled refugees and refugees preparing to repatriate to the DRC. The service center also reaches out to students in secondary school and to families in each “block” of Kala Camp in order to reach refugees in Kala who may not have time to enroll in an extended course. Kala Health Services also provides classes and workshops in both French and Swahili in order to remain accessible to the greatest number of Kala Camp residents. 5000 3 false Knowledge about health and well-being is essential for refugees preparing to repatriate back to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Whey they repatriate, even fewer health resources will be available to families, even though they may be at a greater risk of becoming ill with sicknesses such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cholera, and Ebola. Most refugees in Kala have never had the opportunity to formally study the human body, the science behind sickness, or simple ways of keeping healthy. Health education in Kala is therefore crucial to the health and well-being of the refugees, their families, and the communities to which they will eventually return. 2008-05-01T02:05:49-05:00 The Kala Health Services project provides health education classes to adults and children living in Zambia’s Kala Refugee Camp. Lessons focus on human anatomy and on prevention methods against contracting harmful diseases. Traveling teachers provide workshops in schools and community centers throughout the camp, and children’s classes integrate community service as a method for improving public health in the Kala Camp. To decrease the incidence of unnecessary illness, death and disease in Kala camp through educating adults and children about healthy living and disease prevention. 13 • Providing Health and Body courses for adults throughout the year • Offering youth health course throughout the year • Hosting day-long repatriation well-being workshops specifically for refugees planning to repatriate to the DRC • Conducting traveling classes on subjects from family planning to first aid #<Location:0xb487cd0> 2 • To increase general knowledge about health and well-being among refugees in Kala • To create a network of repatriated refugees in the DRC who will spread information about health issues and disease prevention • To decrease the contraction of diseases among refugees in Kala and the DRC • To improve the general public health of the Kala Camp community • To spread knowledge of signs and symptoms of various health problems to encourage early detection and treatment As of December 1, 2009, FORGE is no longer working in Kala Refugee Camp. Thus, FORGE is no longer accepting funds for this project. Knowledge about how to build healthy families, live healthy lives, and treat and avoid illness is among the most highly-sought after information in the refugee camps in which FORGE works. The refugee staff of Kala Health Services takes a holistic approach to health education by teaching about disease and illness by focusing on human anatomy and body systems. From this solid foundation, students learn about how diseases are contracted, spread, and avoided. Serving more than 50 people each month, Kala Health Services has seen marked improvements in the camp’s knowledge about caring for and maintaining their own personal health. This knowledge will be especially important upon return to Congo, where many people have no access to formal health services. true Decreasing the incidence of illness, disease, and death one year 2010-03-10T10:10:58-06:00