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The Nkwalini Project. Dr. Staussa Ervin Mind Peace International /Mbabane. Project Introduction.
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The Nkwalini Project Dr. Staussa Ervin Mind Peace International /Mbabane
Project Introduction • The Nkwalini, Zone 4, Community Health & Social Center celebrated it’s one year anniversary April 2013 of the collaboration of the building of this center between Fort Worth, TX and Mbabane, Swaziland • The original project manager, Ms. Ellen Matsenjwa, has undertaken a personal project as part of her Masters thesis to enhance the services of the community and health center • Dr. Staussa Ervin, owner of Mind Peace Counseling, Coaching, & Consulting, and Denise Mpinga, owner of Zaji Magazine have been enlisted to assist with the project • In the last 4 years, Dr. Staussa Ervin has organized a shoe and school supplies drive for the children of Zone 4 • This presentation shows the challenges and opportunities Nkwalini Community and the role Mind Peace will have in the project • This is a dynamic document and will change as the project evolves
Nkwalini Social Challenges / Opportunities • Social Challenges • Drug abuse • Stress • Social Stigmas • Child Neglect, Malnutrition • Poverty • Teenage pregnancy • Peer Pressure • HIV/AIDS • Opportunities to Social Challenges • Community and household recycling program • Community supported urban agriculture
Nkwalini Environmental Challenges/Opportunities • Environmental Challenges • Waste management • Lack of recycling • Dependency on fossil fuels • Green house gas emissions • Pollution adding to respiratory illnesses • Limited usage of renewable energy • Opportunities to Environmental Challenges • Educate and implement best practices in waste management and environmental sanitation • Encourage recycling at household level • Resource conservation • Install renewable energy systems – i.e. solar panes
Nkwalini Economic Challenges/Opportunities • Economic Challenges • High unemployment • High energy costs • Food shortages • Expensive transport system • Child neglect, malnutrition • Rising crime rate • Opportunities to Economic Challenges • Adopt cradle to cradle principle in waste management • Household and community recycling program • Community supported urban agriculture • Create farmers market and shareholding on food produced in the community • Add technical skills to community • Food preservation skills • Involve OVC’s to be active participants in food production
Mind Peace International/Mbabane • Dr. Staussa Ervin created MIND PEACE to help people create and maintain the peace that allows for living a life that is balanced, fulfilling, and purposeful • MIND PEACE Counseling, Coaching, Consulting has now added MIND PEACE INTERNATIONAL/MBABANE • Our role will be to create a Wellness Program in the Nkwalini Community to be administered at the Mbabane/Fort Worth Health and Social Center • Contents of the Wellness Program, previously identified by Ms. Ellen Matsenjwa, will include, but are not limited to, the following: • Personal hygiene and health • Encouraging physical fitness • The importance of well balanced, nutritious meals • Personal safety skills • Mental wellness • Drug abuse • Train the trainer format • Mobilize the Swazi Spearheaders, young community leaders in Mbabane who have attended the International Leadership Academy in Fort Worth, TX, to assist in the project