Tunatazama - Community Monitors

Mpumalanga Respiratory Health problem project continuation

Community Alerts, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Vosman/ All zones, Empumelelweni/ Phola-Ogies, Susan Moraba, 2019/04/25

On 23 April 2019 in Mpumalanga, Emalahleni community monitor’s held a Respiratory Health problem workshop and went on a toxic your to visit some of the victims who suffers from respiratory health problems in Vosman area. The workshop started with an introduction and review to monitor’s on community monitoring school, the free writing skills, alerts and understanding the environmental impacts which some ked the group to conduct the respiratory health problem project in Emalahleni, Vosman and Phola/Ogies.
The workshop was attended by two qualified Doctors from KZN Nelson Mandela Medical school who will be assisting the group in compiling the final study report and assessing the findings, the workshop was concluded by a toxic your whereby the doctors were taken to the area to visit some of the victims from toddlers to elderly in order for them to get an insight and to assess the situation.


On 24 April 2019 we attended a respiratory health dialogue whereby the different environmental departments in the municipal and government, Community based organisations, schools, academics, community members, SAPS, municipal law enforcement and church members attended. A match demonstration was done before the dialogue. All credits to Vukani environmental movement.