De Porres Memorial Foundation (DPMF)

About us

De Porres Memorial Foundation (DPMF) is a registered Tanzanian Local NGO by Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children with registration No.00NGO/00009956.
The Foundation is located in Ubungo Municipal at Kimara Suka. It is composed of former or ex TB, Leprosy patients who suffered from Tuberculosis , Leprosy diseases and were ultimately cured, people living with HIV and a team of experts in the areas of Tuberculosis,HIV/AIDS and Malaria.

Vision
DPMF envisions becoming a major catalyst for ensuring that all people of Tanzania enjoy optimal health and contribute to the well-being of their families and communities

Mission
DPMF strives to contribute in promoting equity in health, combating diseases and improving the quality of, and lengthen, the lives of the people of Tanzania.

Our work
• To address the underlying causes of vulnerability and strengthen existing capacities and invest in preventative solutions;
• To enable the participation, engagement and inclusion of the most vulnerable and marginalized people in their communities;
• To address issues of stigmatization and marginalization among the target groups and among the wider community;
• To meet the needs of the vulnerable and most marginalized through effective community-based service-delivery and social protection mechanisms;
• To develop community networks to provide care and support for the vulnerable and most marginalized;
• To strengthen capacity and share learning with target groups and partners

Areas of Operations
• Gender – Based Violence:
Work to change attitudes, or questioning gender roles and stereotypes that make gender-based violence acceptable in society.
Providing accessible information about what gender-based violence is, about its different forms, possible remedies and existing support measures.
Awareness raising campaigns. Such campaigns will use traditional means, such as posters, leaflets and websites, but might also utilize social media and flash mobs, for example;
Training professionals to be able to identify, address and respond to gender-based violence. This will include providing training for teachers, youth workers, social workers, trainers, the police, the justice system, health care providers, etc.
Empowerment programs which will strengthen the self-esteem and autonomy of those sections of the population which are more likely to be at risk of violence
• Tuberculosis & HIV:
Strategic communication and community mobilization. We will engage and mobilize communities to promote and sustain healthy behaviors like HIV testing and treatment adherence, and to help combat stigma, gender inequality, and other norms that contribute to HIV and TB.
Integrating HIV with other health issues. We will also work to ensure that insights and lessons learned in confronting one disease are used to improve care and treatment for others.
Use of Innovative health technologies and approaches. New screening tools, diagnostics, drugs, and approaches can all help health care workers reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS, TB, and related diseases in low-resource settings.
Strengthen our capacity for service delivery and research.
• Malaria
DPMF will focused on delivering, monitoring, and evaluating interventions at the grassroots level, including: bed net distribution, case detection and treatment, operational research, and behavior change communications, such as teaching people how to properly hang a net. Wherever possible,
DPMF will integrate malaria prevention activities with efforts to control or eliminate diseases such as lymphatic filariasis, river blindness, and trachoma, enabling village-based health care delivery systems to address multiple diseases at once.

Dr. Salome Zacharia Kafuria is the Executive Director of De Porres Memorial Foundation (DPMF).

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