Many communities that CHAT works with are so remote and under-served that we are often the only source of reliable healthcare available. 

Empowering and Educating

Loikas HIV/AIDS Support Group, Maralal, Kenya

​CHAT's programs seek to empower those who live in under-served communities by educating them to serve their communities when the CHAT mobile unit is not present.
​Funding will dictate how frequently CHAT’s motor mobile units will visit each community – ideally we try for monthly however often for many communities the motor mobile will visit approximately every three months. 
​Our Back Pack door to door strategy is community based with the FP -CORPs carrying out especially family planning/ecological awareness, TB defaulter tracing and home based care throughout within their & neighboring communities.
​At the same time, CHAT empowers communities by providing access to holistic family planning services and encouraging income-generating projects. This approach avoids creating a culture of dependency and makes our work more sustainable. 

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​Engaging

​CHAT engages community members to work in family planning (FP-CORPs) and as HIV/AIDS counsellors and testers (HTC-CORPs). 
​Services they engage in include:

• Family-planning counselling
• HIV/AIDS testing and counselling
• Nutritional education and support
• Tracking TB defaulters
• Building referral systems and multiple other services

CORPs also lead and initiate Community-Based Organisations (CBOs). These groups are officially registered and able to access government and other funds. CBOs function in under-served areas by providing:

• Psychological and social help for people living with HIV/AIDS
• Advocacy for family planning and other critical health services
• Access to funds for income-generating projects

Enabling

Besides their health-related activities, CORPs also assists in creating income-generating projects for the communities they serve. In addition to creating income and addressing healthcare issues, these activities enable the community to become more self-reliant and build management, advocacy and leadership skills. They include:

• Bee-keeping
• Vegetable farming
• Manufacture of reusable sanitary towels
• Crafts for tourist trade and export
• Linking the often ‘forgotten’ community up to relevant stakeholders including the GoK. 

CHAT’s Model

CHAT’s model of sustainability for communities follows these steps and principles:

1. Serve areas that have been under-served but request our services.
2. Engage local communities using integrated mobile clinics, which may be vehicles, camels, or Back Pack ie by foot and/or bicycle delivery.
3. Educate, advocate and motivate members of communities as resource people and healthcare workers (CORPs).
4. Empower communities towards self-sustainable healthcare.
5. Enhance the well-being of marginalized and disadvantaged communities.
6. Exit once a framework of strong, well-managed leadership and institutional capacity is in place.