Social Innovations and Knowledge Exchange
OPHID is committed to developing locally relevant innovations and program solutions that improve health and wellbeing of the communities and households where we work. Our Social Innovations and Knowledge Exchange initiatives seek to foster and build collaborative communities of practice, improve operational efficiencies, share lessons and improve the impact of our own work and that of other local organizations.
To further cascade on local knowledge-based practice, OPHID conceptualized and initiated the Ilima/Jakwara: Health and Development Knowledge Exchange fora. Ilima or Jakwara is a traditional Zimbabwean practice of working together as a community to help each other in daily tasks such as harvesting, weeding fields, constructing a house or such other tasks. The practice promotes knowledge sharing, peer learning, and emphasizes practical application of skills.
Learn more about OPHID’s social innovations and knowledge exchange platforms here