CHAG and partners in Development
To date, a large number of CHAG institutions have been benefiting from financial and/or technical support from mother churches and/or faith-based- funding agencies overseas. Type, nature and magnitude of this contribution is been reported to have decreased significantly in recent years, particularly as for capital development projects (infrastructure and medical equipment). As a result, many CHAG institutions are now largely dependent on government resources, (proportion of salaries and operational costs), income from health insurance and internal generated funds (which also applies for public health initiatives).
Encouraging, however, is that an increasing number of (international and bilateral) Development Partners has expressed interest to enter into partnership with network organisations such as CHAG (e.g. PEPFAR, the Global Fund, the President’s Emergency Fund for Malaria etc). At this point in time, DANIDA, UNFPA, SNV and the NHIA have already committed themselves to support (part of) CHAGs 2009 Annual Work Plan. Discussions on possible partnership agreements with the CORDAID/ICCO consortium, WHO and the World Bank are ongoing.
