Ongoing · 2024 - 2026

Community Voices in Health Budgets (VOICES groundwork)

Youth-led tracking of local health budgets · Three districts, Central Malawi · 15 rural health centres

✿ CEGIWE (lead)funded by Girls Involvement in Rights and Leadership (GIRL)USD 220,700

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from the field, with love.

The story so far

Who decides what a rural clinic can spend? In three central districts, CEGIWE is putting that answer in young hands. We train community youth groups to read district health plans line by line, then follow the money to the clinic gate — using a simple citizen scorecard across 15 rural health centres. When the numbers leak, youth bring the evidence straight to quarterly budget reviews and ask, kindly but firmly, for reproductive health funds to be protected.

What changed ♡

✿ Citizen scorecards live in 15 rural health centres
✿ Youth seated at quarterly district budget reviews
✿ Financial leaks mapped; reproductive funds ring-fenced