About WizEar
Founded in 2008, WizEar is the leading NGO provider of ear and hearing care to communities in Zimbabwe and actively partners with 10 regional public hospitals. WizEar works closely with the government and has been instrumental in driving policy change nationally. WizEar has had an established partnership with the Canadian-based non-profit, World Wide Hearing (WWH), for several years and aims to scale the existing project further. The challenges WizEar seeks to address are a lack of affordable hearing aids for children from low-income families in Zimbabwe and limited clinical practice opportunities for the newly-graduated audiologists in Zimbabwe.
Project objectives
- Sustainably scale the fitting of pediatric hearing aids
- Widen screening reach for children in schools and ear camps at multiple locations
- Expand the hospital referral network across the country
- Liaise with the University of Zimbabwe to recruit audiologist trainees and a design trainee program