Care, Cure & Make Whole
WHY IDJWI?
Idjwi Island is the perfect location for a medical center to serve the region. Despite being in the geographic center of this devastated region, it never experienced any war related violence. In an area with limited roads, it is easily reachable by boat from many of the largest cities in the region. The tribal and political leadership on Idjwi is very stable and extremely supportive of Amani’s work, it has cooperated to donate land hundreds of hectares of land and as well as other resources and has worked with us to eliminate bureaucratic complications that might affect our operations.
WHAT A DOLLAR BUYS
PORRIDGE FOR 1 MALNOURISHED CHILD FOR 1 MONTH
Our nutrition program is currently providing supplementary feeding for 150 malnourished children. The supplement is a porridge made from sorghum, corn, oil, soy, sugar, milk powder and vitamin supplements. An additional 200 severely malnourished children are on our waiting list as we attempt to find funding.
TREATMENT FOR SEVERE MALARIA FOR 1 PATIENT
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are volunteers trained in basic healthcare provision. Amani has trained 50 who attempt to visit households in the region quarter annually to provide health assessments and counseling. CHWs are able to diagnose and treat dehydration and malaria via Rapid Diagnostic Tests.
COST TO SPONSOR 1 PREGNANT WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH IN A HOSPITAL SETTING
On Idjwi, the lack of medical resources means that 1,800 per 100,000 women die during child birth, among the highest rates in the world.
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN FOR A MONTH
Laboratory services (for example, blood, stool and urine exams) allow the medical center to treat basic disease like simple malaria, diarrhea, worms and parasites, cholera, and infections.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLIES FOR A MONTH
In addition to feeding 150 of Idjwi’s severly malnourished children a supplement-rich porridge daily, the Nutrition Program operates a very successful agriculture program. The Agriculture Program trains community members to farm their land and share the resulting food between volunteers and patients at our Medical Center.
MEDICAL DOCTOR SALARY FOR A MONTH
Amani Global Work’s ambitious plan entails not just improving impoverished and forgotten areas, but also strengthening its human resource capacity. Our 10-year plan includes training and securing highly qualified specialists in the four classic fields of medicine: Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Surgery and Internal Medicine.
LEAD PHYSICIAN FOR A MONTH
We need doctors. On the entire island there are only four doctors serving a population of 250,000. As a reference, The United Nations Millennium Development Goals set the ratio of 2.3 doctors per 1,000 as the minimum acceptable. Idjwi falls drastically short at .000016 doctors 1,000 residents.
PARTIALLY FUND A REGIONAL CLINIC THAT SERVES UP TO 50,000 PEOPLE
Amani currently has one Health Center, which is the only healthcare facility in the entire northern Idjwi area. Regional Clinics will expand our reach to cover all of Idjwi (population 250,000). Many people have never seen a doctor or nurse, much less visited a hospital. Basic health concerns such as malnutrition and easily curable diseases, which pose no threat in the developed world, still reap a devastating toll.
Our health center is currently providing the following services:
- Curative outpatient consultations (for example, treating basic disease like simple malaria, diarrhea, parasites, cholera, infections)
- Wound care and minor surgeries
- Preventive care programs (including immunization and education)
- Prenatal care
- Laboratory services (for example, blood, stool and urine exams)
In addition to funding health center services, Amani plans to work with women on various income generating projects in Idjwi, including agricultural cooperatives, milk, pineapple, sugar cane and fish projects, as well as school uniform and clothing operations.
CHILD DEATHS FROM 2006-2009
Before the clinic was built, 3 children per week died of cholera from the villages surrounding the clinic.
CHILD DEATHS FROM 2010-2013
In the 4 years since the clinic has been operating, no children from the villages surrounding the clinic have died.
PRE 2011 MORTALITY RATE AMONG THOSE AFFLICTED WITH CHOLERA
CURRENT MORTALITY RATE AMONG THOSE AFFLICTED WITH CHOLERA
In 2012 all 122 people admitted for cholera at the clinic survived.
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