SUMMARY

This project will construct a health clinic in rural Kenya to serve the village of Koposes and surrounding community of people, of which has a large population of elderly and children. There are currently no health facilities in this village, and the community must walk many miles for life-saving medicines and basic health services. Having access to a clinic will significantly decrease deaths from typhoid, malaria, infections and other treatable diseases.

CHALLENGE

Without any health facilities near this village, the sick are at a high risk from life-threatening maladies. Despite the fact that these are highly preventable and treatable, malaria and other waterborne diseases are rife and particularly affect the elderly and children of the community. The area also has a secondary school that serves five villages and there are no health services or health education for these adolescents.

SOLUTION

This project will construct a health dispensary, so local people will have access to basic health services (i.e. treatments for typhoid, malaria, cholera, TB, measles, STDs, etc.). It’s expected that the Kenyan government will agree to provide a healthcare worker and will supply basic medicines for the dispensary, free of charge. Preventative health lessons and counseling to HIV affected communities will also be provided, as well as the distribution of mosquito nets to households as a measure for preventing malaria.

LONG-TERM IMPACT

This project will increase the overall well being of the village by helping pregnant women have safer births, providing preventative interventions and health education for malaria and HIV, immunizing children, and providing treatments for waterborne disease, etc. The clinic will also contribute to the local economy by keeping people healthy enough to work through the agriculture season and not fall victim to illnesses that keep them from tending their fields.