Health care for 30,000 slum residents in Mali
Summary
This project will be provide 35% of the funding and technical consulting to catalyze a sustainable slum clinic for maternal and child health for 30,000 people.
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Received $3,733 from 55 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Despite being part of a city, many of the residents of Sikoro are three kilometers from a paved road, and equally distant from water or medical care. Women often give birth on the side of the road on the way to the clinic, and one in four children dies before age 5 (DHS). There are over 30,000 people living in this area. A community-run clinic that also works on public health (mosquito nets, vaccination) is a socially appropriate and accessible way fuel for development.
Activities
We will provide 35% of funding, furnishings, and supplies. We will help the community clinic board to fundraise the remaining 65% locally, legalize their committee, train personnel, and permanently run the clinic from user fees and gov't funding.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,733
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $10,739
Total Funding Goal: $14,472
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.malihealth.org)
- Project Website (http://www.malihealth.org)
- Interview with the US Coordinator (http://havefundogood.blogspot.com/2007/02/empowering-change-caitlin-cohen-of.html)
- Technology, Health, and Development Blog (http://thdblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/reality-check-interview-siguida-keneyali-promoting-health-ch)
- Newsletter (Newsletter)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will create a selt-sustaining clinic to improve health outcomes by providing health and maternal care to 30,000 slum residents. This will improve well being, livelihoods, and the community's ability to create healthcare change!
Project Message
We are a poor neighborhood…but our poverty does not equate with powerlessness...When a child dies in your arms you ask what you did wrong. We will make this clinic happen because we need it to happen.
- Fatoumata Diaby, Elected clinic leadership committee member
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Caitlin Cohen,
US Coordinator
PO Box 20
5413 US Route 5
Westminster Station, Vermont 05159
United States
802 722 4029
Email:
Project Sponsor
Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ
Organization
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Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP) PO Box 20 5413 US Route 5 Westminster Station, Vermont 05159 United States 802 722 4029 http://www.malihealth.org |
Learn more about Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP) and the project team.
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Mali
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Mali, read the Human Development Report on Mali or the Wikipedia entry for Mali.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 11, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 27, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
Clinic to break ground September 27th!
By Katie Walter - 2008 Clinic Coordinator, August 11, 2008 06:11 PM
After a brick laying community ceremony on September 27th, construction of a health center for 30,000 underserved slum residents will begin! Sikoroni residents are continuing to invest in their own community with individual contributions to make up $8000 of the costs and the remaining funds will be funded through a combination of MHOP donations and committed money from the Malian government. The National Ministry for Health has at long last approved our application! We just need to complete our US-based fundraising.
The clinic is scheduled to be completed by June 2009, so Ben and I have spent the last few weeks revising a list of the medial supplies needed to equip the clinic. We met with Dr. Magdalene Togo, the ex-chief of medicine of the national hospital, at the Ministry of Health to better understand what clinic equipment we could expect to be “prise en charge” (provided by the government) and what will need to be provided by MHOP. Dr Togo immediately agreed to assist with questions during the clinic construction process and provided us with a copy of the “Liste Type Material CSCOM”, a list of equipment that is supposedly provided by the government to each CSCOM (local clinic).
After meeting with Togo, we visited several neighboring clinics, and it became clear that most CSCOMS aren’t supplied even with the “minimum” materials. We spoke with the Médecin Chefs at nearby CSCOMS to determine which equipment they saw as essential. They assisted us in creating a prioritized list of crucial equipment but most of all stressed the need for equipment to be continuously updated and replaced. MHOP clearly needs to supplement the equipment that will be provided by the government. Over the next year, our student group will form partnerships with international medical supply organizations and seek donations from US hospitals and universities to acquire high-quality equipment not covered by the Ministry of Health.
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