Mobilising grassroot carers in Kenya to bring hope
Summary
Riders for Health - This project aims to mobilise healthcare providers from community groups in the poorest regions of western Kenya allowing them to reach and help thousands more women and children.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Rural communities across Kenya remain isolated due to poverty, great distances, harsh terrains and lack of transport. Men, women and children are dying of easily preventable and treatable diseases simply because they cannot be reached. Mobilising carers from local organisations will mean health care and social support can finally reach the poorest communities of Kenya on a regular basis and that communties can finally lift themselves out of poverty.
Activities
Riders will provide carers with motorcycles and the skills needed to ride and maintain them. We know that with a motorcycle, carers will be able to reach four times more people. “Having a motorcycle has made my life so much easier," said Beatrice.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,848
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $22,152
Total Funding Goal: $24,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Thousands more communities across western Kenya will be reached with regular health care and support, enabling them to lift themselves out of poverty.
Project Message
“By providing us with six motorbikes, Riders have helped us to extend our home based care programme, to reach very many more bedridden patients in our community and greatly improve our medical care.
- Rose Moon, Founder of Vumilia, Kenya NGO working with Riders
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Astrid Jenkinson
Fundraising Officer
3 New Street
Daventry
Northamptonshire, NN11 4BT
United Kingdom
441327300047
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Organization
Riders for Health
3 New Street
Daventry,
Northamptonshire
NN11 4BT
United Kingdom
+ 44 (0) 1327 300047
http://www.riders.org
Riders for Health's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Health Care and Water for 7,000 Gambians |
Riders for Health's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Reach the unreached! Delivering care in Africa |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 3, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
Riders for Health update on Kenya
By Astrid Jenkinson - Fundraising Officer, July 07, 2009 12:04 PM
“I feel very happy, honoured, and privileged to have a motorcycle. It motivates me to serve my community whole heartedly,” said Karoline Kemunto Apiga, a home-based care provider from Busia.
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