Project Report
| Apr 28, 2023
The ministry of health said yes
By Dr Nshimirimana Tharcisse | CEO
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Our mission of bringing health services closer to underserved communities of Burundi by building a maternity unit to save more lives is becoming a reality.We are happy that building activities of our maternity unit are now completed. We are grateful for your contribution and continued support. The process was scary at the beginning but we gained more confidence and clarity when we saw many friends of The Village Microclinic coming to us with encouragement and support. With you we have been able to achieve this life-changing milestone. We made it together and with you we are making more positive impact on the community we serve.
The great news is that the ministry of health agreed that activities at the maternity unit can start at any time when necessary tools and equipment are available at this unit. The maternity unit will serve more than 150 pregnant mothers and their new-born per month and we plan to conduct additional outreaches in the community through the work of community health workers. 24 community health workers have been trained by The Village Microclinic to diagnose danger symptoms in pregnancy and then refer pregnant women with those symptoms to the nearest health facility. Community health workers have referred 86 pregnant women who needed emergency treatment and care to nearest health facilities.
The challenge of the moment is to equip the maternity unit with necessary tools to ensure a healthy environment for pregnant mothers and their children. We want to provide high quality health care to mothers and new born. We count on your generosity and unwavering support to achieve excellence in maternal and child care. We have attached some photos to show the progress we have made.
With love and gratitude;
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Dec 30, 2022
we made huge progress
By Nshimirimana Tharcisse | CEO
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With love and enthusiasm from the community we serve, we have achieved many milestones on our way to building a maternity unit to save 2 300 lives in Burundi. The involvement of the community and support from health authorities and different stakeholders have tremendously accelerated our activities and have therefore achieved many of our milestones. From raising foundation, and walls and roofing activities as well as closing activities, we have seen many helping hands. This allowed us to make huge progress on this project.
We are happy and grateful that the building is now at 98% of completion. The Village Microclinic has already requested authorization from the Ministry of Health and AIDS control in Burundi to open the maternity unit in the coming months. We'll be proud to see this unit opened so that we can better serve the neediest and underserved people in our community especially women and children. They need our services because they have to walk many kilometers to reach the nearest health facility. For women at labor or those having an emergency in pregnancy, this situation happens many times at night and an ambulance can't reach this location.
The maternity unit is ready for use but we still lack necessary equipment to make it operational. We are glad that you have chosen to be on our side in this project and we are thankful for your continued support. We will continue to share with you how we are doing and the progress we have made toward completing this project. I have attached some photos to allow you realize the progress we have made so far.
With gratitude
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Sep 1, 2022
Almost ready to deliver health services
By Tharcisse Nshimirimana | CEO
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It is wonderful to see the progress we have made in building a maternity unit to save lives in Burundi. Many people contributed to the progress of our project through donations on GlobalGiving, in-kind support from the community we serve as well as from health and administration officers. It has been a long journey but we are closer to make it happen. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us a pressing need for primary care solutions, especially for women and children, that can prevent the spread of future pandemics. The Village Microclinic already thinks about pregnant women and new born in our catchment area who lack access to primary care services due to lack of adequate health facilities in our community. Our attention goes to those families who have to travel many kilometers on foot to reach the nearest clinic, and the youngest pregnant and most vulnerable mothers who face stigma and discrimination.
The maternity unit is at 96% of completion. Thank you for your generosity and support to improve maternal and child health services in Burundi especially in underserved communities like ours. We are happy that we will be able to offer mothers critical, lifesaving information, and instill in them the importance of seeking healthcare before, during, and after child birth. This maternity unit will remove many obstacles that keep women from giving birth in the safety of a medical clinic.
We haven't any equipment yet. We hope to see our maternity unit equiped with a variety of technologies designed to promote health literacy, screening tests, and lifesaving medical supplies in the nearest future. Thank you so much for being on our side to improve maternal and child health in Burundi and save more lives.
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