Project Report
| Mar 22, 2021
Covid Testing and Treatment Begins
By Temnotofo Mvubu | Content Creator
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Treatment at the Clinic
A year ago our lives in Eswatini changed. We got our first COVID-19 case and everything adjusted to fit this new normal. We've slowly gotten into the rhythm of life during a pandemic and despite it all, we're glad to still be here. Still serving, still empowering and bringing hope. When you find time today, we urge you to say a prayer of encouragement and love to all frontline workers, COVID survivors, our clinic staff and espevcially those who have lost loved ones.
Now, those living in Maphiveni, Mhlume, Shewula and Lomahasha areas can test for COVID at our Clinic. A new testing site has officially been launched here in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and is currently the only one along our corridor. We’re happy that people in the communities we serve can now easily access testing and we feel so blessed to be a part of that.
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Clinic staff
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Covid Testing Site opening
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Nov 23, 2020
Solar Repairs & Upgrades
By Daran Rehmeyer | Executive Director
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Installing the Panels
TRRC installed all the existing solar panels for the clinic last month. And at no additional cost to us! They will recycle what equipment they can from the original installation. The inverter on the old system failed dramatically and proved impossible to service as the company was based in the US. With a local (Durban) company, we shouldn't have that problem again.
The system is set up for grid-tie, so all solar power generated will be used at the clinic offices and economic development areas during the day and the electric company will only supply the difference when necessary. We still need to be able to install solar for the main clinic rooms and look forward to being mostly green and off the grid at least during the daytime.
We are grateful for their support and contribution to the success of Kudvumisa Foundation's vision and mission!
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Final inverter instalation
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The Kudvumisa Clinic, serving the marginallized
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Jul 24, 2020
Community Based Care during Covid-19
By Daran Rehmeyer | Executive Director
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Thabo (one of our outreach nurses) hands over food
During this pandemic, it is even more important that the people we serve in rural Eswatini avoid being exposed to the Corona virus in public transport and at the clinic itself. Providing care directly in the community helps this impoverished population avoid exposure. So while the clinic is still open for those who might walk in from the surrounding communities, community based care provides additional protection to this population. The clinic is still in desperate need of funding to complete the solar installation! Every dollar spent on electricity could have been used to buy medicines.
In the community, the outreach provides access to health care and even food supplements. Sabelo is 42 years old and lives alone at Mgidzangcunu, an informal settlement in the sugarcane fields of eastern Eswatini. He is living with a hunchback (kyphosis) and is unable to get any decent job, especially during the pandemic. He cannot provide food for himself and relies on handout primarily. He relies on Kudvumisa’s community outreach services to cater for his healthcare needs. When Kudvumisa gave him a food parcel this week he was at a loss for words. He thanked the organization and said the handout was timely since he had run out of food earlier in the week.
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