Congratulations to our November 2011 grantees:
Project Concern International
World Education-Bantwana Initiative
Esperança, Inc
Partners In Health, Rwanda (Inshuti Mu Buzima)
Project Overview
Partners in Health was awarded a two year grant in the amount of $400,600 to continue to strengthen their maternal and child health programs in two districts of rural, Eastern Rwanda. This will enable Inshuti Mu Buzima (Partners In Health in Kinyarwanda) to sustain the lives and health of thousands of mothers and children. The main project activities include programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT); comprehensive maternal health services, including pre-natal, labor and delivery, and post-partum care and emergency obstetrical care; community-based women’s health and family planning education and outreach; and comprehensive pediatric care, including treatment of acute and chronic conditions such as HIV, malaria, and malnutrition.
Overall Goal
The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the quality of maternal and child health services at seven clinical sites (Rwinkwavu hospital and health center, Kirehe hospital and health center, and health centers in Rukira, Rusumo, Mulindi, Nyarubuye, and Ndego) in eastern Rwanda in order to decrease maternal mortality and improve child survival in this catchment area of 425,000.
Foundation for African Medicine and Education (FAME), Tanzania
Project Overview
The Foundation for African Medicine and Education (FAME) was awarded a two year grant in the amount of $100,000 for construction of a diagnostic wing as part of their new medical facility in Karatu, Tanzania. The new medical facility will also include an inpatient facility, an ICU and an operating room. The award will allow FAME medical staff to promptly and accurately identify and diagnose numerous diseases that often claim the lives of thousands of children and their parents.
Overall Goal
The overall goal of the project is to be able to provide the people of the District of Karatu with quality medical care.
African Services Committee, Ethiopia
Project Overview
African Services Committee was awarded a one year grant in the amount of $50,000 for a second year of support for their HIV testing and counseling and treatment programs in two clinical sites in Addis Ababa and Mekele, Ethiopia. This grant will support the continuation and growth of antiretroviral treatment and prophylaxis and treatment of opportunistic infections in their Addis Ababa-based Shola VCT site. It will also support nearly thirty percent of the cost of treatment operations in their latest VCT center in Mekelle, Tigray, which opened in July 2007. The project will make a difference in the lives of vulnerable populations affected by HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, by giving them the access to a set of comprehensive health services needed to improve their health status.
Overall Goal
The goal of this program is to increase the number of HIV positive people diagnosed through ASC’s Addis Ababa and Mekele VCT clinics, who in turn prevent HIV transmission through use of condoms and PMTCT regimes, regain their health through prevention of opportunistic infections, adherence to antiretroviral treatment, and access to nutritional suppor
Micronutrient Initiative, Guatemala
Project Overview
Micronutrient Initiative (MNI) was awarded a one year grant in the amount of $40,000 for a second year of support for a project designed to improve health outcomes for malnourished children in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The project will build on the activities achieved during the first project year, during which the Izumi Foundation provided support to pilot the roll out-of zinc and micro-nutrient supplements (Chispitas) to children under 5 years of age. The current grant will provide continued support for the purchase of Chispitas for children in the project area during this interim period before the Ministry of Health takes over financial responsibility for the project. Such support is critical to ensure that there is not a discontinuation of supplies for children already receiving supplementation.
Overall Goal
The goal of this project is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of children under 5 years in the department of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala.