Individuals and families from low-income backgrounds frequently face significant
challenges to wellness. We join forces with partners and communites to find
innovative solutions that encompass the whole picture of an individual’s health
Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up
healthy. Because the social drivers of health like a family’s eating habits matter just as much as access to quality care, we help communities tap into a variety of resources that promote their wellness. This makes it easier for families to care for their health every day.
With subsidized health insurance schemes, Africa suffers on both
an individual and national level lack of hospital funding. Hospitals
and clinics are pushed to their limit to care for their patients on
extremely limited resources, often missing life-saving medications
and important equipment
Even in the advanced hospitals in the cities of Africa and
among others, a distinct lack of safe, clean, medical equipment
makes even simple procedures potentially life-threatening. With
no medication for pain, shortage of beds, and critically ill patients
are often left in undignified and agonizing conditions.
For both children and adults with serious conditions, the right
medical equipment and care play a crucial role in giving them the
best chance of recovery and healing. Lack of money and resources
mean that healthcare professionals in Africa are often unable to
give parents the required treatment – even if they are aware of what
exactly should be done. Lack of working surgical devices and
apparatus means that, patients often need to be transferred miles
for basic surgeries, and those who are too ill to be moved have no
choice than to do without it. Medication for pains and anesthetics
are very expensive and hard to access in Africa, hence greater
proportion of patients do not receive the right medication to
improve their condition.
Maternity wards and children’s wards are often the hardest hit by lack of funding and equipment. With lack of a good number of beds and rooms, laboring women are forced to give birth in wards with close to or more than 10 women. In some cases, they end up giving
birth on the floor. Without enough sterile needles and proper surgical equipment, the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality increases in number.
We are looking to expand our health outreach to encompass more
clinics and communities, and further our missions in reducing the
threat of deadly illnesses in Africa. You can help if you or someone
you know works in healthcare and has access to viable equipment
we can send out, visit our How to Help page or contact us.
Donations of equipment and monetary contributions are equally
vital to improve the health outreach we provide – with more
funding, we will gain further opportunities to save the lives of
children living in poverty. $50 is enough to provide one first aid kit
to a rural community, but any amount is hugely beneficial. No child
deserves to live without access to basic healthcare in their
community – so join us today in making a difference.