Community medical activities
Mfangano Island is located on lake victoria, with a population of about 30000 and roughly 10 thousand families. About a quarter of the families can afford basic healthcare. There has been rising cases of non communicable diseases such as hypertension, Diabetes, Arthritis and associated complications, Juvenile arthritis in children, Rheumatic fever and associated complications, Sickle cell disease among many other chronic illness. Mfangano Island care and compassion ministry, CBO, raises money through donations from well-wishers and friends to able to offer a helping hand to the vulnerable in the community. We work in collaboration with the ministry of health where diagnosis and treatment is done at the facility level and the organization delivers medication of enrolled participants to the health facility on a monthly basis. Right now, we are at 72 beneficiaries, 67 adults and 5 children whom we support on a monthly basis. On average the monthly cost of an individual is approximately $35. Support us, walk with us, put a smile on a face today.
Drug Donations
As a donor we give you the ability to choose if you would like your monetary donation to just go on medication for clients exclusively. Local donors can also donate drugs as per need.
Medical camps
The organization has scheduled medication camps for screening od diabetes and hypertension as well as create awareness on the silent killers diseases. This done in collaboration with the ministry of health. We involve volunteers who would like to participate. This is also an area requiring donations both monetary and equipment. During medical camps we also do sensitization on mental health and gender based violence. Support us, walk with us and put a smile on someone’s face today.
Community patient visit and follow up
The organization through the help of health facilities on the Island, enroll patients to our program based on need. These patients are followed up on a weekly to monthly basis depending on their condition and as per the advice of the experts. We involve the public health officers and the community health promoters who visit/ follow up patients and write reports on monthly basis. During the visit, blood pressure, blood glucose levels is taken and recorded for appropriate action. The organization supports the visits by public health officers and community health promoters by providing stipend for every visit. This is an area that would require support. Support us, walk with us and put a beautiful smile on a face.
Medical fund for children with Chronic and congenital conditions
Children form an important pillar of our organization’s goals and as such we value them and compassionately take care of their medical needs. The organization has a kitty which is meant to give basic Kenyan health insurance to one of the parents. This will be able to take care or address critical financial needs in case of emergency admissions, hence decreasing incidents of not seeking medical care to lack of resources. The fund may also cater fully or partially for transport and specialized care. This is subject to scrutiny to ascertain true need and availability of resources.