Tomorrow we are off to the northern parts of namibia.
We are stopping in Okahandja to visit with a family that the girls that annie knows from the netherlands worked with wihle they were here. We are going to drop off a huge food parcel and some gifts for them. After that we will do a little shopping in the market there. From there we move onto waterberg park to spend the night. It is suppose to have fantastic views and greenery. From there on saturday we wil be driving all the way up to ONdangwa in Oniipa. We will be dropping Foibe off to see her family and I will be meeting up with my family that I stayed with for my rural home stay the last time I was here.
TOday was filled with getting ready for our trip.
I have a feeling that when we get back, time will fly by because that is when we will be doing most of our giving and buying of supplies for both programs.
We are still waiting to hear back from ivan, the guy in charge of christa plans for her land about the estimates on leveling off and the dates with that so hopefully something will be resolved by the time we get back!
I will try my hardest to get to one internet cafe while we are gone, but it seems like that will be pretty difficult.
When we get back we will be staying at a place caleld Penduka. THis place does a bunch of imcome generating projects and its specifically for women and children. They also run huge TB awareness campaigns and so forth. More to come on that once we arrive!
We have rented a car and I will be going about trying my driving skills here in Namibia..
STAY TO THE LEFT!!!!!
I hope everything is going well with everyone!
There will be some great pictures to come of our adventures when we return!
byeeeeeee!
Mary
Our Mission
African Community Health Inititiave (ACHI)
Provide basic health care services to those lacking access to such care in both rural Nigeria and urban Namibia.
These services include:
*Overall Physicals (including Fasting Glucose levels, Vitals, HIV/AIDS testing etc..)
*Medication Management and Maintenance programs *Disease Management
*Health Education that addresses disease prevention, hygiene and nutrition
*Consultations and referrals
Mount Sinai
A program started by Katutura State Hospital Nurse Christa Biart-Vega, who works in the ARV (antiretroviral) pediatric clinic, Mount Sinai provides HIV counseling, health education, well baby checks, formula, water and sippy cups for 105 babies and their HIV+ mothers. If the child is tested HIV- after 6 weeks of being breastfed, the hospital or clinic refers them to Christa. At this point it is important to discontinue breastfeeding: replacing breast milk with formula means that the baby will remain HIV-. Unfortunately, due to the lack of funds Christa has to limit the number of mothers and babies in her program because it is a commitment to feed each child for six months. Christa did receive land in Katutura for the clinic, but lacks the funds to begin building. Not only will this building be used to continue the program that Christa has started, she also envisions it as a safe place for moms and their children, as well as a hospice for children with AIDS to peacefully die in instead of out on the streets. Your donations will go towards formula, sippy cups, water and overall costs. More money means more women can enroll in the program and with your help Nurse Christa will finally be able to have a building to go along with her amazing, life saving program!
Family Hope Sanctuary
FHS is a community based program run by Abigail Maposa located in the extremely poor settlements of Hakahana. FHS’s program helps in two ways: first, to empower women, most of whom are HIV+, TB, single mothers who are raising orphans; and second, through its school readiness program. This program reaches children who are not in the school system and provides them with an education and a safe place to stay. More importantly, the heart of FHS is its kitchen: it feeds hundreds of children each day, which for most is the only meal they will get that day. Lacking the most basic necessities of life, all of these kids are grateful for such a meal, and are in dire need of a formal education before it is too late. Your donations will go towards education, food, clothes, shoes, water and other necessities. Amazingly, $20 sends a child to school for a whole year (books and uniforms included)!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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