I, Stacy Gray, have been selected by Village HopeCore International to embark on a 6-month adventure as their Health Project Coordinator in Chogoria, Kenya. :)
Here's some background information on Village HopeCore International (VHI):
Village Hopecore International is a non profit organization registered in Kenya and the United States with a mission to eradicate poverty and improve the health and living conditions of the Wameru people of Chogoria, Kenya. At this time, the project affects approximately 6,000 villagers and6,000 students in our school-based mobile clinics.The project has been operating for the last 11 years and is situated on Mt. Kenya,four hours north of Nairobi by car at 5,000 feet elevation in a lovely area of tea and coffee farms. It is located approximately 20 miles south of the equator.
In 2000, HopeCore began a unique and innovative poverty eradication project that combines a Grameen style micro enterprise village bank, and an adult education program with a village level health care program. The health care program focuses on child and maternal health issues, and HIV and malaria prevention.
In 2009, HopeCore received funds to begin a comprehensive malaria education and prevention program which involves proving mosquito nets to people receiving microloans. The program involves educating individuals about the prevention and treatment of malaria. The distribution of the nets are followed by home visits to each of our families to be sure that the nets are being used correctly. At the time of the home visit, health dataarecollected on our families and further education on safe water, good nutrition, child-maternal health issues, family planning and HIV prevention and testing is provided. We now have a full time, Kenyan project nurseand four community health workers as part of our public health team, and a full-time peace corp volunteer is now working in Chogoria with our microenterprise program.
Since February 2011, HopeCore has been operating a school-based mobile clinic program by making a partnership with 16 primary schools and 8 secondary schools in the Chogoria area. Each mobile clinic begins with health education on various topics including malaria, HIV/AIDS, hygiene, and nutrition. Subsequently, students in our 24 schools receive free health services for the most common health issues (e.g., malaria, typhoid). In 2011, HopeCore conducted 55 mobile clinics and benefited 4,441 patients in total. We are now installing water tanks and water chlorination systems in all 24 schools, and by the summer 2012, we hope to have all our 6,000 students under long-lasting insecticide treated malaria prevention bed nets.
for more information, check out my organization's website at:
www.villagehopecore.org/blog
Here's some background information on Village HopeCore International (VHI):
Village Hopecore International is a non profit organization registered in Kenya and the United States with a mission to eradicate poverty and improve the health and living conditions of the Wameru people of Chogoria, Kenya. At this time, the project affects approximately 6,000 villagers and6,000 students in our school-based mobile clinics.The project has been operating for the last 11 years and is situated on Mt. Kenya,four hours north of Nairobi by car at 5,000 feet elevation in a lovely area of tea and coffee farms. It is located approximately 20 miles south of the equator.
In 2000, HopeCore began a unique and innovative poverty eradication project that combines a Grameen style micro enterprise village bank, and an adult education program with a village level health care program. The health care program focuses on child and maternal health issues, and HIV and malaria prevention.
In 2009, HopeCore received funds to begin a comprehensive malaria education and prevention program which involves proving mosquito nets to people receiving microloans. The program involves educating individuals about the prevention and treatment of malaria. The distribution of the nets are followed by home visits to each of our families to be sure that the nets are being used correctly. At the time of the home visit, health dataarecollected on our families and further education on safe water, good nutrition, child-maternal health issues, family planning and HIV prevention and testing is provided. We now have a full time, Kenyan project nurseand four community health workers as part of our public health team, and a full-time peace corp volunteer is now working in Chogoria with our microenterprise program.
Since February 2011, HopeCore has been operating a school-based mobile clinic program by making a partnership with 16 primary schools and 8 secondary schools in the Chogoria area. Each mobile clinic begins with health education on various topics including malaria, HIV/AIDS, hygiene, and nutrition. Subsequently, students in our 24 schools receive free health services for the most common health issues (e.g., malaria, typhoid). In 2011, HopeCore conducted 55 mobile clinics and benefited 4,441 patients in total. We are now installing water tanks and water chlorination systems in all 24 schools, and by the summer 2012, we hope to have all our 6,000 students under long-lasting insecticide treated malaria prevention bed nets.
for more information, check out my organization's website at:
www.villagehopecore.org/blog
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