Providing microhealth services to 10,000 families

Summary

Kashf shall provide 10,000 families with low cost microhealth insurance giving low income household access to cheap healthcare facilities covering 24 hrs hospitalization. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Low income households in urban areas always face problems of low nutrition and unhygienic living conditions which often lead to diseases that require hospital care. Lack of resources force low income households to treat patients at home, resulting in mortality. The microhealth product aims to empower clients to hedge against such contingencies by providing low cost hospitalization due to illness and accident. A need for a health related product was consistently identified in our surveys.

Activities

Working on a partner-agent model, Kashf acts as an interface between clients and insurance company facilitating the latter by providing them access to clientele and screening information and the former by provision of health services.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,278
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $87,712
Total Funding Goal: $88,990

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will not only provide health services to client households but will also educate and create awareness about their own health and well being and provide them the oppurtunity to invest in their health to attain a better quality of life.

Project Message

"What we need is a "health card", a means through which we can protect ourselves against diseases and ailments so that we can enjoy a better standard and quality of living".
- Saima, A Beneficiary - Kashf client

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Nabeel Khan,
Research Associate
19-Aibak Block New Garden Town
Lahore, Punjab 54000
Pakistan
923334299717
Email:

Project Sponsor

Acumen Fund

Organization

KASHF Foundation
19 Aibak Block New Garden Town
Lahore, Punjab 54700
Pakistan
+92-42-111981981
http://www.kashf.org

Learn more about KASHF Foundation and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Pakistan and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Pakistan, read the Human Development Report on Pakistan or the Wikipedia entry for Pakistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on May 09, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 07, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

::Client Impressions::

By Nabeel Khan - A Far Reaching Impact, May 09, 2008 06:36 PM

The case study narrates the story of Shehnaz Baji, whose husband has benefited from taking the health insurance policy that has been introduced by Kashf.


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