Summary
CFWshops is a pioneering franchise network of basic medical clinics & drug shops in Kenya, each owned & operated by a Kenyan nurse or community health worker, preventing & treating prevalent diseases.
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On average, 25,000 people die every day in developing countries for want of basic medicines that cost less than a cup of coffee. Treatable and preventable diseases claiming the most lives are malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, and tuberculosis. CFWshops targets villages in rural Kenya with inadequate access to essential medicines, underserved by the existing public and private health infrastructure. An adopted clinic can serve 5 to 10 thousand people each year.
Each clinic enables treatment and prevention of malaria, respiratory infections, worms, amoebiasis, and diarrhea. Adoption supports monthly deliveries of medicines and preventatives, ongoing training for franchisees, community outreach, and more.
Total Funding Received to Date: $231,168
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $68,832
Total Funding Goal: $300,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
In 2007 the CFWshops network served over 500,000 patients and customers. As a franchise network, CFWshops will continue to grow in Kenya, eventually reaching millions of people per year with lifesaving medicines and diseases prevention.
"The CFWshops will go a long way to narrow the gaps currently existing in delivery of health services in the District."
- Dr. E. Maree, Ministry of Health, Kirinyaga District, Kenya
Greg Starbird Starbird
Vice President, The HealthStore Foundation®
PO Box 1630
Nairobi, Kenya 00606
Kenya
-2540202724881
Email:
CFWshops, Child and Family Wellness Shops
PO Box 1630
Nairobi,
Kenya
00606
Kenya
+254 (0)20 2724881
http://www.cfwshops.org
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
This project was last updated on February 1, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 17, 2005
By Greg Starbird - Chief Operating Officer, February 01, 2010 11:15 AM
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