By Lizzie Odegaard | Director and Co-Founder
This has been a busy few months for Moyo as we strive to empower our local communities through delivery of healthcare and education.
Nurse Jedidah and the team provided vaccines and preventative care to Mugie and surrounding communities through several healthcare outreaches. They taught a first-aid and traige course, administered COVID-19 boosters, diagnosed illnesses and persribed/supplied medicines. These outreach healthcare clinics also provide access to much needed medicine and several chronic asthmatics and epileptics came for medication refills as their local pharmacy was not able to provide it. It was apparent that there was an uptick in diarrheal disease among children and led to our team to conduct an examination of root causes (results still outstanding). It highlighted a few of the many benefits of our outraches. Moyo is well positioned to examine the similarities and differences in health outcomes across communities, not just within them, and therefore spot a statistically significant difference that may have a root cause that can be addressed (like the cause of diarrhea). Additionally, Moyo can access and provide medicines that are harder to come by for remote community members - stocking these medicines will continue to be a priority for Moyo.
We supplied eighteen bursaries to students who were found to be at a critical risk of not carrying on with their studies due to financial constraints. They attend schools are seven different community areas near Mugie and their families have been severely impacted by drought and resource scarcity. These bursaries allowed them to continue to pursue their education goals and avoid slipping into the cycle of poverty and diempowerment. In addition to bursaries for local school kids, we provided nine full tuition and board scholarships for students. These students are required to maintain high grades and remain in good standing at school.
Our quarterly mentorship was with the Louniek community and had almost 40 teenagers in attendence. Nurse Jedidah and two Commuity Health Mobilizers led the session which focused on self-care and wellness. In an effort to erase the taboo that mentruation is a 'dirty' and embarassing time, both boys and girls were present for a section of the session that focused on mentrual health and hygiene practices as well as the distribution of resuable sanitary pads from a Moyo supporter. The environmental consequences of single-use vs. reusable sanitary pads segued into a broader discussion of environmental conservation. We honed in on the use of natural gas instead of trees for charcoal and the importance of preserving forested areas for the many benefits to wildlife and preventing deforestation.
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