By Felicia Smith | Managing Director
Dear Team,
We have successfully and substantially expanded our mobile medical clinic! We are now operating 72 mobile clinics per month. This is possible thanks to you, and thanks to the tireless efforts of Dr. Shemaghembe. His dedication to working with the Monduli district government, finding our new team member Doctor Lekasio, and securing our second operational vehicle has been invaluable. The mobile clinics continue to remain focused on mother and child health, vaccinations and health education sessions. Since our last report, 15,258 vaccinations have been administered to the children of rural northern Tanzania. In August, our mobile clinic took part in a sub-national polio vaccination campaign focused on border regions in order to safeguard children and maintain Tanzania’s polio-free status. We are proud to continue to do our part in these important campaigns to help eradicate dangerous yet preventable diseases.
Since July, we have provided prenatal services to 500+ pregnant mothers by monitoring blood pressure and maternal/fetal growth, screening for routine infections, and providing protection against malaria and anemia, among other things. Many of these pregnant women are not within walking distance of a clinic, and so without the mobile clinic they would otherwise go without these important services. We expect to see an increase in the number of people helped now that we have expanded our mobile clinic into the Monduli area. We also expect to see an inflated budget, since the additional vehicle brings additional cost of fuel and maintenance. Regardless, we are truly excited about the doubling of our vehicles and doctors, allowing us to bring essential health services to 72 areas each month (equivalent to 2.4 clinics per day).
To help cover our additional expenses, we are gearing up for our last and largest fundraising campaign of the year, Giving Tuesday. From midnight December 1st until 12pm noon on December 2nd, every donation we receive will be proportionally matched by GlobalGiving! This 36-hour window is the best time to give and make your gift go further. Keep an eye on your inbox for reminder emails about this important event.
We thank you for making it possible to provide health care to so many women and children in such a rural, inaccessible part of Tanzania. This impactful project would not be possible without you, and we are eternally grateful. Judy and I are eagerly awaiting our next 4 week trip to Tanzania in February of 2027. As always, we look forward to sharing photos and stories from our trip with you upon our return. We invite you to follow along with our journey on our website and on Facebook, and we thank you for continuing to be an integral part of this fundraising team.
With hearts full of gratitude,
Judy Lane & Felicia Smith of Maasai Partners
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