Physical Health Namibia Project #10627

Support Community Health Counselors in Namibia

by Containers 2 Clinics

Project Report | Jun 13, 2013
Final Project Report

By Dawn Belizaire | Director of Development

Dear Friends,

We are truly grateful for your support, which has allowed us to offer vital primary care services for women and children living in the DRC Settlement. Now patients can access preventative care and simple treatments quickly and easily, helping ensure they stay healthy and freeing up the public health system to focus on more complex care. Thanks to your donations, the C2C clinic has provided care for approximately 900 women and children in just a few months, proving an incredible need exists in the area.

While our programming in Namibia continues, we have decided to process online donations exclusively through our website, www.containers2clinics.org, through Network for Good, and through CrowdRise. We hope you will visit any of these sites to continue to support our programs.

Marie Elago, our Community Health Coordinator, continues to serve as a critical bridge between the community and the clinic. She is looking forward to extending the reach of C2C’s clinic through community education, referrals for high-risk pregnancies, new mother support groups, and other community activities.

Thank you so much for sharing with us and allowing us to continue our journey!

With Gratitude,

Jessica Thompson Somol

Executive Director

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June 2013 Update

By Dawn Belizaire | Director of Development

Mar 5, 2013
Exciting Updates from Namibia

By Jessica Thompson Somol | Executive Director

Friends & Supporters,

As we begin to wrap up the first quarter of 2013, we are delighted to share with you some exciting updates from Namibia!

First, thanks to your generous contributions, C2C has hired Marie Elago, a Community Health Coordinator, to serve as a critical link between the clinic and the community. A nurse-midwife by training, Marie began working in February to identify the community’s greatest health needs. She is excited to lead a staff of Community Health Workers (CHWs), who will extend the reach of C2C’s clinic through community education, referrals for high-risk pregnancies, new mother support groups, and other community activities.

We are also proud of our continued collaboration with the local Ministry of Health. Our clinic will operate in close partnership with other public health facilities in the area. C2C will offer vital primary care services for women and children living in the DRC settlement, including HIV testing and child vaccinations, allowing patients to access preventative care and simple treatments quickly and easily and freeing up the public health system to focus on more complex care.

We can’t wait to share measurable results from our Community Health Education program with you – and the Ministry of Health – in the coming months! Namibia currently has no public facilities that employ CHWs, and the Ministry of Health is eagerly following our progress in order to inform their decisions about regional and national roll-out of similar programs. We’re delighted to bring this best practice to Namibia – a well-proven program that brings essential health services to the people who need them the most.

Thank you for sharing in our journey!

With Gratitude,

Jessica Thompson Somol

Executive Director

In the DRC settlement community, Namibia

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