Kenya: Lwala Healthcare Project
Lwala Community Hospital Program Update, Q3 2013
January 08, 2014
Katherine Falk
Summary of Activities
Funded maternal and child health costs including:
- Personnel costs for nurses Rose Gayo and Geoffrey Orangi and nurse aid Rosemary Akello
- 58% of medicine costs
- Funded ambulance repairs and maintenance
- Funded fuel for ambulance to provide emergency transportation
- Funded obstetric emergency referrals

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Targeting Youth
Youth Friendly Bi-monthly Clinics
Youth friendly clinics are ongoing twice a month (one at the hospital and one in the community). 182 youth were reached with FP services in Q3.

WASH Trainings Numbers are Up
Tournament Increases Participation
3rd Annual WASH Tournament held in August. Several LCA program activities were displayed and services provided at the tournament venue. These were health education, FP short term and long term, HIV testing and First Aid. More than 600 people watched the games daily. See Story 1 for details.

Building Income
DIG Team Weekly Vegetable Market
The DIG team is selling vegetables at the facility to staff and community members on Fridays.

Background
& Objectives
Background
Lwala is a village of approximately 1,500 people near Lake Victoria in western Kenya. Within an hour’s walk, approximately 3,000 additional people live in nearby villages accessible by dirt roads. Poor physical infrastructure, including impassable roads during the rainy season, lack of electricity and lack of reliable drinking water, have helped to create a critical healthcare challenge in Lwala. The mission of the Lwala Community Hospital is to meet the holistic health needs of all members of the Lwala community.
Objectives
- Improve patient care and clinical operations
- Improve access and facility infrastructure
- Expand and improve quality of education programs
- Professionalize the organization through better policies and practices
- Properly procure and account for physical, financial, and human resources
- Increase impact of health outreach programs
- Build capacity of community members in income generating activities
- Improve programs through better communication and monitoring and evaluation

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Numbers
Served
January 2014
1,519 enrolled in maternal/child health program
84 people attended WASH Trainings in Q3, 2013
123 women reached by long-term family planning
23 Youth Peer Providers promoting family planning and safe sex


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