WCC: HEALTHCARE
WCC has also taken the initiative to construct a health centre for pregnant women and newborns to overcome their health care challenges. We plan on building a 20-bed health care centre next to the school on land purchased by the WCC. We will allocate funds to hire a construction team to construct those facilities and to purchase medical equipment. Furthermore, we will hire 1 doctor and 5 nurses for the centre. Funds will also be needed to provide essential training and to equip those who will work in the centre so that they may maintain the centre and make a positive impact on the disease and child mortality rates. There is a tremendous need for accessible health care in Sierra Leone. Education and healthcare especially for women and children are a great challenge for these communities. There is only one community hospital in Waterloo which is a few kilometers from Maboikandoh village . WCC aims to provide newborn babies and their mothers in Sierra Leone with an improved quality of life and access to up- to- date healthcare services . The main purpose of this project is to help provide necessary and effective health care in Maboikandoh village in Sierra Leone, in order to assist mothers and babies. There are three pillars that this project is based upon: Family planning , health intervention and economic benefits. For every dollar spent on family planning, Sierra Leone is estimated to save U$ 2.1 dollars, with particular to rural communities (Keen, 2017).
Healthcare especially for women and children are a great challenge for these communities.There is a tremendous need for accessible health care in the Maboikandoh community (Sierra Leone) Specifically there is a need for centres targeted to the delivery of health education and clinical care in order to improve the lives of the communities and combat issues surrounding child birth and early infant-care. The quantity of health services and conditions of the locations is severely insufficient. Once these facilities are established, they will be able to operate without high levels of involvement from international organizations. In this way we are able to not only promote better health care services and education, but also to empower the local communities and teach them to promote the work that we began.
The healthcare centre will be accessible to the wider community of Molambay area, thus benefitting up to 12.000 (twelve thousand) people.
1. The project will maximise the learning experience of the children through provision of complete educational and healthcare infrastructure. WCC will improve the quality of life of young people by improving the health and sanitation facilities, and thus providing educational opportunities to advance their economic prospects and quality of life.
2. The project will increase primary school enrolments, and reduce the number of school dropouts - the aim is to improve educational attainment in core subjects.
3. The project will foster a greater awareness of disease prevention practices, and help reduce mortality rates of disadvantaged people in Sierra Leone.
4. The project will improve access for the most marginalised beneficiaries to education and healthcare services, increasing disadvantaged people’s opportunities and life prospects, in turn improving the conditions of the entire community.
5. The project will also improve sustainable access to safe water and good sanitation practices, to reduce the number of disadvantaged people affected by waterborne diseases.
WCC: SANITATION PROJECT
WCC water project’s mission is to provide clean drinking water to drought-stricken communities in the Eastern (Freetown) Sierra leone. It is understood from interviewing 2000 families in Sierra Leone that many people don’t have access to clean drinking water and that 98% of the population doesn't have access to public toilets. Most of the children and young people defecate in open areas. Residents and children of the locality therefore live in poor living standards and are vulnerable to contagious diseases such as cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, etc.
There is a desperate need for water supply in Sierra Leone. Many people, especially women and girls have to walk 3 to 4 miles every day just to fetch water needed for their households. In addition, the water these people collect from the streams is sometimes unhygienic and unsafe for drinking due to upstream contamination. In addition to the one existing water well, WCC aims to construct five additional water wells for the population of 15,459 in the Eastern community. This includes disadvantaged orphans and homeless children who are aged 3-14 years old and their families. WCC will also equip the water project with resources such as an entrance door, security padlocks, maintenance office, and cleaning equipment. Furthermore, WCC will identify needs to expand this programme beyond Sierra Leone as further research has shown a constant growing need at the ground level.
The project helps Sierra Leone to become a vibrant and self-sufficient community that is less reliant on external aid in the long term. It also helps the citizens to overcome the post war trauma. The basic health and sanitation training that we offer aids in reducing child mortality rate from easily preventable infections. It also boosts the overall child development. Vital education pertaining to HIV/AIDS, water, and sanitation in regards to disease control and prevention is imparted through community sensitization.
WCC - Health & Sanitation
WCC: Healthcare & Sanitation
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