Drug Assistance for Internally Displaced People
Organization | Research Center for Analytic Diagnosis and Imaging Trends (RECEADIT) |
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Region | Cameroon |
Website | Website |
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ProjectLeader | Jilly Ngwainmbi |
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The serious political crisis in Cameroon has resulted in internally displaced English speaking Cameroonians who are now in very remote, rural areas/forests where there are many mosquitoes, resulting in many malaria cases and other illnesses, but no health care facility. RECEADIT needs financial assistance to: 1) employ ten RECEADIT female nurse; 2) purchase more needed drugs; 3) help transport these drugs & nurses; and 4) pay their salaries to travel 70 miles in bushes to provide health care.
Challenge
Genocide, Increased burning of villages, Covid-19 impact on English speaking Cameroonians have increased refugees and internally displaced people, who find themselves in very remote, rural areas and forests, where there are many mosquitoes, resulting in many malaria cases and other illnesses, but no health facilities. These internally displaced people, especially the elderly, expecting mothers, and infants in Kom need immediate basic medical treatment, especially for malaria. We need more Drugs
Long-Term Impact
Your donation to this project will: 1) literally save the lives of the displaced people, especially the elderly, expecting mothers, and infants; 2) provide needed medical treatment primarily for malaria, especially for the elderly, expecting mothers and infants in Kom; 3) provide employment opportunity for the six RECEADIT female nurse graduates; and 4) very importantly, assist RECEADIT with the purchase of face masks for the Internally Displaced People and improving the fight against Covid-19.
References
Additional Documentation
https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/39386/projdoc.docx
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