Healthcare is the currency of opportunity. The brutal reality in Africa is that many rural communities simply do not have easy access to hospitals or local healthcare facilities and there is no denying the detrimental impact this has on the wellbeing of these communities.
Africa Foundation has been working with communities and municipalities for three decades to increase access to a range of medical services. This includes building clinics and accommodation for healthcare workers; facilitating community-based care initiatives; and developing boreholes and dams for safe drinking water. Access to safe sanitation facilities also remains a major problem in poor rural communities and Africa Foundation provides ablutions or Enviro-loos – hygienic but waterless ablutions – to schools, clinics and other community facilities.
Vegetable gardens
New / renovated clinics.
Hippo rollers to move water.
People accessing clean water.
Access to healthcare is one of the primary concerns of every community in which we work. Rural African communities are heavily disadvantaged when it comes to affordable and accessible quality healthcare. We work with communities and the Department of Health to facilitate the construction or improvement of rural clinic facilities. We also assist in the allocation and retention of medical staff through construction of accommodation at clinic sites.
Community Home-Based Care Centres are a community response to the void in services for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in SA. In rural areas, facilities are scarce or under-resourced, and the HBC system provides care to many including orphaned or vulnerable children needing a safe place go after school and receive a meal or homework assistance. We build infrastructure to support such services.
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