Building of a first aid station

The people of Nkondo and vicinity currently have no access to the national health system of Tanzania. The nearest medical facility is a small public hospital in Magoye, which is about five hours of walking through rough terrain from the main village of Nkondo. Even if a patient undertakes this arduous journey, he can’t be sure if he can be helped in Magoye, since there is often no medicines or even sufficiently trained personel available on site. What is more, most people are not able to pay the required processing fee.

We have made it our mission to change this by building a "first-aid" station. We want to build a small building which will be entirely used as First-aid station, and we want to finance the training of a nurse, who should later work there. Our plans include a treatment room, a delivery room, two small hospital rooms, and a training room (see picture below). The toilets and the cooking area will be in small huts next to the aid station, as is usual in the area.

(1) Hospital room
(2) Hospital room
(3) Pharmacy / Storage
(4) Reception / Training room
(5) Delivery room
(6) Treatment room

Our goal is to permanently have at least one nurse on site who can take care of injuries and acute illnesses. In addition, some sort of "health education" programm should be introduced in order to inform the public about issues such as disease prevention, sex education, HIV, hepatitis, pregnancy and childbirth, vaccinations, etc..

To ensure that no one is excluded from treatment, we don’t want to take fixed charges for treatment, but instead, collect a voluntary „tax“ according to the saying „take what you need and give what you can“.

For the construction of the building we have already found a property and donated the money to be handed over for the first construction phase. The estimated cost of the building amount to about 3,500, - €. The fees for two years of training a nurse are about 700, - € per year. There is also the need for medical equipment, e.g. syringes, tweezers, scissors and stethoscope as well as patient beds that can easily be cleaned and disinfected.

Should our funds allow, we could in the future consider paying the training of a second nurse or even a doctor's appointment. Our hope is - should the economic situation stabilize in the region - that the first-aid station sometime in the long run could be financially self-sustainable. Until then, the "first-aid" station will be dependent on donations.

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