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What

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The ongoing conflict in Darfur has forced families to flee their villages. Everyday it becomes harder for them to reach already scarce health facilities when roads and entire regions are cut off. In 2006, the crisis escalated, forcing a rush of new families to seek safety in Zam Zam, a refugee camp in North Darfur. When the camp residents faced imminent closure of their health services, RI stepped in to build a permanent clinic run by local medical staff, now serving more than 50,000.

Activities

The clinic serves more than 800 patients a week with basic curative and preventive care. RI trains local medical staff and village midwives, distributes essential relief commodities, and immunizes children against diseases.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $4,333
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $60,667
Total Funding Goal: $65,000

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Resources

Why

Potential Long Term Impact

Trained doctors and health workers will be enabled to treat isolated and nomadic populations long after Relief International leaves. Permanent village health facilities will support the people of North Darfur both in crisis and in peace.

Project Message

"My child had been sick for two days and I brought him here riding on donkeyback for 4 hours. Dr. Mohammed Ezz Eldin treated him for diarrhea and just next day he was playing with other children."
- Gissima Ismail, Mother of 2

Who

Where

Country

This project is located in Sudan and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Sudan, read the Human Development Report on Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for Sudan.

When

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 30, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 26, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Progress Report August 2007: Health Clinics in North Darfur

By Elizabeth Ross - Africa Program Officer, August 30, 2007 04:15 PM

Support from Global Giving donors has allowed RI to expand the services of the Zam Zam Camp clinic, which serves more than 50,000 displaced people, and provide training and supplies to 7 village-run health facilities. Expanding access and care has truly benefited the people of North Darfur. The number of pregnant women visiting RI safe motherhood units for prenatal checkups has steadily increased by 4% from August 2006 to June 2007. This marks a remarkable outreach achievement for community health workers who have been conducting awareness-raising programs for tribal and religious leaders. The RI midwives are also responsible for increased prenatal care, as they have been conducting activities during household visits to promote the importance of 3 prenatal visits for good mother-baby health.


As a result of overwhelming public support, RI’s field team has been able to provide 65,000 consultations in the past 6 months through the Zam Zam clinic and the 7others. Children under 5 years of age accounted for approximately 42% of all consultations. Children in Darfur suffer illness and even death as a result of severe diarrhea caused by poor water and sanitation and hygiene. Due to hygiene promotion activities provided by RI clinics, including education of mothers on the treatment of diarrhea, cases of severe dehydration due to diarrhea have decreased by 2% from August 2006 to June 2007 in RI clinics. Overall, the 8 clinics have reached. 5,800 schoolchildren, 50 school teachers, and more than 1,500 women with lifesaving outreach.

Community education campaigns have also focused on raising awareness about prevention of HIV/AIDS. From August 2006 to June 2007, RI’s health team conducted education activities for 120 community and tribal leaders, community health workers, and youth on HIV/AIDS prevention. These representative leaders were empowered to deliver key HIV/AIDS messages to their villages.

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