What
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
RI's Zam Zam Health Clinic and 6 Rural Village Clinics serve 4,000 children, ensuring they receive immunizations, therapeutic feedings to combat malnutrition, and check-ups. RI also trains teachers to provide nutrition education to children. RI assists in preventing common health ailments that if left untreated are killers amongst children. This includes primary preventative care, acute respiratory infection and diarrhea prevention and treatment, malaria prevention and malnutrition.
Activities
RI’s mobile Child Care Teams (CCTs) consist of trained local medical staffs that reach out to the hidden child population that are unable to reach a central clinic. CCTs provide the same care as a clinic and reach an average 1,000 kids every quarter
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,338
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $59,662
Total Funding Goal: $65,000
Additional Documentation
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Why
Potential Long Term Impact
The crisis in Darfur is a dire concern and the future of the region’s people lie within the livelihoods of its children. Permanent health facilities will support the children of North Darfur to survive past childhood.
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
ContactJohn Maris,Senior Program Officer 5455 Wilshire Blvd. STE 1280 Los Angeles, CA 90036 United States (310) 478-1200 Email: Project SponsorRelief International |
Organization
Learn more about Relief International and the project team. |
Where
Country
This project is located in 
Sudan
and can also be found under 
Children.
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 November 13, 2008.
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.
