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AMURT Provides
Comprehensive Care for People Affected by HIV/AIDS The base of our operations is the AMURT Kenya healthcare center in Mountain View Estate, Nairobi. AMURT constructed this health center with a grant from the Japanese Embassy to meet the health needs of the nearby Kangemi slum dwellers. Since 2002, the clinic has expanded its scope and now provides various services to over 3,000 patients every month. We have since expanded our operation by establishing two satellite healthcare centers in Likoni (near Mombasa) and Mahaya (near Kisumu). These three centers will be the cornerstones of our HIV/AIDS program’s expansion. |
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 Midwifes under training in Deou Burkina Faso |
Primary Health Care reaching remote villages AMURT is working in partnership with the Department of Health to train women as village midwives and provide maternal and community health education in Deou, Oudlan Province, Burkina Faso. The midwives are earning the respect of their communities. They are assuming a position of leadership that has been unavailable to women due the traditional separation of the sexes.
The Midwives
effectively fulfill the role of the health
promoter for mothers and babies. Their
training has also brought them to the
frontline to raise awareness in this
conservative society about concerns crucial
to the welfare of women. They are on the
frontline; advising women in their
communities about family planning and the
threat of HIV/AIDS.
MORE Visit AMURT Burkina Faso web page
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 AMURTEL is bringing healthcare to rural Ghana
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AMURT takes the challenge to provide water to more villages
After several successful water
projects in North Tongu District of Ghana's Volta Region in the
1990'ies AMURT set out provide drinking water to ten communities
in Mafi-Zongo. In September 2005 AMURT completed the laying of
fifteen kilometers of water pipes and the installation of 21
pipe stands to deliver the water. They are now engaging another
thirteen communities that will expand the pipe network to almost
50 km. The projects are owned and managed by the communities
themselves and realized through communal labor and international
grants.
AMURT is working in partnership with the Deou medical
centers to train health agents and
midwives for the remote villages in the district. The first
session for the midwives was concluded on May 16 with five
graduates. They all received a nice box with all the
equipment they need to perform
hygienic and safe deliveries. All the trainees have been doing
the work of midwife un-officially. Now they have training,
equipment and have become formally
affiliated with the Deou Medical Center. More
training sessions will be scheduled for the coming
months. AMURTEL Brings Health Care to Rural Ghana AMURTEL, our sister organization, started working in Ga Rural, about an hour from Accra, in 1984. Two health clinics provide basic clinical care to the villagers as well as health education and basic training in midwifery and first aid. Our project officer, Didi Vinambra, is a certified trainer with the Ministry of Health. She trains local people in practical nursing. The trainees are integrated into the Ministry’s immunization programs in the area. In 1999 AMURTEL opened another health outpost in Akwakwaa, Central Region. Some of Didi’s trainees were sent out to staff this post as part of their practical training. Not only were they successful in their work, but they caught the attention of local chiefs, who have invited us to provide healthcare assistance in their own villages. So we opened another clinic at the beginning of the year in Nyanoa. Some traditional birth attendants, wise old women from the community, have joined our trainees in the clinics. Our facilities will ensure that the deliveries will be safe and any complications will be dealt with early and effectively. |
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Hygiene and
Sanitation Project AMURT is currently working in 176 schools in Xai-Xai, Chibuto and Guija Districts, installing 1408 pit latrines. In all the schools we are forming child-to-child sanitation committees and promoting awareness campaigns about hygiene and sanitation issues with a special focus on hand washing and fighting HIV/AIDS. With the help of UNICEF we are also sinking water wells in the rural schools to provide clean water for the children. |
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HIV/AIDS Home-Based Care and Counseling Program AMURT opened a clinic at its community center in Orange Farm in 1996 to provide primary health care to the population. In 2001, with initial funding from the Provincial Health Department, AMURT launched the HIV/AIDS program that includes awareness-building and home-based care. We currently employ 11 caregivers who administer to the needs of 108 home-based AIDS patients. They feed them, bathe them, administer their medication and interact with their families. They educate their patients about the nature of the disease and become a compassionate presence in their lives. |
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School and Children’s Home The school was first started in 1988 on twenty acres of land donated to AMURT. It was a simple project in the beginning, with twenty village children being taught under a tree! The first building was constructed in 1991, and now the school has 333 children from Nursery to Primary 7. Twenty-one children are boarders and eight children are orphans in our care. We are also caring for eight orphans. These were screened for eligibility by the local council before we received them. Five live with us, and three are accommodated in the nearby village. |
