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Grassroots organization building sustainable community models in Kenya. Health, Disability, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene).

We come in at the grassroots level by working with communities to identify their needs and creatively meet the challenges they face. We then work hand-in-hand to create support networks and establish partnerships that propel sustainable solutions to reality. We work with people who are already working toward their goals and who, with equitable access to resources and knowledge, create results that

are demonstrable and inspiring.

Founded in 2010 with the aim of changing the status of people with disabilities in Kenya, we now have three pillars of focus: Health, Disability, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene). Since 2009, our projects have directly impacted over 200,000 people in Kenya.

22/12/2023

Our last two trainings of the year were held with the dedicated healthcare workers from Langa Langa Sub-County Hospital, Kiti Health Centre, Free Area Health Centre, Mirugi Kariuki Maternity, Bondeni Maternity, and nursing students from the Kenya Medical Training College. Rolling out point of care ultrasounds is a county-wide initiative to improve the quality of antenatal services delivery, as well as a tool to improve outcomes for expectant mothers and babies. The goal is for all nurses and clinical officers to be trained on performing ultrasounds during antenatal visits, and for all women to receive at least one scan before 24 weeks gestation. The training was an opportunity for hands on practice and skills building.
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We’re looking forward to seeing the progress of this important work, and to continuing our partnership with and the Nakuru County government in the coming year!
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02/11/2023

We held our monthly capacity building training for healthcare workers at Bondeni Maternity yesterday. The nurses from that facility, along with others from Lanet Health Centre, Free Area Health Centre, Mirugi Kariuki Maternity, and student nurses from the Kenya Medical Training College, came together to practice drills for maneuvering complicated breach deliveries with babies in distress. They also practiced managing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). These obstetric emergencies rely on the ability of nurses and the swift management of their maternity teams to deliver these mothers and at times, save their lives and the lives of their newborn infants. Successful management of these patients also prevents emergency cesarean births that not only necessitate ambulance transportation to higher level facilities, but can also complicate postpartum recoveries.
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These trainings serve as an opportunity for maternity teams to practice hands on skills, sharpen team dynamics and communication, and share knowledge and best practices across facilities.
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Thank you to our partners for continuing to support our healthcare projects in Kenya!
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01/09/2023

This month our sponsored capacity building for healthcare workers was a skills building training on eclampsia and postpartum hemorrhage. These two life threatening obstetric emergencies often present at community based facilities where healthcare workers must respond quickly to save patient’s lives. Nurses from Mirugi Kariuki Sub-County Hospital and Kiptangwanyi Health Center came together to share their improved team dynamics strategies and to further practice drills they’ve been working on at their respective facilities since the last time we met. We spent additional time going through various clinical scenarios and updated county protocols for the management of convulsions.
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We also handed over new “penguin suctions” that we sourced for each facility to use when clearing airways of newborns after birth. These new suctions are made of medical grade silicone and can be sterilized and reused for longer periods of time, further aiding in the prevention of neonatal sepsis.
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Your donations make this possible! Thank you to all of our supporters for continuing to be a part of our health programs in Kenya!
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07/08/2023

Each month, we help analyze the unmet healthcare needs of communities in Nakuru County and then create opportunities for frontline healthcare workers to participate in further training and if necessary, sharpen skill sets, to meet those needs. This month our sponsored training was at Menengai Dispensary, where the demand for family planning continues to rise above the availability of commodities. The Kenyan government and partners intend to meet this need by availing new (to the community) types of reversible, long term family planning methods. Additional types of intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) and innovative, self-administered injections called DMPA-SCs, will now be available to this community and many others in the coming months. These family planning methods will not only help mitigate some of the common side effects people report from using other available methods, but will also allow for more individual autonomy as well.
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We strongly believe in reproductive health justice and that everyone has a right to have children, a right to not have children, and a right to raise the children they do have in a safe and healthy environment. Your contribution to our health projects supports important initiatives like this. Thank you!
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29/06/2023

We are continuing our monthly capacity building trainings in maternity hospitals across Nakuru East Sub-County with another shoulder dystocia training at Mercy Mission Hospital. Yesterday, we assembled the Labor & Delivery staff at Mercy Mission, along with those from Valley Hospital, to participate in a hands on drill to practice skills used when a baby is stuck inside the pelvis during delivery. This is a medical emergency and can be life threatening for both mother and baby. During the simulation, healthcare workers from each facility were given an opportunity to practice assembling their emergency care teams, establish team member roles and responsibilities, practice patient communication and centering, and to refine shoulder dystocia maneuvers and neonatal resuscitation techniques.
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As our health projects continue to evolve over time to meet the needs of communities across Kenya, these trainings play a significant role in helping to reduce disparity in Maternal Child health. Thank you to our partners at for your ongoing support!
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17/03/2023

Yesterday we continued our monthly sponsored healthcare training by focusing on the treatment and management of women in labor and childbirth, and on newborn wellbeing immediately following birth. We facilitated a group training for frontline healthcare workers at Kariuki Mirugi Health Centre with childbirth and neonatal resuscitation exercises. These drills provide healthcare workers with an opportunity to practice their skill sets and to sharpen their responses in emergency situations. It also allows the teams from various healthcare facilities to work together to assign specific roles and responsibilities, sharpen communication, and provide peer-to-peer feedback. The ability of healthcare workers to respond quickly and effectively in emergencies saves lives. Way to go, team!
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Thank you to for your continued partnership on our health programs in Kenya. Together, we are making a difference!
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01/03/2023

Yesterday, we continued our monthly training support for healthcare workers in Nakuru County with a training on eclampsia, a dangerous high blood pressure disorder. Eclampsia is when patients with preeclampsia develop seizures and/or coma during pregnancy. This life threatening disorder affects 2-8% of pregnancies locally and is the second leading cause of maternal mortality in Nakuru County. Our support provided an opportunity for healthcare workers from Bondeni Maternity, Lanet Health Centre, Mirugi Kariuki Health Centre, and Langa Langa Sub-County Hospital to gain mastery and practice hands-on skills for managing patients who present with this condition at their facilities. These training drills are critical to supporting healthcare workers in their endeavor to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in Nakuru County and countrywide.
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Thank you to our partners at Hardcore Help Foundation and to everyone continuing to support our health projects in Kenya. Your donations are making a direct impact on the quality of care and patient outcomes in communities across Nakuru County!
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26/01/2023

Yesterday, we hosted our first continuing medical training of the year for the healthcare workers at Bondeni Sub-County Hospital. Bondeni Sub-County hospital has a very busy Maternity department that was, in part, established through years of joint partnership clinics. Today it serves hundreds of women each month through antenatal care, labor, and delivery. Preeclampsia is a severe and life threatening condition that women often develop during pregnancy. It is currently the second leading cause of mortality for pregnant women in Nakuru. Government health facilities are beginning to prioritize the critical drugs needed to treat preeclampsia, as well as establish training for nurses and others on prevention, warning signs, protocols, and management of the disease. Our training allowed healthcare workers in Bondeni to continue building critical care skills while also establishing a community sensitization plan. Together, we are improving outcomes for both Mamas and babies in Nakuru county!
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This training is part of on ongoing program to build capacity through training, resources, and community strategy within government health facilities in Nakuru County. Our trainings are facility-directed and based on real time community priorities. Thank you to our friends and supporters at for continuing to support our health projects!
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PO BOX 4064
Nakuru
20100

Website

http://nhwckenya.org/

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