Past Health Projects
Past Health Projects
Below are some of the main health projects we have successfully delivered and supported.
Planting Avocado Trees
We are supporting the work of the pilot farm at Mbayaya in the creation of an avocado tree nursery.
This nursery is important. There is an immediate vision to plant 10,000 avocado and mango trees in rural Rwanda to help stabilise the soil against erosion. So far around 4,500 to 5,000 have been distributed. The trees will also provide
nutritional fruit to the people living in poverty and also a
cash crop. There are also plans, if we can get enough surplus fruit, to make handcreams and hair products with the oil. The trees will be grown and given away free by the Anglican Church. Rev. Amos - pictured below - is a trained horticulturist and is spearheading the initiative.
You can buy a sapling below.
Buy an Avocado sapling to give a lasting gift
Each sapling will cost £1 to raise, so every £1 given will provide one tree in Rwanda. We are encouraging our supporters to buy a number of saplings as part of their Christmas gift for friends and family.
Simply visit our JustGiving page to donate by clicking Step 1 and then print a gift token(s) to put in your cards and gifts.
Health Dispensary – Mbayaya
Due to a single generous donation to the Trust in 2007, it was able to support the building of a health dispensary in Mbayaya. Its location, with commanding views of the surrounding countryside, represents a testimony and commitment to develop this remote area with schools and houses.
The building is modern and clean with some excellent facilities including a toilet block with ramps for the disabled. It is in full operation tending to patients and dispensing medicine. We spoke to one of the four nurses employed there who confirmed that the post was good attracting between 40-100 patients a day and is open 24/7. The local Government has sub-contracted its responsibilities for supplying nursing staff to the dispensary to an American NGO named ‘One Family Health’.
The Diocese has dedicated the facility to the memory of Ann Trapnell who, together with her husband Stephen, did so much for the underprivileged in Shyogwe.
Shaki Maternity Unit
After a long wait while we navigated changing governmental regulations, the Maternity Unit, built by the Trust to government regulations, now operational. We are delighted as we see the first babies being born there.
The building now passes the requirements for a health post, and the regional government has found two nurses to man the post.
The health post, built as a maternity unit, will greatly bless those who live nearby as the nearest hospital is a four-hour car drive away and ambulances can be unpredictable.
We have installed solar panels and an additional water supply by means of a concrete water tank.
This is the Shaki Maternity Unit, the fully equipped delivery suite and the post recovery ward.
Gikomero
At times, the Trust does not provide the whole facility, but can add value when the building is up and running.
This happened at Gikomero where we added water tanks to collect water from the gutters, and provided funds for solar panels on the roof. These small-scale improvements can make a big difference to how the health post is run: water to wash with and solar power not only for lighting but to run small medical analytical equipment.
This is the electrical operations room at Gikomero, the solar panels and the water tanks collecting the much-needed water for cleaning.
Donate
Donations of any amount are always welcome to support our work in Rwanda.
Every penny donated goes to helping the people of Shyogwe Diocese.
