Visit to Kyangala - November 2017
In November 2017, John Harrison visited Kyangala to:
The pictures on the right and the notes below are a summary. |
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Good News
Not so good news:
What next!
Next priorities
Trip 2018 Objectives
- School Extension almost finished - Dec 2017
- Primary School kitchen is finished
- The Kalama Health Centre Water tank is installed
- Money for the hardship fund has been distributed ( against agreed criteria) and accounted for
- Container of clothes, blankets and books near ! Delivered next week – delayed due rains
- Rains have come and crops are plentiful
- Water is plentiful in the rivers
- Funding for a doctor for the Kalama Health Centre has been agreed subject to completion of building works incl accommodation
Not so good news:
- Travel in the area is treacherous
- The Kalama medical centre dispensary is bare
- The maternity unit is grim
- The health centre is not clean and surfaces are not sterile ( layman’s view)
- The primary school is a mess, management is not on top of maintenance
- The state school is bursting with pupils - facilities can’t cope
What next!
- Projects to fund next from existing monies........
- Incinerator
- 2No. 10,000 litre water tanks / rainwater harvesting
- Ceiling
- Waiting area for HIV patients
- Drugs for dispensary
- (Approx £10k)
Next priorities
- Mutuyu dispensary/health centre extension of building
- Mutuyu dispensary – Drugs
- Kyangala Primary school - cleaning , floors/ celings/lighting
- Mutuyu Secondary School ( state school) - extra classes
- Mutuyu School - Water tanks
Trip 2018 Objectives
- Convert the maternity unit at Kalama Health Centre into a pleasant bright environment with a nursery (Paintings/pictures/art work/toys/books)
- Refurbish the Kyangala primary school (joint effort , local builder, Kyangala Trust UK, Kyangala Trust (Kenya) , parents of schools)
- Provide some basic training to locals in importance of cleanliness and sterilisation ; set up a regime to clean the hospital facility daily.
- Need people to give up a week of their time
- Fund their own trip (£1000)
- Need people who care
- Need people with skills
- Building
- Artwork and decoration – creative people
- Medicine / Nursing
- Labourers and people willing just to get stuck in