Mugamba Commune is a rural area located in southern Burundi with a population of about 100,000 offerings no medical clinic, no medical doctors, no psychologist, and very few services. In addition, the five surrounding communes with a population totaling around 2 million peoples are also severely lacking in health care services. Over 60% of women deliver at home without the assistance of a qualified professional. Due to the complexity and uncertainty of the civil war, many humanitarian organizations reduced their support to Burundi, only further harming the people who desperately need help.

Short Term Goal

By the end of 2020 we expect to have established in Mugamba Province and the five surrounding rural areas a fully functioning Mother and Child health clinic.  We will offer a holistic health care program for women that will provide basic free health care, counseling support, psychological services and nutritional supplements.  The general population will also be invited to use the services as applicable.  Specific services will include:

1. Medical care for the pregnant woman including basic antenatal, neonatal and post-natal care services (blood and urine tests, routine check-ups, psychological advice and support and medical treatment for the healthy new-born,
2. Neonatal Intensive care, and gynecology-obstetrician care (Caesarian section,)
3. Free distribution of feminine hygiene products
4. Contraception and family planning advice
5. Support groups led by experts on multiple topics related to the mother and child
6. Workshops and lectures on nutrition during pregnancy, breast feeding, and early childhood dietary needs (volunteer females health workers)
7. Food supplements to malnourished children and adults

The center will use holistic approaches to fulfill its mission, and it will also serve as an employment training center for the entire population.  Issues that will be addressed include:

1. Agricultural training, agribusiness and food conservation
2. Education support for refugees and orphaned children to help with reintegration into the school system
3. Women empowerment programs
4. Solar energy program

Long-Term goals

Our long-term goals are services that we have identified as urgent but can only be actualized based on the amount of funding raised.

1. Shelters for orphaned, widows and displaced persons
2. Rehabilitation Center for disabled children and persons injured from conflict, disasters and war
3. Cyber and educational programming focusing on computer training and solar power in rural areas
4. Support the Burundian women and children in refugees’ camps in Rwanda, Tanzania, Congo and Uganda
5. Mobile health clinic, ambulances services, and emergency services
6. Rehabilitation center for adolescents with mental illness and chronic addiction with a focus on alcohol, drugs and substance abuse