Bassima, Central African Republic
In the Central African Republic, widespread poverty and economic instability means many patients are unable to afford the healthcare they need.
Our Essential Health Packs ensure patients across the world can access life-saving treatments, even in areas facing ongoing difficulties. They are a portable, pre-packed kits, filled with a range of essential medicine, and offer a lifeline to many healthcare facilities operating in hard-to-reach or disaster-hit areas like the Central African Republic.
A recent donation of 12 Essential Health Packs to our in-country partner, the Mukwege Foundation, enabled doctors and nurses at the Friendship University Hospital in Bangui to take care of 1,017 patients.
One of these, was Bassima, who suffered complications following her second pregnancy:
"I suffered an involuntary loss of urine for six years. I lived with this condition, because everywhere I went to seek care, I was asked to pay huge sums that I unfortunately did not have. I was socially isolated and excluded - I could no longer see my friends, go to church or the market to earn money,” says Bassima. After hearing about the Friendship Hospital and the opportunity to receive treatment free of charge, Bassima was welcomed and underwent surgery to address her condition. “Two weeks after the operation I returned home mentally and physically healed. Today, I have regained my place in society, and I feel happy, because [the treatment I received] has transformed me and led me to rebuild myself."
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£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment
£20 will provide 16 children with antibiotics
£100 will provide 83 pregnant women with life saving medicine.
£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.
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£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.
£10 is enough to source and send £1,200 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 100 people around the world.
£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.
£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
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