The Villaggio Del Fanciullo Mission In Senegal: 20/02 - 04/03/2017
Ultrasound Training Project For Hospital Staff
The aim of the project is to promote health, through the training of local health workers and the providing of diagnostic equipment in the region of Ziguinchor in Senegal, a country with a birth rate of 35/1,000 inhabitants, and an infant mortality rate of 52.72 deaths /1,000 live births.
The project responds to a shortage diagnostic equipment of primary importance, such as ultrasound equipment and the training necessary for its use in an area with a high density of child population.
Country and local beneficiary
Ziguinchor Region - Senegal
Training ultrasound doctors - Mission 2017
Aim
In a country where medical care is not free of charge, the project intends to promote free diagnostic tests. The impact of the POC ultrasound method (a total-body ultrasound performed by the clinician at the bedside) on public health is particularly high in low-income countries where alternative diagnostic means are either non-existent, or come at a high cost; in this context, this particular generation of ultrasound is an ideal low-cost technology, easy to use, in no way harmful for the patient, of wide use, applicable on several body parts, and can be used by the same health care worker who is treating the patient.
In addition, the training of local medical staff in the use of POC ultrasound involves a high impact in terms of public health, providing them with lasting skills and creating independence from external human and financial resources. A sustainable project, therefore, for the benefit of a large number of people (the population of the district of Ziguinchor is approximately 750,000 inhabitants).
The training, targeted at 32 health professionals in Hopital de la Paix and in 5 Centers de Santé, will be guaranteed by a staff of medical volunteers from the association Kalambeno, our project partner, who has extensive experience in Senegal, and whose collaboration helps keep costs down considerably. After a period of on-the-job training, they will be followed remotely by Italian personnel.
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Ice Cream Laboratory Project In Senegal
Country and local beneficiary
Casamance region - Senegal
This women's micro-entrepreneurship project is primarily targeted at women from the village of Loudia-Diola/Oussouye in Casamance (Senegal) and aims to create new jobs in a village with very few employment opportunities.
The opening of an ice cream laboratory is a form of emancipation for women who work there, and a place to meet and socialise for the whole village.
Training ice cream - Mission 2017
Aim
To provide job opportunities for 15 women from the village Loudia-Diola/Oussouye with the construction of an ice cream laboratory and subsequent training of local workers.
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Support Project For The Revival Of Agricultural Production In The Oussouye Department
Country and local beneficiary
Ziguinchor Region - Senegal
Aim
The overall goal of the project is to improve the socio-economic condition of the population in the Oussouye department. The specific objectives include the revival of activities with the creation of an infrastructure that will improve agricultural productivity in the department villages through the construction of fences which can prevent, or minimise the attacking of crops by wild animals, and the production of a channelling system in order to reduce water dispersion.
Direct beneficiaries: the farmers in various villages where the construction of the fences and channels will be initially implemented.
Indirect beneficiaries: all the inhabitants of the area who will enjoy an improvement in trade flows in the area, thanks to the introduction into the local market of the surplus produced by agriculture.
