Physical Health Rwanda Project #48126

Support Community Health Workers in Rural Area

by RWANDAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION

Project Report | Jun 17, 2024
Plan of the summer

By Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana | Project Leader

Dear Patrons,

Thank you very much for your invaluable support to the Rwandan Youth Development and Voluntary Organization, which assists community health workers in Rwanda. It is a great honor to have you with us!

I am pleased to share our plans for this summer, from July to October 2024. Our organization intends to conduct training sessions and workshops on infectious disease prevention and control, targeting 200 community health workers in the Burega sector of Rulindo district. These events will also include practical sessions and simulation exercises. To accomplish this, we require immediate funding of $2,000.

Dear Patron, in Rwanda, community health workers (CHWs) serve as the primary point of contact for patients, including children, pregnant women, and individuals with chronic illnesses. Ensuring that these workers are well-trained is crucial for enhancing the quality of care. RWAYDAVO has identified significant gaps in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, as well as a shortage of basic sanitation supplies and personal protective equipment for CHWs. Without adequate training and protection, CHWs are at a heightened risk of contracting and spreading infectious diseases, potentially leading to dire consequences for the community.

To maintain the momentum of our work, we kindly request your generous donations to support this project. Your continued support is essential for achieving our goals, and we cannot do it without you.

Kind regards

Rwaydavo president

Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana

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Feb 2, 2024
Regular Training of CHWs

By UWIZEYIMANA JEAN DAMASCENE | Project Leader

Oct 4, 2023
Global Handwashing Day 2023

By Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana | Project Leader

Dear Patrons,

October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. The hand washing with soap showed efficacy in the prevention of infectious diseases as well as COVID-19 that invided the whole world recently. The Global health threats posed by infectious diseases: RWAYDAVO is striving to combat the health crisis by generating and sharing knowledge, and practical expertise and producing data on infectious diseases in order to develop new tools and interventions. Community health workers are the key players in the community, especially in preventing and responding to global health threats posed by infectious diseases. This year, we are planning to celebrate Global hand washing day on 5^th November 2023. Together with primary school students and community health workers we will carry out the event. The event will be attended more than 2000 people including students and community health workers.

During the Global handwashing day event, we will cover different topics that are common in health care and public health practice settings, infection control includes various measures that prevent and contain the spread of infectious disease.

These topics are the following:

Hand Washing
Infection control standards, contact, droplet, and airborne precautions
Procedures for decontamination of persons and disinfection of equipment and the environment
Quarantine of contacts (if necessary)
Prophylaxis of exposed individuals
Control of the vectors of infection

To do this we need 1000 USD,

To achieve this, we request you to donate generously to our project so that we can keep working and achieve our goals. You could also consider doing a monthly recurring donation for our project, which will help us with our ongoing work.

We thank you for everything that you have done for our project, and we look forward to your continued support.

Thanks and Best Regards.

Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana

RWAYDAVO President

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