population: 2,000 people
location: bagamoyo district
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summary: godbless mtega, the chief practitioner at mataya dispensary, treats close to 15 patients per day. he lives on-site at the clinic for medical emergencies, but he is not often woken in the middle of the night. without electricity or money for kerosene lamps after sunset, the remote clinic is nearly invisible to the 2,000 people living in three surrounding villages. patients in need of emergency medical care at night stay home, risking their lives to wait until morning when they can travel in daylight. now, with light in the medical clinic, the mataya dispensary is finally accessible at all times of day to local people, providing them for the first time with the 24-hour, fully equipped medical care they deserve. a solar powered refrigerator provided by jewish heart for africa also allows them to store lifesaving medicines and vaccines. an entire generation of children will now be vaccinated against preventable disease, patients will seek emergency medical care even after the sun has set, and mothers in labor will know that their children will be born into a world of brighter opportunity.
population: 3,600
location: bagamoyo district
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summary: vaccines are issued once a week in makurunge dispensary, administered by neema mgonja, the head medical nurse at the clinic. each week, an average of 25 children line up to be immunized with government issue vaccines delivered from bagamoyo district hospital, a 30 minute drive from the village. when vaccine deliveries are delayed, newborn children remain unvaccinated against the diseases that run rampant in their region. villagers walk miles between local clinics trying to vaccinate their children, and some will never receive the immunizations they seek. now, with solar power in their medical clinic, not only is makurunge dispensary able to offer well-lit medical care at night, but they have their own solar-powered refrigerator to store medicines and vaccines. no longer do parents need to worry about polio, measles or tuberculosis infecting their children. mothers can now depend on immunizations for their newborn children, and sleep soundly at night knowing that their families are safe.
project: kidigozero medical clinic { project shoham }
population: 7,000 people
location: bagamoyo district
donor named the project shoham
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summary: dr. joseph ngamila and nurse ashura work 24 hours a day to provide medical care to over 7,000 people. without electricity, when a patient came in at night for emergency medical care, nurse ashura would hold a kerosene lamp over the patient while dr. ngamila treated their wounds. births were performed by the dim light of unsafe and unsanitary kerosene lamps. now, jewish heart for africa has installed 240 watts of solar energy, powering a solar refrigerator and ten light bulbs. not only is the clinic well-lit at night, but outside lighting ensures that patients can find the clinic at night. for the first time, the doctor and nurse can properly store government issued medicines and vaccines, and treat their nighttime patients with the safe and sanitary healthcare they deserve. since the installation of the solar refrigerator, over 2,000 children have been vaccinated against preventable diseases.
project: kidegozero primary school { hirsch primary school }
population: 400 students
location: bagamoyo district
donor named the project hirsch primary school
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summary: samuel nawampagi is the brightest student in his english class, but he is also the poorest. his teacher, robert kawambuwa, knows that if he studies hard, he will be able to leave the village and live a better life. but without electricity, and with no money for even a candle to light his home, samuel did not have much of a chance to go on to secondary school. now, with solar energy from jewish heart for africa in his classroom, samuel and his friends study together and prepare for exams at night. for the first time, they can use their light to work towards a brighter future.
project: milo medical clinic { project EMA }
population: 3,000 people
location: bagamoyo district
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summary: sharifa lamala is a mother of a five-year-old girl named fatuma. crippled by polio, fatuma is in need of constant medical care, both day and night. but without light, sharifa brought her daughter to the milo medical clinic in the dark, walking miles to receive inadequate care lit by candles and kerosene lamps. now, with solar energy provided by jewish heart for africa, milo medical clinic has light for emergency medical care at night. they also have a solar powered refrigerator to store medicines and vaccines for diseases like polio, measles and tuberculosis. children of the village are now vaccinated against these diseases, ensuring that the next generation of children like fatuma will never suffer from preventable disease :: project EMA was sponsored by the ackerman family in memory of elaine marsha ackerman.
project: changuruwe water pumping system
population: 3,600 people
location: bagamoyo district
summary: we followed afiya fulumbo for 45 minutes to the place where she collects water for her family. she climbed down into a hand-dug pit where she scooped 20 liters of muddy, contaminated water into a dirty yellow jug and carried it all the way home. afiya’s name in swahili means wellness, but she and her family are not well. dirty water made them sick, and they lived in fear of waterborne disease. but now, jewish heart for africa has installed a solar powered water pump that provides over 20,000 liters of water per day to the 3,600 inhabitants of changuruwe village. for the first time, afiya and her children will not need to hunt for contaminated water to satisfy their cooking, drinking and livestock needs. with israeli solar technologies she and her family can live a healthier life with access to clean water.
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