Ensuring healthy & thriving communities
Health Services
We operate in a delicate environment where many communities lack access to healthcare. Individuals often have to walk several kilometers to the nearest hospitals and medicines can be prohibitively expensive. Many rural communities only have access to traditional medicines with little knowledge of how to prevent illnesses or when to get treatment.
In 2007 in conjunction with Kenya’s Ministry of Health, we built the Nguuni Health Clinic, to ensure that long-term foundations are in place for healthy, thriving communities. Since then, the Nguuni Health Clinic has provided diagnostic services and treatment to over 80,500 patients since it opened.
Our health programme is based on 3 principles; prevention through education, care and research.
Open 6 days a week for consultations, the Nguuni Health Clinic delivers free health workshops and high-quality, affordable healthcare;
Family Planning
Family size in the communities where we work, tends to be between 8-10 people and Kenya’s population is increasing dramatically. This puts strain on rural communities as there is a shortage of land, food and water. At the Health Clinic we educate and encourage women to take control of their family size, helping them to understand their fertility cycle, and providing easy access to a wide range of contraceptive services.
Children's Immunisations
Our trained nurse visits local communities once a week to ensure that both immunisation for children under the age of 5 and antenatal support is available.
Weekly Community Outreach Programme
Our trained nurse, doctor and laboratory technician visit isolated communities once a week to provide necessary healthcare and medication in remote areas.
Diagnostic Screening
Through diagnostic screening we are able to identify and determine underlying health problems, allowing us to act quickly when providing treatment, which can often make it more effective.
Disease Prevention
Malaria is one of the most common illnesses in Kenya and can prove fatal without treatment. If medication is given without an accurate diagnosis, it can reduce the efficiency of anti-malarial medication in the future. At the Health Clinic we run educational workshops on Malaria, where we encourage the use of nets, distributing them where possible. We also provide blood-tests and necessary medication to individuals that test positive for Malaria.
HIV awareness and self-testing kits
What We Are Doing in the Fight Against COVID-19
COVID-19 has had and will continue to have, a devastating effect on the world. At Haller we are doing all we can to educate and prepare our communities during this time.
The world’s most deprived and vulnerable people will be hardest hit by this global crisis. If you don’t have access to water, how can you wash your hands regularly? If you live in one room with the rest of your family, how can you self-isolate?
There is a huge lack of understanding of the disease and limited sanitation, poor nutrition, inadequate medical coverage and poor infrastructure, increases the severity of the challenge. We are delighted to have had a great response from our appeal for donations, especially from one of our Foundations, which will help us combat Coronavirus across our communities by addressing some of these issues.
The funding will enable us to:
* Educate communities on the disease itself and how best to safeguard their community, along with the lifestyle changes that will need to be implemented
* Source masks, provide disinfectant and Haller handwash we have produced and introduce hand-washing stations, which can be easily and freely constructed
* Provide testing kits (if possible)
* Provide free medication to help treat symptoms of the virus
* Provide a Tuk-Tuk to get community members to a local hospital for emergency treatment
* Distribute seeds to all farmers across our 50 communities and encourage them to plant every available plot of land, as there will be significant pressure on food sources
* Ensure our Farmer Trainers are fully versed in COVID-19 protection techniques
* Install 8 new 5000 litre water tanks and 8 water pumps in communities in order to reduce congestion at wells
We will be taking advice from the government on where and how we work, and have taken action to protect our staff to keep them safe and well, whilst continuing to provide access to food and healthcare.
The impact of Coronavirus is going to change the world as we know it for some time. We must all work together to do what we can to fight it.
From all at Haller, please stay safe.