Murang'a's Friends Project

Hi,
It has been more than four months since we came to live in Murang’a North District (Central Province of Kenya), involved in the coordination of an important Project on HIV and in particular on PMTCT (Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission). From the very beginning, it has been a very stimulating experience that gave us the chance to teach something about HIV and AIDS to many people, especially to pregnant mothers.
Our Italian NGO work closely with SLICO, a local NGO made up by eight persons who have spent many years taking care of HIV positive people.
The project gave us the possibility to visit the 45 Health Centres of the District, run by Nurses that are often obliged to manage all the pathologies in a very difficult setting.
Proper Doctors are very few, about 8 in all the District, and even fewer are the medical devices at the nurses’ disposal to cure patients.
For example, very few Health Facilities are equipped with instruments for blood pressure measurement and for blood glucose check. All the Dispensaries are supposed to give children all the necessary immunization according to Kenyan law, but most of them lack of fridges, which are vital to keep serums stored in a proper way.
There are not big problems in shortage of medicines, but the Facilities often lack shelves to store them. They also lack tables, beds to visit patients, glasses to close the windows, electricity and running water.
That is why we have decided to start a little fund raising, in order to give the nurses a chance to work in a proper setting.
A little help from you could make a very big difference, in order to improve health conditions of all these people who are often denied the right to a good medical treatment.
Here’s a list of those goods we are willing to buy through our fundraising:

- sfigmomanometers (40); stethoscopes (10); fridges (3);
- glucometers (15);
- shelves to store medicines (5); beds (2);
- building material for a small nursery room for HIV positive children;


Raised funds shall be sent to the following bank account:
FROM U.K:
CORRESPONDENT BANK: DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON
SWIFT CODE: DEUTGB2L
BENEFICIARY BANK: Family Bank Ltd
BRANCH: Murang’a
SWIFT CODE: FABLKENA
Account name: SLICO
Account number: 006606565101

On behalf of our friends from SLICO, we really want to thank you for joining our fundraising.
If you want to be updated on our activities, please check out our blog www.amicidimuranga.blogspot.com, or contact us:
Valentina Tomajer: tomajer.valentina@gmail.com, Massimiliano Sala: max.sala@netcomm.it