From sick to secure
Thrive Madagascar volunteers work with poor people in the Soav region, and the photo below shows the crowd of people that was waiting to see our Aussie doctors when they were in Madagascar back in 2014.
Drs Shannon and Brendan Petersen and nurse Rachel Kearns treated dozens of local families, and were able to provide basic health care for their immediate needs. They also trained over 20 young people in first aid and equipped 6 key leaders each with a first aid kit.
Drs Shannon and Brendan Petersen are returning for an extended stay in Madagascar to formally establish the Community Health Project.
With generous support from Rotary Australia World Community Service, the Pink Umbrella Foundation and the DAK Foundation, they have been supplied with a range of medical equipment including an Ultrasound, Vital Signs Monitors and Foetal Dopplers.
As well as training Thrive’s health advocates, Drs Shannon and Brendan will be selecting and training community health workers. They will survey the local communities regarding their greatest health concerns, and implement preventative medicine and early identification of health issues. They are also hoping for funds to employ a nurse at the Soav Multi Purpose Centre.
With infant mortality at very high levels and most people unable to afford any form of health services, we are hoping to make a real difference in both Tana and Soav. Two out of three people live below the poverty line there and over 50% of children suffer from significant malnutrition.
Please help us take these people from sick to secure through our community health project.
Please donate now either through our website https://thrivemadagascar.org.au/product/donate-any-amount/ and write ‘Community Health’ in the notes at the checkout or when depositing funds directly into our account:
Thrive Community Health
BSB 032524
Account 265997
All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
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Brendan Singhdeo and the Team at Thrive Madagascar