Written by Florence Amadi, Program Manager – Africa

Faith Langat, Tabitha Clinic’s Manager at a health education session

Over the past two years, Impact Global Health Alliance Global has enjoyed a thriving partnership with Carolina for Kibera (CFK), a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit dedicated to alleviating poverty  and working to provide maternal and child health services and education in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. With funding from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), we’re creating a community-based healthcare system within the slum.

The program focuses on Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, and Family Planning and over the next two years, we will:

  • Increase deliveries by skilled birth attendants by 18%
  • Increase the number of households with hand-washing stations to 5,000
  • Decrease diarrheal diseases in children under 5 by 20%
  • Increase exclusive breastfeeding of children 0-6 months of age by 15%

We are thrilled to continue working with CFK and RMHC to bring lifesaving health services to women and children in Kibera!

Program Manager for Africa, Florence Amadi with one of the Neighbor Women and her baby during a health education session.
Florence and Esther Opana of CFK. Esther is a Nutritionist at CFK’s Nutrition Center, Lishe Bora Mtaani which means “Good Nutrition for the Community”.