Sabatia Aanvraag 2009

FRIENDS CHURCH - SABATIA EYE HOSPITAL Tel: 056 - 45008/45031 Fax: 056 - 45040 E-Mail: [email protected]

DISTRICT:

P.O. Box 214, WODANGA 50311 VIHIGA, KENYA.

zo" November,

2008

Stichting Oud in Afrika, Van Baerlestraat 56, 3314 BK Dordrecht, Netherlands, RE: APLICATION FOR CATARACT ELDERLY PATIENTS IN 2009

SURGERY

SPONSORSHIP

SUPPORT

FOR POOR AND

INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND Sabatia Eye Hospital is a faith based institution established with the support of Christian Blind Mission (CBM), the local community with the collaborative effort between the GoK through Hon. Musaha Mudavadi DPM, the area MP. The Hospital is in Western province; Vihiga District located in Sabatia constituency. It is at the junction of the three major provinces; Western, Nyanza and Rift valley. The Hospital is run by an oversight Board, a Hospital Director/CEO and a management team th at runs the Hospital. The Hospital has a capacity of thirty-three beds. Currently it has thirty medical and twenty support staff. It is the only independent eye Hospital serving as a referral center for eye care in western Kenya. It is the third largest eye care provider in the country and the largest in western Kenya. Eve Care Service Provision: The purpose of establishing the hospital was to facilitate the provision of eye care services in the region in order to improve accessibility and affordability for eye care. The Hospital serves an estimated catch ment is of 6 miltion people in all the three provinces. It provides services to the immediate cornmunity, the wider western region of the country and as recent as 2006; it has been serving as a base for eye care service delivery center for the people of South Sudan. The hospital has a high growth potential since it is the only Eye Hospital in the region that focuses on the provision of both quality and quantity eye care services. The other Provincial General Hospitals in the region have eye units with little emphasis and budget for eye health promotion and blindness prevention. The Hospital is the only independent referral centre for eye care both for adults and children in the Western region of Kenya with adequate infrastructure and manpower that can provide quality and quantity eye care services to the community in this region. The Hospital has two areas of major clinical activities: 1. The Base Hospital - We treat patients who come looking for our services. Out of these patients, we encounter a significant number of elderly people with cataract blindness that cannot afford to pay for their surgery. Whom we include under your organization's sponsorship fund for their payment. 2. Mobile/Outreach Services - We work with various churches, mission hospitals and other government and non-government institutions. They usually organize and make announcements and sometimes publicize, so that needy patients come for the service at various locations across the three provinces. Most of these institutions are unable to pay for the medical treatment or cataract surgery for these patients. In these cases where there are

OUR MOTTO: "WE TREAT, HE HEALS"

OUR MOTTO: "WE TREAT,

HE HEALS"

elderly cataract blind patients who are unable to pay their surgery, we sponsor them from the fund. The hospita I takes care of the transport and other costs but only charges Ksh, 3,0001per cataract surgery. We offer accommodation, meals, medication and follow up visit with the same cost. 8ased on the factors indicated above the Hospital can offer quality eye care to the public both at the base Hospital and the community through its extensive outreach program improving the accessibility of the service where there is no eye care service. We give priority to areas far from eye care services. Purpose/ Rationale of the Application for funds SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT In Kenya, poor socio-economie conditions continue to limit the prospeets of increasing healthcare coverage for the population. Poor economie performance coupled with a 2.7% population growth led to a reduction in per capita income by 0.5% per year through the 1990's. Poverty in Kenya has grown steadily since the mid1990s. The second government report on poverty indicated that the proportion of the population living in poverty rose from 46.3% in 1994 to 60% in 2003 The Need for Sponsorship support for Poor Elderly in the Western Region of Kenya The Hospital outreach service covers three provinces, which are Western, Nyanza and parts of Riff valley, as it is situated at the junction to these provinces. Sabatia Eye Hospital is the only specialized eye hospital, well-equipped with adequate infrastructure which provides quality and quantity eye care services in this part of the country.The Hospital has adequate number of qualified and trained staff. In the last twelve years of its existence, the hospital has developed a good reputation in the provision of eye care in western Kenya. It offers quality eye care service at a low cost in order to enable all people to access eye care services at the Hospital and in extensive outreach medical and surgical services to the poor and marginalized communities in various parts of the region, covering both the three provinces extensively through a weekly outreach and mobile services. The Hospital sends a team of professionals to wide range of areas partnering with organizations & community groups. This broad network has helped us take eye care service to the needy in their districts and communities. The Major Challenges: • The poverty scenario in Western region of Kenya is no different from the national situation and in fact, the reality may be worse. The Hospital is located in a densely populated but relatively poor area. The 2008 post election violence and the subsequent social and economie difficulties have seriously affected people to the extent of not being able to afford to come for minor treatment let alone pay for operations and others. • There is a huge need for eye care services as there are many patients with eye problems both medical and surgical who are not able to access service because of distance, transport fee and cost of treatment i.e. poverty. • The post election violence also affected most of our partner lions clubs who are currently preoccupied with reconstructing of their business more than the eye care work which they were doing as part of their corporate responsibility. There has also been a huge reduction in Lion's international allocations to Kenya and currently we have received only 48% of sponsorship compared to last year as a Hospital from clubs. With all these realities on the ground, Oud in Afrika has become the main partner/supporter for sponsorship of poor, blind & needy patients. Your funding has seen over 1729 patients regain sight since 2005 to date as shown from the table below.

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OUD IN AFRIKA FUNDS SUPPORTED Date Euro 24/08/2005 16/05/2006 5,000.00 17/11/2006 21/12/2006 15,000.00 5,000.00 14/12/2007 10,000.00 15/02/2008 02/09/2008 10,000.00 TOTAL

SURGERIES SUMMARY FROM 2005 TO 2008 Ksh Surgeries done 712,686.80 236 444,000.00 148 273,000.00 91 1,349,250.00 450 460,611.55 978,579.80 971,557.18 804 5,189,685.33

1729

Based on the above mentioned facts and challenges, in 2009 we project that we will operate 1500 needy cataract blind patients if we are given the sponsorship both at the base hospital and also intensify the outreaches to far underserved areas. We are very grateful for your continuous support for the poor and the needy blind patients over the last three years. We hope our partnership with you continues being more stronger over the coming years as we work for the same objective of hel ping the poor, needy and blind people. We believe in being accountable to our sponsors and meet their needs and help in the fund raising effort. May God bless in your endeavour of hel ping the helpless. ,.-. Warm Regards,

Dr. emissie Tadesse Hospital Director/CEO

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