Health Update - Community Outreaches and More

Over the past month MWCT's Health program has held some extremely successful community outreaches and presentations, reaching several hundred community members.  These talks have covered a wide range of topics, including the advantages of giving birth in health facilities, HIV/AIDS, women's and prostate cancer, and family planning, among others.  Although the Trust is based near Iltilal and the primary clinic is located there, these outreaches allow us to contact Maasai from all parts of Kuku Group Ranch and give them valuable information about their health and the services we offer.

Lena shows the women of Kuku village important health facts during a Community Outreach.

Our Community Health Workers have played extremely important roles in these outreaches.  A recent Kuku outreach saw more than 100 attendees, largely due to CHWs promoting and publicizing it and reaching out to individual households and bomas to boost attendance.  In early September we also held a forum for Traditional Birth Attendants in Kuku village.  Although the village is located 16 kilometres from the Iltilal Health Center, we stressed the benefits of a birth plan and encouraged the women to stay with friends or family close to Iltilal as they neared their delivery dates.

Eddie and our Community Health Workers also help with the outreaches across Kuku Group Ranch

And later in September, Lena traveled with district health nurse Mr. Wilson Chesum to the Kimana Health Centre, another facility in our district.  The visit enabled the Trust to observe the activities and methods there and learn best practices to bring back and make our health facilities even better to best serve the Maasai community.  It's been an exciting time recently, and we hope to keep reaching more patients, learning, and improving every day!