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Ugenya is in Siaya District (US President Obama's ancestral land), Nyanza Province, Kenya. According to the Kenya Demographic & Health Survey of 2003, Ugenya has a poppulation of 180,752 people, with 81,992 males and 98,992 females. There are a total of 44,484 households, with the average number of people in each household being four. 21,348 households are headed by women, as either their husbands are dead from HIV/AIDS, or are in the cities in search of employment opportunities. About 1850 households are child headed. Ugenya has a crude birth rate of 56.8/1000, a crude death rate of 17.8/1000, life expectancy of 43 years, a high infant mortality rate at 113/1000, an under 5 mortality rate at 102/1000 and a total fertility of 4.3. 60% are living below poverty line, as compared to 41% in 1994. Ugenya has only one medical doctor, Dr. Fred Okango, who is employed, full time, by Matibabu Foundation (Kenya). Our Vision: A healthy and prosperous community where women and children no longer suffer nor die of preventable diseases and causes. Our Mission: To provide quality comprehensive, sustainable and affordable health care services for the rural groups in Ugenya and its environs through women and child friendly community-based health and development programs. Our Objectives: a) HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support b) Malaria prevention, control and curative services c) Women health services d)Adolecent reproductive health e) Pediatric care services Achievements: Received in 2007 US President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) grant to reduce HIV prevelance; We have qualified children, women and youth friendly human resources for health; we have functional clinics in Ukwala and Nzoia; and we have offerred our services to over 50,000 population in Ugenya. We are in the processes of constructing a 200 bed capacity hospital for women and children. The Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki, and Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, laid the foundation stone in 25th July, 2009. We invite all of you and your esteemed institutions to support our cause to contribute towards realization of the millenium development goals. And very importantly to save the lives of the vulnerable poor: women and children in Ugenya. Thank you! Daniel Ogola Country Director Matibabu Foundation P.O. Box 230 40607 Ukwala Kenya danogola@matibabukenya.org www.matibabu.org
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