The KenAid Program: Kick Out Jiggers Campaign, Kenya
AID KENYA FOUNDATION, a humanitarian aid and development assistance charitable foundation in Kenya has partnered with Kisii Teaching & Referral Hospital’s Public Health Department as well as the Kenya Humanitarian Aid & Development Assistance Organization (KenAid); and the Kisii Community Development Association (KCDA), a community based organization in Kisii County, to wage a sustained campaign to Kick Out Jiggers and improve water and sanitation.
The Jiggers menace has adversely affected children, women, the youth and the elderly population living in Sensi Ward, Kitutu Chache North as well as pockets of other areas across Kisii County. There is acute water shortage within Kisii Town and the surrounding villages due to long absence of rainfall as well as rampant cutting of trees and the gum tree planting for building, domestic/home use as fuel and industrial use in tea factories across both Kisii and Nyamira Counties whose total population is 3.5 million people.
Due to absolute poverty, poor sanitation, lack of toilets and poor housing, jiggers have been able to become a scourge and menace of high proportion making an entire village in Sensi Ward to be a jigger-invested region.Under the Kick Out Jiggers Campaign and the Kisii Water & Sanitation Project (KWSP)/Kisii Maji Ni Maisha Project, the Aid Kenya Foundation and its development will coordinate both projects to arrest the problem and help safe humanity.
According to the Kisii Teaching & Referral Hospital's Public Health Department, the Kenya Humanitarian Aid & Development Assistance Organization (The KenAid Program); and the Kisii Community Development Association (KCDA), there are over 300 households directly affected with Jiggers in Sensi Ward alone. Therefore, to wage and sustain the campaign effectively, we require the following:
1. Potassium Permanganate;
2. Hydrogen Peroxide;
3. Antiseptic Solution(Doctor);
4. Cetridine Disinfectant;
5. Cotton Wool;
6. Bar Soap ( Chemical Free);
7. Bandage;
8. Gloves;
9. Icon(WD);
10. Dudu Dust;
11. Vaseline Petroleum Jelly;
12. Basins;
13. Water Buckets;
14. Shoes;
15. Water;
16. Food;
17. Transport & Logistics;
18. Spraying Pumps;
19. Motor Cycles;
20. Building Materials;
21. Fuel; and
22. Accommodation for our volunteers.
TAKE ACTION & GET INVOLVED:
Urgent humanitarian aid is needed for the people that we have met in the village. We hereby make an urgent appeal to all my friends, families, and the entire Facebook community to Take Action, Get Involved and DONATE even if its just $1 to help AID Kenya Foundation to make a CHANGE LIVES, IMPACT HUMANITY. The Kisii County Government in Kenya has mandated AID Kenya Foundation for the next 3 years to help Kick Out Jiggers Campaign, Kenya; promote water and sanitation by sinking water wells for homes, schools and markets; build houses for the poor people especially the neglected elderly and orphans; identify Foster Parents for orphaned and vulnerable children; identify development partners for the Kisii Teaching & Referral Hospital which is serving over 3.5 million people from the entire region. We have also been mandated to run JAMII Medical Camps-Kenya, Mobile Clinics and "Field Hospitals" using vehicles of the Hospital to reach poor people in the villages. Today, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, we have an opportunity to go to Sensi Village to treat 15 families who are infected with JIGGERS parasite. Please help with donations to make that a reality. We shall keep you posted with developments. This is a grand opportunity we have to utilize skilled Government officials and resources to empower people in the villages.
You can send your donations via Western Union Payee: ARMSTRONG ONGERA; or via PayPal:Please consider donating to us via PayPal to support KICK OUT JIGGERS CAMPAIGN: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-
Thank you and GOD BLESS.
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