Category Archives: Yennenga Health and Psycology

Open day: Consultation Free of charge at the ECLA Medical Centre

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In the strategy to make the ECLA Medical Centre in Ouagadougou more known to the public it was today organized a third open day activity. At 8 hours this morning the yard was filled with people who had responded to the invitation. Four doctors worked hard the whole morning to be able to satisfy all the patients.

The patients were offered free consultation and also free drugs to treat common stomach infections. They were also informed about the opening next week of the dental clinic which is also part of the ECLA Medical Clinic facilities. A new steering group has, since a couple of moth, been established at the clinic and the perspectives for the Centres near future are positive. There are still some complementations of equipment to be done, especially in the operation unit but the objective is to start operations within one month from.

The relations between ECLA and Yennenga Progress was established several years ago when Stina Berge, the Yennenga Progress Secretary General worked with small business projects in Burkina Faso.

The ECLA responsible, Mr Moussa Bologo, a member of Yennenga Progress, has been awarded several times for his unconventional ideas about development. He has also been nominated to the Right Livelihood Award.

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How do you measure success?

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How do you measure success?  On May 7th a group from Vineland United Mennonite Church hosted a benefit concert for Healing Streams.  lt was a wonderful success.  The a cappella afro-jazz group Soul Influence entertained us with their impeccable harmony.  The attendance was the highest ever at 150 tickets sold.  We raised over 10,000 to equip and empower Congolese leaders with culturally appropriate counselling skills to bring hope and healing to their communities.

But was that what made it a success?

The culminating success was that 150 people heard about the plight of women, men and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A country where extreme poverty makes recovery from 10 years of conflict almost insurmountable. A country where resources are clustered in a few key cities and the majority of the population has no access to medical facilities, the justice system or psych0-social supports.

The culminating success was the 150 people joined the momentum to halt the epidemic of rape and violence and replace it with hope, healing and justice.

150 left that evening with the challenge from Congolese sexual violence survivors, “Just by showing up here today, you have encouraged us. Don’t forget what you have seen here today. Go home and tell everyone you know about how we are suffering and how we want it to end.”

The success of the evening was that those of us who heard this call and responded were changed.

Dawn Penner

http://www.healingstreams.org/

 

 

 

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Malaria – a killing factor in Burkina Faso

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Malaria is the most common cause of death in Burkina, and the main cause of hospitalization.  Children and women are its most frequent victims. Malaria is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, whose deadly Plasmodium Falciparam parasite accounts for about 98 per cent of the cases in Burkina Faso. In 2007, the country’s health care facilities recorded a total of 5,438,787 cases of malaria, according to the National Program for Malaria Prevention (PNLP). There were 11,955 deaths, for a lethality rate of 2.014 per cent.

The most difficult period is during the rainy season from July to October. For the treatment and to save lives, especially amongst children, drugs are needed but also blood transfusion.

To contribute to the blood bank at the University Hospital of Ouagadougou it was organized an Open House at the ECLA Clinic the 23 of June to inform the population of the possibility to contribute by giving blood. This Open House was organized in collaboration with the National Centre for Blood Transfusion. During the day around 50 persons came and declared that they wanted to contribute. When examining the volunteers it was found that only 22 of the 50 had a health status that enabled them to be blood donors.

We are glad that the ECLA/YennengaProgress Clinic in Burkina Faso, which is situated in the outskirts of Ouagadougou, takes an active part in contributing to strengthen the awareness of the causes of Malaria and how people can help to save lives.

 

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