Projects
Our first project focuses on supporting Charlotte Hospital in Sanya Juu, Tanzania.
The hospital, founded in 1977, is run by the Catholic Holy Spirit Sisters. It makes an important contribution to medical care in the region.
In addition to the training and further education of medical personnel, there is a great need for donations, especially for urgently needed medical equipment.
Every donation helps to sustainably improve local healthcare. Please contact us directly for questions or information about individual donations.
Resuscitation bag - costs 250 SFR.
We urgently need at least two resuscitation bags for newborns in Sanya Juu. At the moment there is one such resuscitation bag in the entire hospital, which moves back and forth between the delivery room and the operating room. When a child was born yesterday with serious problems starting and I was busy caring for the child, one of the nurses had to run to the operating room in the other building to get the Ambu bag. Such a loss of time is completely pointless and leads to great stress and a deterioration in the child's chances of opening its lungs as quickly as possible.
An Ambu bag costs 250 Swiss francs, we kindly ask for donations.
Here is a photo of the child (born November 16, 2024) and his young Maasai mother, both doing well.
CTG device - costs 2,700 Swiss francs.
There is currently one CTG device in Sanya Juu Hospital, but it would be important to have a second device to monitor pregnant women and their unborn children well before birth. In our latitudes, continuous monitoring of the child's heartbeat during birth is standard practice. In Sanya Juu, we were able to successfully introduce this method in January 2024 and the staff are now well trained in the use and interpretation of the cardiotocogram.
Help us further increase safety for women giving birth at Charlotte Hospital
KWI Vacuum Bell Single-use costs 100 SFr
A very sophisticated young woman came to the hospital with contractions. She is a teacher in the area. She wants four children and she knows that under these conditions a vaginal birth is safer, especially for future pregnancies. However, the birth takes a very long time. We have very few painkillers available at Charlotte Hospital, and we are a long way from an epidural anesthetic. After a hesitant opening phase, the pushing phase drags on for an almost unbearably long time. Thank God the baby's heartbeat is good. Since I was there, we were able to deliver the baby using a vacuum. As far as I know, the vacuum device is incredibly old and only a few people can use it. The child and mother are doing well, the mother is incredibly grateful, it is almost embarrassing how she keeps thanking us. In our latitudes I am used to a mother experiencing the birth experience as a trauma after such a difficult delivery. Please donate for KIWI bells, these are very easy to use, I will be able to train the staff well with these single-use vacuum bells and they will significantly increase the safety of births here, with a simple device.
The photo shows the first-time mother with her son. His elongated head shows that he has been in the birth canal for a long time. Next to her sits Nurse Yusta, Medical Officer at Charlotte Hospital, who is doing everything in her power to improve the safety of women during childbirth. Mother and child are doing well.