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Hello, friends! This May, as part of my volunteer work with Friends of Matibabu, I am helping to launch a global health initiative in Western Kenya to provide nursing education and help remedy dire nursing shortages at two key hospitals. I need your help to make this happen! I am seeking donations to reduce the travel costs for nurse volunteers working on this project. Because our NGO is still relatively new and building steam, there are no NGO funds for expenses. For now, our volunteers, including myself, must use our vacation time and personal funds to cover our flights and accommodations for mission trips. This severely limits the number of people, the length of time, and the amount of work we can accomplish. With your help, I can recruit a strong team to work with me in Kenya and build a health care training program focused on nursing that will make a long-term difference in West Kenyan health care quality. We have partnered with the Matibabu Foundation, a Kenyan NGO working to improve health in Western Kenya, part of which includes their nursing college, the MAVD School of Nursing.
Due to chronic skilled nursing shortages, many hospitals in rural Kenya are understaffed so that 1 ward nurse cares for more than 20-30 patients at a time. Comparatively, in Denver Hospitals, the ratio is 1 nurse for 4-5 patients. As a result of their high patient load, The nurses on duty have less time to help provide clinical teaching to nursing students during their ward rotations, and as such, may not receive the highest level of training possible.
My goal is to take some of the teaching burden off of the established nurses, so they can focus on caregiving, and work with the students to promote critical thinking skills. This will empower students to become more skilled nurses who are capable of addressing the many health care problems facing Kenyans, especially in underserved rural counties. In addition, volunteers will provide continuing education classes and specialty skills simulations for Kenyan nurses who have their degrees.
Thank you for considering donating to our mission to educate West Kenyan nurses and curb the nursing care shortage. If you have questions about the program, leave me a comment and I am happy to talk with you.
Due to chronic skilled nursing shortages, many hospitals in rural Kenya are understaffed so that 1 ward nurse cares for more than 20-30 patients at a time. Comparatively, in Denver Hospitals, the ratio is 1 nurse for 4-5 patients. As a result of their high patient load, The nurses on duty have less time to help provide clinical teaching to nursing students during their ward rotations, and as such, may not receive the highest level of training possible.
My goal is to take some of the teaching burden off of the established nurses, so they can focus on caregiving, and work with the students to promote critical thinking skills. This will empower students to become more skilled nurses who are capable of addressing the many health care problems facing Kenyans, especially in underserved rural counties. In addition, volunteers will provide continuing education classes and specialty skills simulations for Kenyan nurses who have their degrees.
Thank you for considering donating to our mission to educate West Kenyan nurses and curb the nursing care shortage. If you have questions about the program, leave me a comment and I am happy to talk with you.
Organizer
DeAnn Masin
Organizer
Louisville, CO