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Architectural rendering of the Mother and Child Health
Center currently under construction.
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| We cannot tell women they have a right
to medical care, then fail to provide it. So, KMG is building
a clinic to provide medical services for women and children
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At
the dedication, Boge Gebre hands over the plans
for the center to the contractor, Alemayehu Ketemma.
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Our most ambitious program to date,
the KMG Reproductive Health Education Program, is being
developed with the aid of a five-year grant from the European
Union and a significant donation from a foundation in
the United States that makes anonymous donations.
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As
men look on, four
women - an elder, a pregnant woman, and two unmarried
girls - place the foundation stone.
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The program has two components: a Women's Health Clinic
to be built on the nearby site of the existing Durame
Health Clinic, and a community and school outreach program
based at the KMG Center. Both will incorporate AIDS/STD
education with an ongoing campaign to eradicate the practice
of female genital excision. Men are an important focus
of our outreach.
The first building under construction.
The clinic, which will be co-located
with a government health facility and run in close cooperation
with the Zonal Health Department, will have 28 beds
and provide basic gynecological, obstetric, and pediatric
services. Building is underway and expected to be completed
by late 2003 as KMG seeks the additional funding necessary
to open its doors with a full staff, equipment, and
medical supplies.
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Schematic drawing of the planned
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