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Summary

CFWshops is a pioneering franchise network of basic medical clinics & drug shops in Kenya, each owned & operated by a Kenyan nurse or community health worker, preventing & treating prevalent diseases. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

On average, 25,000 people die every day in developing countries for want of basic medicines that cost less than a cup of coffee. Treatable and preventable diseases claiming the most lives are malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, and tuberculosis. CFWshops targets villages in rural Kenya with inadequate access to essential medicines, underserved by the existing public and private health infrastructure. An adopted clinic can serve 5 to 10 thousand people each year.

Activities

Each clinic enables treatment and prevention of malaria, respiratory infections, worms, amoebiasis, and diarrhea. Adoption supports monthly deliveries of medicines and preventatives, ongoing training for franchisees, community outreach, and more.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $228,724
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $71,276
Total Funding Goal: $300,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

In 2007 the CFWshops network served over 500,000 patients and customers. As a franchise network, CFWshops will continue to grow in Kenya, eventually reaching millions of people per year with lifesaving medicines and diseases prevention.

Project Message

"The CFWshops will go a long way to narrow the gaps currently existing in delivery of health services in the District."
- Dr. E. Maree, Ministry of Health, Kirinyaga District, Kenya

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Greg Starbird,
Vice President, The HealthStore FoundationR
PO Box 1630
Nairobi, Kenya 00606
Kenya
-2540202724881
Email:

Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organization

CFWshops, Child and Family Wellness Shops
PO Box 1630
Nairobi, Kenya 00606
Kenya
+254 (0)20 2724881
http://www.cfwshops.org

Learn more about CFWshops, Child and Family Wellness Shops and the project team.


Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 17, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Second PBS Documentary on CFWshops

By Greg Starbird - Chief Operating Officer, November 04, 2008 05:58 PM

The NOW television program on PBS aired an 18-minute documentary on the CFWshops network in August 2008, a follow-up to their Emmy-award-winning documentary of May 2007.

Watch it for free using the link below.

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