RHCI plans to re-open the Birth Waiting Home in the village of Gondama, which was abandoned by Doctors Without Borders in 2014
Being ever mindful to use the resources donated to RHCI wisely in order to fulfill our mission, the May RHCI Board Strategic Planning meeting began with a review of RHCI’s vision and values.
Vision: We envision a thriving Sierra Leone where healthy pregnancies and children are expected.
Values: People first, community lead and culturally appropriate. With long term sustainability, reproducibility and plans for expansion.
With that in mind, the board celebrated these five major achievements from the past year:
- Running the Mbaomi Mothers’ Home successfully
- Positive Deviance Hearth Children’s Nutrition Program pilot in 2 villages
- Trainings for Community Health Workers (Helping Babies Breathe and the MOMS CHW training in Kassama)
- Significant reduction of maternal/newborn mortality
- Finances in the “Blue”
Priorities and projections for the coming three years were discussed along with funding strategies:
- Transportation: adding a second 4-wheel drive truck—2019-2020-Year 1
- Develop a new Birth Waiting Home in the village of Gondama—2019-2020-Year 1
- Strengthening the four current program areas—every year-Year 1,2,3
- Family Planning —2019-2020; Year 1 and on
- Labor and Delivery at Mbaomi Mothers’ Home—to be researched for Year 2
- Build Staff quarters and Clinic-Year 2, 3 with the need for capital campaign
- Wifi (only if adequate funding) Year 2
- Office space in Minnesota (only if affordable)
Watch for updates on new board members!
