Bolokada and Friends Village Project 501(c)(3)
Current Project
2024 Fundraising Goal is $9,000
(How we plan to invest it)
1. Clinic - Financial support for our village doctor and midwife, and necessary medical instruments.
2. Supplies - Medical pharmacy is being restocked.
3. Scholarships - Yes! We are very excited to begin funding school registrations. Last year less 35 students attended. This year over 100 have already registered.
4. Egg-A-Week - We plan to pilot a school lunch program.
5. School - A mini library and youth center is being planned.
6. Security Fence - We hope to complete the fence to secure the clinic. 7. Microloan - We are currently working with 2 tailors and plan to invite ideas for additional start up ventures.
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Sekouba Saran Conde Elke Bachmann, RN, MSN, CNM
Elke is the Lead Midwife at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with 25 years of experience in maternal and infant health care. She received her midwifery training at the Frontier Nursing University. It is the nation’s oldest and most respected midwifery program and arose from the Frontier Nursing Service, which was founded to improve health care delivery to underserved, rural populations. She was recently on the clinical faculty of the Yale School of Nursing, is currently Lead Midwife at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and works as a subject matter expert and content writer for major publishers in medical and nursing education. In addition to her work in education and at large teaching institutions with level III nurseries, she has extensive experience with out-of-hospital birth, emergency care in obstetrics, maternal, and newborn transfer.
Sekouba Conde grew up in Morowaya, studied Medicine and Public Health at a university in Conakry.
He has moved to the village to the primary village health care worker and to organize and officially open this clinic.
2022 February Update! Very Productive!
The new medical clinic is located in the remote village of Morowaya, Guinea, West Africa where Bolokada Conde grew up and where his friends and family still live.
Elke Bachmann, RN, MSN, CNM, our maternal/child liaison traveled to Morowaya to establish a relationship with the clinic. She and Sekouba worked together for many hours with Bolokada doing all the translations. A needs assessment survey was conducted and relationships with government officials were established. This was a very productive visit.
The ultimate goal is to partner with a university global health unit (possibly Wake Forrest) to develop a women's and infant health medical exchange program.
These are photos of the clinic building and some of the villagers who have gathered to offer prayers of thanks and hope.
A Doctor and Medical Clinic for Morowaya
Bolokada has lost two children to diseases that were treatable if there were better access to healthcare. Earlier this year he lost his son Balla, to diabetes and a few years ago he lost his daughter Delly, to epilepsy.
Diabetes is on the rise in Guinea most likely due to poor nutrition and common illnesses such as malaria, diarrhea and yellow fever are caused by insects bites and parasites. Other prevalent health concerns in this area of Guinea are infections due to lacerations, respiratory infections, and sickness brought on by childbirth for mothers and their newborn babies.
The "Friends" have thoughtfully prepared a step-by-step plan allowing time to measure the progress, make adjustments and move forward. Great progress has been made. The building is complete and Sekouba has moved in.
We invite you to follow our blog for the latest updates and see how your donation is being put to use.
We are a recognized 501(c)(3) Charity
