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Lewa Project
IBMP has funded rainwater harvesting tanks and a water purification
system for the Lewa Children's Home near Eldoret, Kenya. Lewa serves 87
children ranging from infants to teenagers. The clean water systems not
only ensure safe, sustainable water for the children, but the water
also nourishes the vegetable and dairy farm surrounding the children’s
home, so that children can eat healthy, farm-fresh food straight from
the field. More information about the Lewa Children's Home and Baraka
Farm can be found at www.lewachildrenshome.info.
IBMP visited the children's home in March 2007 and met with executive
director Phyllis Keino, who has devoted the past 30 years to aiding orphans
in Kenya. She identified clean water and health care as her top
priorities for the children and the surrounding community.
 View our
photo album of the Lewa Children's Home.
As a result, IBMP has provided funds to help construct a community health clinic in
this desperately underserved area of rural Kenya. In addition to child
and infant care, Additionally, the clinic will serve as an education, nutrition,
and vocational training center for the region.
Tanzania Project
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International Breast Milk Project has provided funds to Village Life Outreach for operations and support of construction of a desperately needed healthcare center to serve the people of the Tarime District of Tanzania, East Africa.
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Physicians from the U.S. recently visited the area and reported back on their visit:
"In each village, the volume of patients was so large that the group was unable to care for everyone. Many patients had never before seen a physician, and many children had received no immunizations. The supply of medications in the nearest pharmacy is limited to several bottles of Tylenol. Working from school classrooms and churches with dirt floors, physicians in make-shift clinics treated over 400 patients. The top five diagnoses were malaria, respiratory illnesses, urinary tract infections, arthritic conditions, and intestinal parasites."
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