Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    DURING 2020 TIBA SUPPORTED THE OPERATION OF THE MATIBABU HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH TIBA HAD PREVIOUSLY FINANCED AND THREE OUTPATIENT CLINICS IN UGENYA DISTRICT KENYA. THESE FACILITIES PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY INCLUDING LABOR AND CHILDBIRTH; HIV TESTING TREATMENT AND COUNSELING; CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS AND ULTRASOUNDS FOR LOCAL WOMEN; PEDIATRIC SERVICES; LAB TESTS; MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS; AND TREATMENT FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AS MALARIA HYPERTENSION ETC. TIBA SUPPORTED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS IN UGENYA DISTRICT KENYA. ONE OF THESE IS A MOTHER AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM THAT TRAINED LOCAL WOMEN TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE TO MOTHERS BENEFITING MANY THOUSANDS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. ALSO A WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPORT AND SUPPLIES; COUNSELING; AND PREAND POSTNATAL CARE. ALSO A DISABILITY AND MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES PHYSICAL THERAPY MOBILITY TOOLS AND MEDICINE TO DISABLED PEOPLE AS WELL AS PEER SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. TIBA ALSO SUPPORTED A LARGE CONTINGENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTHWORKERS WHO TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY EDUCATING RESIDENTS ABOUT SANITATION CLEAN WATER BEDNETS AND OTHER ISSUES OF HYGIENE AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT. TIBA ALSO PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL NURSING STUDENTS TO ATTEND MATIBABU COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES. TIBA TYPICALLY ARRANGED FOR SOME TWO DOZEN VOLUNTEERS PRIMARILY U.S. PHYSICIANS AND NURSES TO TRAVEL TO UGENYA TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO MEDICAL STAFF AT THE MATIBABU HOSPITAL AND TO PERFORM SURGERIES ON LOCAL PATIENTS HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO COVID 19. TIBA COMMENCED ON MONTHLY TELEHEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE HOSPITAL STAFF AND NURSING SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $675.1K

  • Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign

    MATIBABU HOSPITAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH CERVICAL CANCER: MATIBABU HOSPITAL SERVES OVER 48,000 PATIENTS ANNUALLY WITH OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT SERVICES 75 BEDS A WHOLESALE PHARMACY X-RAY AND ULTRASOUND FACILITIES MATERNITY CARE OPTOMETRY DENTISTRY AND SURGERY.COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS HELP CHANGE THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO HIV OPENNESS PROMOTING MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND INCLUSION OF THE DISABLED EMPOWERING THEM AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. -TIBA FOUNDED THE LREB CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WHICH PARTNERS WITH HEALTH LEADERS FROM 14 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENYA TO RAISE AWARENESS AND COORDINATE PREVENTION SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.2M

  • Matibabu College of Health Sciences

    EDUCATION - MATIBABU COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: THE MATIBABU COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES WAS FOUNDED IN 2014. SINCE ITS OPENING 100% OF GRADUATES HAVE PASSED THE NATIONAL EXAM AND SECURED PROFESSIONAL JOBS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF GRADUATION. MCHS HAS PROUDLY BECOME ONE OF THE TOP-RATED NURSING COLLEGES IN KENYA OFFERING DIPLOMAS IN COMMUNITY NURSING AND PERIOPERATIVE NURSING. TIBA SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. THE LIFUNGA SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SUPPORTS VULNERABLE GIRLS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE ACCESS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE SUPPORT MENSTRUAL SUPPLIES HEALTHCARE STEM CAMPS AND A PATHWAY TO NURSING COLLEGE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $26.1K