Improving maternal care
This is to connect pregnant mothers to gynecologists through mobile networking for pre-natal medical check ups. A lot of women in the rural areas have no means to take them to see a doctor for medical check up. This brings up skipping of pre-natal check ups and the child/mother lives are endangered. Most of these women live in rural areas have mobile phones and can easily be conneceted with doctor
About You
Section 1: You
First Name
Irene
Last Name
Ngatia
Website URL
Organization
Volunteer International Community Development Africa(VICDA)
Country
Kenya
Section 2: Your Organization
Organization Name
Volunteer International Community Development Africa(VICDA)
Organization Website
Organization Phone
+254-722-224022
Organization Address
P.O. Box 1249-00100,Nairobi,kenya. Beverly Court,marcus Garvey Road,room Number 16.
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Organization Country
Kenya, NA
Your idea
Name Your Project
Improving maternal care
Country and state your work focuses on
Kenya, RV
Describe Your Idea
This is to connect pregnant mothers to gynecologists through mobile networking for pre-natal medical check ups. A lot of women in the rural areas have no means to take them to see a doctor for medical check up. This brings up skipping of pre-natal check ups and the child/mother lives are endangered. Most of these women live in rural areas have mobile phones and can easily be conneceted with doctor
Website URL
Innovation
What makes your idea unique?
It reaches a big population of pregnant women who have no access to this kind of medical check ups. Women are saved from walking a very long distance, the number of mortality rate decreases.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
Yes
Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
What impact have you had?
Not yet as the idea is new and has not been put in practice yet.
Problem
A lot of women in the rural areas lack education,information and communication about the important of maternal health. They fail to go for medical check ups when they are expecting and they risk their lives and of babies to be born. Due to lack of information and poor living conditions, they look for shortcuts where they use traditional midwives who deliver their babies and the lives of both mother and child is put at risk in case of any complication. The conditions where they also give birth is unhygienic and may bring infections to either the baby and mother which may result to future medical complications.
Actions
VICDA has come up with an idea of networking with communication companies to reach out expectant women where they are connected with gynecologists. This project will reduce the risks of delivery complications and putting mothers/child life out of risks..
Results
To reach almost 10,000 women per year.
Saving the lives of both mother and child.
Reducing maternal complicated issues for mother/child.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
1st year - there will be implementation and training of women on importance of this project.
2nd year - we will have a group of expectant women whom we will work with and check our results based on the ratio of expectant women and those who who have applied our services and see the impact made.
3rd year - We will apply the project to the community in different parts of Kenya and keep on educating more women and later we will create awareness through the media as it will reach 70% of the Kenya population.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
VICDA will continue creating more awareness to the Kenyan people.
How many people will your project serve annually?
1001‐10,000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
Sustainability
What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
In what country?
Kenya, NA
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
If yes, provide organization name.
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Non-partnership with businesses - For us to be successful in this project, VICDA must work with communication companies and hospitals to reach the goals targeted. These companies will deliver services and advise on how to make this project better.They will be involved with the project implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
Non-partnership with NGOs - in this area we will have to network with different NGOs to mobilize and reach more people in the community. There will also be sharing of ideas and community needs.They will be involved with the project implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
Partnership with he government - For us to undertake this program we must work with the ministry of medical services, Ministry of Health and Sanitation for more advise and any material support provided by the government. The government usually have the statistics of the areas with most need and strategies to be used to tackle this problem. They will be involved with the project implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
Finances
education and Trainings
Experts.
The Story
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
I have been working with unprivileged community in our country and i discovered that women and children have many issues which need to be addressed and maternal health being one of them as the rate of women who do not have access to pre-natal clinic is high and traditional midwifery is still going on which has come up as a result of poverty.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Women and children health will be improved and this will avoid future medical complications for both mother/child.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
50 words or fewer
 | 79 weeks agoVeronica Muthoni said: Hi, Irene your idea is great and especially for our pastoralist communities. Medical facilities are often stationed in one area. When ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 80 weeks agoIrene Ngatia said: hello Jenni, Thank you. This health issue is one of the area which contribute to poverty due to high mortality rate and some of the ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 80 weeks agoIrene Ngatia said: Hello Lyne, thanks for your comment and vote. Yes, the idea can be globally utilized and information can be easily shared between all ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 80 weeks agoLyne John said: Can the idea be globally utilized and if given a chance, can you train people on how to go about it? Keep it up. Thanks. about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 80 weeks agoLyne John said: Hi IRENE, Your idea sounds unique and it seems it can really work well if utilized and we can achieve MDGs vision 2015. Have you share ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 81 weeks agoJenn Winter said: Irene, what a great idea! Maternal and prenatal care is a huge issue in sub-Saharan Africa and one that is so avoidable. Using mobile ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 81 weeks agoEliza Raymond said: Love your idea Irene! All the best! about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 95 weeks agoIrene Ngatia updated this Competition Entry. |
| 96 weeks agoIrene Ngatia updated this Competition Entry. |
| 96 weeks agoIrene Ngatia updated this Competition Entry. |
