Mon 30th January 2012

MAI BOARD APPROVES TWO NEW PARTNERSHIPS

During 2012, MAI hopes to develop two new Partnerships.

One is in northern Uganda with a focus on rural communities and providing palliative care in the home. Since much of this is focussed on people who are HIV positive, MAI feels that this will offer mutual learning with our KwaZulu Natal project which is similarly offering a church initiative to people with the same kind of challenge. Initiated by a Ugandan charity, FADO-T, the project draws upon expertise of the local Ngora Hospital and will commence with a full time qualified Nurse and 10 trained home care volunteers who will receive help with transport and a stipend.

The second Partnership will be with the Navajeevena Health Centre in Sri Lanka. This group seeks to provide excellent healthcare to the poorest segment of the society and does so, in part, through charging realistic fees to wealthier clients who prefer to use their excellent services. MAI is seeking to strengthen their ability to become self-sufficient by funding additional doctors who can extend their income earning capacity and, at the same time, enable outreach projects that need funding in the east and north of the country.

MAI hopes that both projects – Uganda and Sri Lanka - will come on stream during the year as initial fund raising generates income. Both require a 2012 income of around £15,000.

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