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A hospital in Kailahun, a district in Sierra Leone lacks a maternity ward; well is also contaminated.

Many deaths and protracted illnesses have been caused by the poor health care in the Kailahun district. Health centers in this region, which treat common diseases such as malaria and diarrhoea, increasingly lack medicine and qualified medical professionals. As a result, there has been considerable difficulty in reaching these hospitals using the existing road infrastructure. Local residents are now turning to traditional methods and medicines to disastrous effect. Exacerbating the situation is the overall lack of hygienic toilet and sewage systems. Residents have appealed to local government and NGOs (non-government organizations) to assist in fighting the sharp rise in deaths.


District Medical Officer Gilbao D. Sandy explains that the inadequate supply of medication in the region can be attributed to the dynamic and shifting population patterns in Kailahun. He acknowledges that there is a lack of maternity and blood bank services which has undermined health care delivery; but the hospitals cannot do much to stop the deaths.

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Facts

  • It is a known fact that handouts do not work; if they worked, the billions of dollars in donations given to non-profits would’ve ended the vicious cycle of dependency in third world nations. But instead of the problems getting better, there is a pressing need for more and more donations every day since millions of children slip through cracks everyday; dying every second from preventable and easily curable diseases.

 

  • Non-profits are allowing millions of children to slip through cracks in the system while millions of dollars are being donated annually.

    Most non-profits use their donations by re-donating to individuals or other organizations without any accountability.

    (Read link below for more information of non-profit accountability)

  • Most non profits raise millions of dollars annually; the cost to construct infrastructure that will provide permanent reliable electricity in over 20 districts in an African country is less than $3 million.

  • Funds raised so locals can drink clean water for a limited period of time unless donations keep pouring in exceeds 10 million dollars. The cost to construct permanent infrastructure for permanent clean water supply in 20 districts in an African country does not exceed 5 million dollars.

Quotes

“Anger isn’t always bad for the soul; anger with an affirmative goal is best for the soul".

Yandouba Monahan

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