Health
Care for all
It is estimated that the lack of access to safe water, hygiene, and sanitation is responsible for 80% of deaths in children under 5.
One of our main priorities is to build community wells in the villages in order to ensure access to drinking water. Local healthcare workers offer sanitation and hygiene training, making it possible to reduce infant mortality rates where we build these wells. Access to healthcare for all is now ensured in the Valley by 2 nurses at the Boudari dispensary. As the only integrated health center in the area, it offers quality care to the inhabitants of the Valley closer to their homes; they no longer need to travel all the way to Agadez.
“ We won't be able to defeat any of the infectious diseases that afflict developing countries until we win the battle for clean water, sanitation, and basic healthcare. “
Kofi Annan, diplomate
It is actively saving lives, and mortality rates are improving in the Valley. A true haven of peace, this center is also the place where residents come to learn about hygiene, newborn health, STD prevention, and much more. The dispensary is vital to 16,000 locals. Its stock of drugs is renewed regularly.
In the Intawagre area, 200 km south of Agadez, two healthcare outposts have been operational since late 2020. Both outposts are indispensable to this very isolated region and were eagerly awaited by local populations.
