CONTACT
WAME is in touch with the people. We believe that to understand how best to help it is necessary to listen to the people and find out what they need, what their hopes and goals are; how they see the future. Only in this way can the mistakes of well-meaning but misguided "developers" can be avoided.
We listen, consult and listen some more.
WAME wants every contribution to be used wisely to help where it can best serve.
We listen, consult and listen some more.
WAME wants every contribution to be used wisely to help where it can best serve.
COMPASSION
We CARE about the people we serve.
For more than five years we have been helping individuals and families to obtain medical care and navigate the sometimes confusing medical system. We have made connections with doctors, hospitals, arranged for transportation, purchased medication, arranged for needed laboratory tests, even donated blood to save lives and contribute to the health of Gambians. We helped arrange live-saving cardiac surgery in London for a young Sierra Leonean refugee. We arranged for care for a young woman from the provinces with severe diabetes.
We have sponsored more than a dozen children for their school fees, uniforms, books and school supplies.
For more than five years we have been helping individuals and families to obtain medical care and navigate the sometimes confusing medical system. We have made connections with doctors, hospitals, arranged for transportation, purchased medication, arranged for needed laboratory tests, even donated blood to save lives and contribute to the health of Gambians. We helped arrange live-saving cardiac surgery in London for a young Sierra Leonean refugee. We arranged for care for a young woman from the provinces with severe diabetes.
We have sponsored more than a dozen children for their school fees, uniforms, books and school supplies.
CONSTRUCTION
WAME goes to work. We recently completed installation of a new water system in the clinic at Illiassa Village on the North Bank of the River Gambia. In the Outpatient Block there are sinks in each room where nurses can now wash their hands between patients. In the Maternity Block there is a working bathroom with sink, toilet and shower. In the delivery room newborns can now be bathed in fresh, running water. There are working toilet facilities for patients and visitors. The kitchens and bathrooms in the staff quarters are now operative.
This may not have the romance of building a new school but it is deeply appreciated by patients and staff alike.
We installed window screening at the new clinic in Jappineh Village. The patients will be able to sleep in a mosquito-free environment; a low-tech means of preventing malaria.
WAME-financed construction is nearly completed on a new Outpatient Building at Nokunda Village Clinic. This facility, part open-air with two enclosed rooms will serve as a waiting area, for group instruction and for both well-child and immunization clinics.
This may not have the romance of building a new school but it is deeply appreciated by patients and staff alike.
We installed window screening at the new clinic in Jappineh Village. The patients will be able to sleep in a mosquito-free environment; a low-tech means of preventing malaria.
WAME-financed construction is nearly completed on a new Outpatient Building at Nokunda Village Clinic. This facility, part open-air with two enclosed rooms will serve as a waiting area, for group instruction and for both well-child and immunization clinics.
