
Community Health Support Gambia
Stichting Community Health Support Gambia
Netherlands
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Community Health Support Gambia is a charity based in Netherlands working on health, water & sanitation.
Community Health Support Gambia is a Dutch foundation that works to improve access to basic healthcare and preventive health measures in Tanjeh, a poor fishing village in The Gambia. It supplies the local health centre with medicines and equipment, distributes mosquito nets and preventive medication to combat malaria, and supports the less privileged through a dedicated fund. The foundation was initiated by a Dutch general practitioner who volunteers in Gambia and is run by volunteers working with local health workers.
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Klamboes voor Tanjeh
Health · Gambia
Distributes insecticide-treated mosquito nets to all households in Tanjeh, with education on net use and malaria prevention, preventive medication for children and pregnant women, and deworming for children aged 5 to 10.
Tanjeh Health Centre support
Health · Gambia
Supplies the Tanjeh health centre with life-saving medicines, materials, testing and equipment, and has funded running water and 24-hour electricity for the facility.
Less privileged people fund
Health · Gambia
Provides the poorest people in the Tanjeh community with access to life-saving care by covering the health centre fees they cannot pay.
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