CHAT

Community Health Africa Trust

One of the clinics we support is called CHAT.  Community Health Africa Trust (CHAT) is an integrated mobile health clinic providing services in remote, underserved communities in the North and Central Highlands of Kenya.

CHAT’s mission is to promote healthy, empowered and self-sustainable living among poor and underserved communities of Kenya through the use of integrated mobile health services providing reproductive health/family planning, basic curatives,  HIV/AIDS & TB services and includes ecological awareness’ The primary problem – Increasing poverty levels amongst poor communities, often mobile and forgotten, lacking in accessible services and understanding with which to mitigate poverty. Lack of access to Family Planning services and its education on its use are the main contributing factors of suffering and poverty in Kenya.  Unwanted pregnancies, (which include school girls), are resulting in unskilled abortions and infanticide becoming common practices. This situation has led to Kenya having one of the highest unskilled abortion rates in the world

For more information, visit their website at chatafrica.org

These are proud people who have maintained their culture and understand how important and valuable healthcare is for the future.  If they have no money they will bring milk and food for the clinic’s staff to eat in exchange for the care they receive.    

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