SIP creates hope and empowers the people of Igoma to rise out of poverty by improving their health and well-being and increasing their access to quality education.
Current and Upcoming Priorities
Our 2019-2020 goals are as follows:
- Purchase equipment for a new minor surgery operating theatre
- Build additional wards for patients and staff at the Urafiki Health Clinic
- Engage the Stouffville community with opportunities to partner with us so that we can continue extending our reach through programming in health care and education
- Expand our Canadian fundraising committee responsible for organizing and promoting events
- Grow our child sponsorship program with 25 more sponsors
- Support 25 more secondary schools and five more vocational students
Based on community needs identified by SIP Tanzania, we have established these medium-term priorities:
- Obtain much-needed additional medical equipment
- Add eye and dental clinic services
- Provide AIDS/HIV training and compassionate assistance – recognizing that many of the illnesses treated at the Urafiki Health Clinic are secondary to the real cause, HIV/AIDS, which lowers the body’s immunity and resistance to other illnesses and viruses
- Install three to five water purification stations in the community, which are estimated to cost between $500 and $1,000 per station
- Provide an education facility for community health and microbusiness instruction