OUR SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Supporting vulnerable moms, the Global Emergency Response Action (GERA) mission in Liberia provided a variety of clothing items to the JAMES N DAVIS JR HOSPITAL's pediatrics and maternity services in the NEZOE COMMUNITY of Monrovia.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Community mobilization for HIV/AIDS prevention in mining areas of Kasai; Project to assist and rehabilitate HIV/AIDS survivors in East Kasai through microfinance support; nutrition project in East Kasai's Tshilenge health zone.
Burundi
In 2021, Gera Burundi implemented a response plan for pandemic management and response. They are raising awareness of the importance of adhering to barrier measures. Healthcare professionals are being educated on managing COVID-19 and using a saturometer to measure vital parameters.
Face shields and medications (ringer lactate and NaCl 0.9 percent) were distributed. This was done with the help of COPED, a non-profit group that runs more than 80 rural health centers.
Gera Burundi provided Cerealis (a factory that produces flour for porridge) with a formula for fortified flour based on peanuts to combat food insecurity.
OUR SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Since April 2020 in Kaya (the Centre North Region of Burkina Faso), the Association AIGSD has partnered with GERA to help vulnerable populations protect themselves from Coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure. Concern has been expressed (sensitization and training), especially by IDP populations and communities, about barriers and preventive measures regarding COVID-19. The most needed populations received donations of personal handwashing devices.
In June 2020, in Port-Bouet 2 Yopougon, Abidjan la cote d’Ivoire, GERA-CI made donations to the Port-Bouet 2 Yopougon medical facilities for the management of COVID–19. Our medical teams made the following up of patients with chronic disease more vulnerable to COVID–19. Also, we trained community Health Workers to sensitize households on the definition of cases, symptoms, and prevention measures for COVID–19.
STOP COVID-19 IN AFRICA / KINSHASA, DRC
In 2020, GERA DRC worked with the Ministry of Health at the level of two Health Zones, Kikimi, and Kingabwa, in Kinshasa as part of the response against Covid-19. Our activities included training and awareness on covid-19 preventive measures. These two health zones also benefited from the donations of equipment in hygiene materials.
PROJECT MATERNITY AFRICA / LOUDA, BURKINA FASO
In Burkinabe Faso, several healthcare facilities have been closed due to the ongoing armed conflict since 2018. The few existing ones have had a difficult time, and good maternity care is often not guaranteed due to poor infrastructure. Louda is located in the province of Samentenga, in the Northcentral region of Burkina Faso and the rural district of Boussouma. In May 2020, the GERA rehabilitated the Maternity and the pharmaceutical depot to ensure that women have ready access to health services for sexual and reproductive needs and remove the obstacles hindering access to adequate health care.
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