Rural Urban Partnership for Africa (RUPFA) a non-governmental organization through the help of ASODH has donated a moto-king ambulance, two refrigerators, and 10 long benches to three health facilities in the bulsa traditional area of the upper east region.
Lily Osei, the Country Director for RUPFA speaking at a short handing over ceremony at Kanjaga, one of the beneficiary communities, hinted of the organisation’s dream of initiating programmes and projects aimed at supporting government to attain the Sustainable Development Goal 3 - SDG3, which is targeted at ensuring good health and wellbeing for all by 2030.
The project which had funding support from Action Solidarite Pour Le Development Human (ASODH), France.
She said, the organization has addressed a multitude of challenges that impact the lives of Ghanaians across the 16 regions of Ghana through its collaboration with development partners. RUPFA over the years has embarked on a lot of projects ranging from education, health, sports, environment, agriculture, livelihood and economic empowerment, water sanitation and health.
The beneficiary health facilities include Kanjarga Health Centre and Baasa CHPS Compound both in the Builsa South District and Wabilinsa CHPS Compound in the Builsa North Municipality. Kanjarga Health Centre received a moto-king ambulance and two benches, Baasa CHPS and Wabilinsa CHPS each received a refrigerator and two benches.
Health personnel who received the items for the three beneficiary facilities all express their gratitude to RUPFA for the timely intervention.
In the case of the moto-king ambulance, the in charge of Kanjarga Health Centre Mr. Aninanya Daniel A. Rockson said the support will not only save lives but improve quality healthcare delivery in the area.
Mr Aninanya said about 35 people-comprising 20 children and 15 adults lost their lives between 2017 and 2023, as a result of lack of means to refer patients to the district hospital when their conditions got deteriorated.
He said the intervention will help address the issue of maternal and neonatal deaths because the center can now rely on the services of the moto-king ambulance. Due to the large nature of the district, relying on the services of the national ambulance has not been helpful over the period.
Janfa Barichisu midwife in-charge of the Baasa CHPS said, with this intervention will curtail the daily struggle of commuting to the district capital for vaccines anything those vaccines are to be use. This has the tendency of increasing service delivery to the people.
Amadu Iddrisu Seinu-NoiyengRadio
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