The projects financed by the Foundation Friends of Monkole focus on health care for poor Congolese families through the Monkole mother and child hospital and its three medical clinics on the outskirts of the capital.
Women and children are the main beneficiaries of these projects which, in 2023, went ahead thanks to a total of 338,512.6 euros in donations.
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One of the most important projects is the "Forfait Mamá", which has benefited 226 women, and takes care of women during pregnancy and childbirth, as there is a high maternal mortality rate due to not receiving the necessary health care. In 2023, 49,700 euros were allocated to this project.
Together with this project, 2023 marked the start of the "Elikia Project" ("Hope" in Lingala) for uterine cancer screening in women. This project, headed by Luis Chiva, Head of Gynecology at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, received a grant of 39,294 euros, thanks to which 1,600 Congolese women were able to undergo the relevant tests.
In addition to these two projects, especially aimed at women, the project for the implementation of a Primary Care system cost 58,160.21 euros.
The Neonatology project received 21,000 euros (92 beneficiaries) and the operations for rickets and hip prostheses in children and adolescents received 70,022 euros and 145 beneficiaries.
3,200 was invested in the child nutrition project, with 250 children benefiting.
In addition to these projects, awareness-raising is another of the "legs" of the Friends of Monkole Foundation. Last year, the Foundation held 193 awareness-raising sessions for 6,453 students who learned about the projects that the Foundation is carrying out in this African region and the various possibilities of collaborating with them.
