Matangwe Community Health and Development Project
Caring Partners Global’s Matangwe Community Health and Development Project (MCHDP) began by delivering much needed primary, emergency and diagnostic health care as well as HIV/Aids prevention education to the residents of a remote area of western Kenya. Through a health clinic that was built in 2001, the Matangwe Project offers 14,000 residents pre and post-natal care, nutritional education, lab testing, basic health care and more. The clinic continues to expand and grow to support the health of Matangwe and surrounding communities. Further initiatives including educational, agricultural and life skills programs offer sustainable solutions to the problems faced by vulnerable individuals of the community.
Community Profile
Matangwe is located in Western Kenya on the Nyanzian Plateau that slopes towards Lake Victoria. The plateau is comprised of low undulating hills and valleys and has a highly weathered geologic formation. The clinic is 7 kilometres from the main road leading from the town of Bondo and 72 kilometres from the nearest Provincial hospital in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city.
- Population: 248,003 (Female: 129,575, Male: 118,428)
- Population Growth Rate: 1.79% down from 3.8% in l989 (1999 Population and Housing Census Report)
- Rural Population: 213,372
- Life Expectancy: Female: 55 years, Male: 48 years
- Death Rate: High as indicated by the decline in population
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