Health Clinics – Assinie Village

In the Village of Assinie, we have a partnership with JEDAS (Youth Association for Assinie Development).
JEDAS organizes health clinics in their village every year and we welcomed the energy these young men and women invested in their community so that it may become the healthiest village in Ivory Coast. Yacoli.Org raised funds in the US to cover the cost of doctor’s hotel and food expenses as well as their stipend. We also solicitated local donation for buses and prescription drugs which helped establish a record attendance since the association was created in 2007.
JEDAS project is in correlation with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to end poverty by 2025, with a focus on objectives 4, 5 and 6, reduce children mortality, improve maternal health and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
The 2009 health clinics conducted the following activities:
- Education, AIDS/HIV screening and other STDs
- children’s pathologies screening such as malaria, diarrhea, malnutrition, anaemia, etc
- diabetes and hypertension screenings
- doctor’s evaluation and referrals
- prescription drug

Before our involvment, the health campaign attracted 169 patients. With our fundraising efforts in 2009, JEDAS was able to attract 346 patients. Details of the statistics can be found on our website www.yacoli.org