International Health Partner(IHPTZ-US)
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| Web address: | www.ihptz.org |
| Nursing services: | International Health Partners is a non-governmental non-profit organization formed to facilitate partnerships from all over the world with Tanzania to improve health care. The IHP-USINC is a sister organization in the US that helps raise funds. The IHP TZ is an official NGO (non governmental international organization) in Tanzania that is on the ground working with the funds to develop the projects. While working on our first project, we were overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted to help improve the health care system in Tanzania. They recognized the huge problems that Tanzania faces especially with the high incidence of both HIV/AIDS and poverty. 2008 Projects: In Mwanza, IHP is currently designing and renovating a Women’s Health and Birthing Center. The area has the highest maternal and infant mortality rate. In spite of training traditional midwifes, the high rate has continued. The East of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran Church has donated a lovely 16 room complex for the beginning of a health center soon to be developed into a hospital. The large number of orphans due to death of parents by AIDS and the large number of older women who are sometimes thought to be witches and are killed, make an idea pairing for an orphanage and a women’s wisdom center. The orphanage will be constructed in family groups with the older women fulfilling the role of grandmother. The need for a specialized non-profit pediatric HIV/AIDS hospital is great since none currently exists in Tanzania. All the plans for the hospital are ready as well as approval by various governmental organizations and land is in the process of being purchased. The needs for this hospital are financial at this point, with later needs encompassing volunteers, students, equipment, and research. The project proposal is available to those who are interested. Besides the plans, the proposal includes equipment lists, supply lists, furnishing lists and a comprehensive list of proposals for hospital projects. These activities include outreach, educational programs, specialized maternity and infant care for HIV+ mothers and infants as well as an orphanage for under 5 children with HIV/AIDS. A hostel for volunteers is also planned. In addition to the above projects, medical teams and personnel as well as volunteers come to help improve the health care in Tanzania. IHP serves as the vehicle to assist them to work in areas suited to their desires and abilities as well as the needs of the people in the selected area. |
| Requirements: | Current nursing license, Swahili is appreciated |
| Cost: | Airfare, lodging and food…about $15 USD a day, plus personal expenses |
| Location: | Mwanza (Nyakato), Tanzania |
| Length: | As able |
| Faith based: | Yes |
Contact information
| Organization email: | |
| Contact | Paula Lofstrom |
| Email | paulalofstrom@yahoo.com |
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| Address | 1811 S. 39th Street, #36, Mesa, Arizona, 85206, USA |
| Phone | 0255-022-755-665-740 or 011-255-784-749-320 (Mary) |
