Mama Maria Clinics http://mamamaria.org Passion to Heal. Commitment to Care Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:25:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 October Matching: Trick or Treat http://mamamaria.org/trick-or-treat-dollar-for-dollar-october-matching-frenzy/ http://mamamaria.org/trick-or-treat-dollar-for-dollar-october-matching-frenzy/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:36:24 +0000 Derek Walker http://localhost:8080/wordpress/?p=286 Continue reading →]]> Question: What’s scarier than a mosquito?

Answer: Dying from of one.

Halloween vampires have got nothing on mosquitoes – at least not in Sub-Saharan Africa. And Africa’s cast of monsters – malaria, malnutrition, HIV, diarrhea, cholera, famine, and their friends – don’t just scare. They go for the kill.

MMC founder, Peter Kithene, lost six of his ten siblings before turning 12. By age 13 he no longer had parents.

Turns out statistics are actual people. But statistics can be changed.

Take advantage of our dollar-for-dollar match and give today.

Proposal: In this season of lattes and hot chocolate, skip your beverage of choice this week. Then, donate that amount.

With October’s dollar-for-dollar match, your pumpkin spice latte or glass of merlot can literally prevent six nightmares from coming true.

Back-of-the-Envelope Math
1 Latte = 6 kids who don’t die from malaria
And 6 families who won’t have to plan a funeral.

… Afford to give more? Great. Now’s your chance. Double-down with our October match and make it count. We have $1500 of matching funds to leverage.

Please, let’s give trick or treat a whole new meaning this year.

]]> http://mamamaria.org/trick-or-treat-dollar-for-dollar-october-matching-frenzy/feed/ 0 MMC Secures NHIF Accreditation(!) http://mamamaria.org/mmc-secures-nhif-accreditation/ http://mamamaria.org/mmc-secures-nhif-accreditation/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:34:25 +0000 Derek Walker http://localhost:8080/wordpress/?p=297 Continue reading →]]> Today MMC received its biggest news in quite some time – our flagship clinic in Muhuru Bay officially landed accreditation with Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund. This means the clinic will receive reimbursement on medical fees for all who carry an insurance card (e.g. those employed by the government – teachers, policemen, etc., and others insured with the plan). In addition to being able to serve even more people in need, this accreditation is the final critical piece to our sustainability puzzle and has enormous impact on operations on the ground. While the process was somewhat laborious, we are honored to be among the select few Kenyan institutions awarded with this privilege. Thank you all for your help to get us here!

Having gotten through this initial hurdle, approval with the government on subsequent clinics should come more easily in the future. So … next steps: creating a robust capacity building plan, including a team to begin the work of scaling this completely innovative and successful model. Stay tuned!

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