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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Njiwa youth foundation |
| Street 1: | Moi avenue |
| Street 2: | nkuruma road |
| City: | Mombasa |
| Province: | Coast province |
| Post Code: | 80100 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Phone: | +254 704 138 777/ +254 1 |
| Organization Email: | njiwayouthfoundation@yahoo.com |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Foundation |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Foundation |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Charitable / Philanthropic Foundation |
| Organization Description: | |
| We are a group of former street children and reformed drug addicts who started the foundation after loosing a friend from Tb due to negligence by the society.We create TB awarenees through music and acting. We are intrested in TB since we are youths and the youths are neglect when it comes to TB awareness and sinsitization in our community. Provide are providing TB information and establishing TB desks whereby we talk to the community especially the youths,screen them and reffer them to health facility for further examinations. We have also recorded a song about TB by the title TB ina TIBA(TB is treatable) which is playing in the local Fm stations to help in provide basic prevention information. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 26 - 50 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | World TB Day |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| By reffering people to the health facilities,encouraging patience to complete their treatments,identifying areas that are at TB risks among other activities | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Kenya |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Kenya |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: We normally do advocacy through music media and acticting which works well for us.Our future plan is to be able to reach to the community directly.We comunicate to people through print media,radio and television and outreach programs Drug-Resistant TB: It is still a challenge to meet this people due to lack of proper information in our area of coverage. TB-HIV: We carefully monitor this people and help them in completing their mediction and support them |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: We are very dedicated in fighting TB in our country and city of Mombasa and we are doing that through entertainment since most of us are musicians and comedians.We have been able to reach more people with TB information and have help in reducing stigma.Since we are are group of former street children and drug addicts we are able reach this people and fight TB and HIV AIDs in our city. | |
| Application date: | December 19, 2011 |
| Last updated: | May 10, 2012 |