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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | WE REACH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATION |
| Street 1: | Kakamega Webuye Highway Road |
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| City: | Kakamega |
| Province: | Kakamega |
| Post Code: | 00100 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Phone: | +254724677696 |
| Organization Email: | info@wreach.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.wereachcbo.org/ |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: | KAK/C/CCSD/021/2019 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Community-Based Organization (CBO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Our Mission Provide sustainable and community led solutions to achieve our vision Our Focus Areas 1. WASH in schools – To develop the knowledge and skills of the schools’ Boards of Management (BoM), teachers and pupils in such a way that they are better able to identify and help establish robust and sustainable WASH practices in their schools and lives in line with WHO and Kenya Government Standards and Guidelines for schools. 2. Youth Health and Wellbeing - To empower young people in such a way that they are better able to understand the importance of livelihood (entrepreneurship and self-employment) and health activities, including reproductive health rights, HIV/AIDS and thus improve the standard of their health and wellbeing. 3. Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) – To develop a programme of education and support for children and young people who are orphans and/or vulnerable in such a way that it improves their quality of life and that of their families and care givers. The organisation is interested in tuberculosis because we are streamlining the disease into our HIV program in the community. We want to have a comnprehensive HIV/TB program. We are conducting education on TB among the youth living with HIV and again we want to expand our scope on HIV into TB prevention and management among these vulnerable population. |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| 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: | |
| We are at the community level and we are supporting the County and the national strategy in TB prevention, treatment and care through case/contact management by the Community Health Volunteers. | |
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-HIV: WE REACH will mobilise those living with HIV through community health volunteers to go for TB testing and ensure that they are on Co-trimoxazole preventive therapy and are put on ART. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | September 9, 2020 |
| Last updated: | September 9, 2020 |