Millions of people in Africa do not have access to any form of health care! In the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Majority of the operational health care centers that were once available to its citizens, are now in a state of disrepair or abandonment due to war and political unrest. In the DRC alone, a modest estimate shows that 37% of the population or roughly 18.5 million citizens do not have any health care available to them. Beacon is working to change this problem.
In Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Beacon is helping with the restoration of hospitals and other medical facilities that have been damaged, neglected, or abandoned, due to the lack of funds and instability in the region. Globus Relief will be donating $500,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies to get these facilities up and operational.
Beacon is actively working in the prevention of Malaria in several provinces of the Cuvett Basin. Of the 12 monitored diseases, Malaria is the most prevalent, and accounts for more than half (52.4%) of recorded deaths in the Congo. Beacon is evaluating mosquito eradication and net programs.
In Kenya, Beacon has seven medical clinics in various stages of completion. These clinics will serve 250,000 Kenyan citizens living in the Kibwezi Region of Kenya. With partners like Globus Relief we can help give these communities the needed medical care and instruction they need. Globus Relief has committed to supplying these clinics with beds, medical equipment, medical supplies, electrical power, and nutritional supplements. Beacon is also working with several doctor and nursing groups along with individual doctors who have committed to donated their time to these clinics.