Hlokomela has received a mobile clinic from the Embassy of Japan in South Africa through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).
The aim of the GGP programme is to assist non-profit organisations (NPOs) and local authorities by supporting small development projects which have a direct and immediate impact on the well-being of disadvantaged communities at the grassroots level.
‘After being awarded the grant, the process started of procuring the mobile clinic and all the equipment that needed to be fitted in the vehicle’, Hlokomela Media and Marketing Manager, M.J. du Preez, said.
‘When the Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa, the fabrication of the mobile clinic was delayed a bit due to government medical mobile units being prioritised’.
Du Preez said that the donation would enable Hlokomela to provide better care to rural women most affected by HIV/Aids, adding that it was something Ambassador Norio Maruyama, and the Japanese government was passionate about.
Du Preez said, ‘Hlokomela would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the people and the government of Japan for their generosity and support.
‘We hope to make them proud of what we aim to achieve with this fantastic mobile clinic’.
Primary healthcare services are offered in the mobile clinic as well as counselling, testing and other services relating to HIV/Aids and other chronic diseases.
Hlokomela was established in 2005 in response to research that highlighted a desperate need for health care among farm workers and other vulnerable populations in the greater Hoedspruit area.
Source: Herald
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