WEEKLY REPORT AS AT 13TH TO 19th SEPTEMBER 2010

THE CLINIC:


By 19th we managed to see 18 outpatients and 8 maternity cases.

Drugs:
We are encountering a lot of problems on drugs. There is a Pharmaceutical Company where we normally take on credit and pay by end of the week, but this time, things are becoming tough, whereby sometimes he doesn’t want to give us on credit. Just this week alone we paid a total of $232.00. Most patients pay lab services, but end up paying very little for the drugs because they usually don’t have enough cash.

Staff:
Since Florence is still sick, I still continue to hire and pay whoever stands in for her, and other staff who go off on Sundays, just this week I paid a total of $64.00.

Cash Flow and Expenses

We raised a total of $654.00 higher than last week. Maternity generated $287.00 while outpatients generating $367. The expenses totaled $430 higher than last week due to high cost of drugs, leaving a balance of $224 which was saved, to the bank, this savings is used to pay staff salaries and bank charges.


LEARNING CENTRE
The numbers of the children who have reported so far are 29. The total number was 37 but some children got sponsorship and went to Kileleshwa as the teacher explained. So now the number will remain 29, not 37 as I had indicated earlier.

Barasa is in the process to supervise the recruitment of those who have since left. He has been around to do budgets with the teachers for 2011, and reflect the previous years 2009, 2008 and 2007, which Teresa requested.

On 17th September, we were privileged to have Mr. John and his wife Sharma from Oregon-USA who wanted to see the children and take photographs, Barasa was there to introduce them to the teachers and children.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
This week the clients who reported were 15 at least slightly higher than last week.

Teresa had asked me to find out how we could partner with St. Francis Church to see how our children and clients could benefit from the Education Programme Sponsorship. We approached a Mr George of the church, who told us that Amuka Centre is an organization, which sponsors children to school whose parents are HIV+VE. Hendricka our community health worker is following up the issue and will report to you of the outcome.