KidCare Initiative
When a child falls sick where a clinic can’t reach, care shouldn’t depend on the road.
So every child can:
📈 The need: 1 in 2 children fall sick at least once a year (SJH Research Africa, 2021)
The same care, for children the classroom never reaches
Many children fall outside the school system altogether — in rural parishes, peri-urban slums and refugee-hosting areas — and carry the same untreated illnesses.
KidCare would take fully equipped mobile clinics to children at community centres, refugee settlements and rural parishes: routine and urgent screening, basic treatment, health education, menstrual and psychosocial support, and structured referral integrated with public health infrastructure.
- ✓Routine and urgent medical screening in community settings.
- ✓Basic treatment and health education for children and caregivers.
- ✓Menstrual health and psychosocial support services.
- ✓Structured referral integrated with the public health system.
The case for KidCare
of children fall sick at least once a year
of children are malnourished or stunted
of girls miss school for menstrual reasons
children affected by dental conditions
Sources: SJH Research Africa 2021 · UBOS 2022 · MoES 2023
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A national reach, region by region
Beginning in three priority regions and extending countrywide — reaching children in community centres, settlements and rural parishes, not only schools.
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≥60% fewer illness-related absences
Among children in the communities we would serve.
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$13.21 average cost per child / year
Holding to the cost-efficiency of the flagship model.
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Three priority regions, then nationwide
A staged roadmap for scale-up as capacity and funding grow.
Help us turn KidCare from a plan into a clinic
This initiative needs partners and funding before the first wheel turns. If it speaks to you, let’s talk.