Because life is priceless !
Tackling a “forgotten” emergency: access to care
In Banka, as in all Cameroonian countries, access to care is the main cause of maternal and infant mortality. For future mothers, the main barrier to accessing quality care before, during and after childbirth remains the lack of transportation to clinics. The distance to walk and the difficulty of walking cause future mothers to space or neglect prenatal visits, endangering their lives and that of their babies.
The maternal ambulance: to increase and facilitate access to care
The maternal ambulance service wants to equip the health centers of Banka with light vehicles of relief; To ensure the rapid evacuation of patients and future mothers, thereby contributing to the reduction of maternal, neonatal and infant mortality.
Maternal ambulance: a simple and reproducible concept
For a maternal ambulance, 1000 women and children are rescued each year. Our goal is to set up 30 maternal ambulances in the Cameroonian countryside by 2020.
The missions of the maternal ambulance
The direct impacts of the maternal ambulance
The maternal ambulance service is in its implementation phase after 20 months of preparation! Your contribution will allow us to install Banka the first maternal ambulance of Cameroon. Specifically, your participation will :
Beneficiaries of the maternal ambulance
The advantages of the medical scooter:
I am Christian KALIEU, social entrepreneur, Doctor in spatial planning and researcher-associate at the institute of Geoarchitecture of Brest. For 3 years, I have been involved in the local and social development of rural communities in Cameroon. In recent years I have shared the suffering, isolation and hardship of the walk endured by rural women for lack of transport means to reach the health center. Their desolation and their despair have aroused me. In order to make their lives more enjoyable, I decided to offer them a maternal ambulance service.
I am Pierre-Yves BOCKS, associative manager and rescuer in Switzerland. During my last trip to Cameroon, I noticed the absence of emergency service to the person. So I decided in partnership with Christian to invent a simple solution to provide assistance to anyone in distress and particularly to future mothers.
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They accompany us:
In pursuing this project, we crossed paths of inspiring and generous people who helped us to awaken and advance our journey :