Dashir Cares

25/09/2025

Jambo Jambo everyone! After a long silence, enjoy this brief update.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

08/08/2025

Baby Briget's mother Jesca agreed to give a short, unprompted, candid testimonial for our donors. Our Tz staff member did the video - I try to keep my cell phone in my pocket when I walk through the clinic.
Enjoy! And apologies for the bad sound, but the captions should cover for that. :)
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

Jesca talks briefly about her health challenge and how Dashir-Kikwe Health Centre helped her heal and then give birth to a lovely baby girl, Briget. (Sorry for the…

03/08/2025

Good day everyone. It's still cool in Tanzania! At +18C (64F) and with heavy clouds, many are wearing tuques in the morning.
Pictured here is 5 month old Briget. She was brought in by her mother due to an illness. The process from reception to consultation to medicine took about 30 minutes only. If a lab test was needed, that would add about 30 minutes.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

29/07/2025

Jambo Dashir-Kikwe friends. Please see our 2024 Community Report for your perusal. Welcome to any questions and comments here in the chat, or by private message.
Tunashukuru sana. We are very grateful.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

As we reflect on 2024, we are filled with gratitude for your steadfast support of the Kikwe community. Thanks to your generosity, the Dashir-Kikwe Health Centre continues to thrive by providing essential care to community members and their families, many of whom would otherwise have little or no acc...

18/07/2025

After announcing ultrasound services with a car speaker for the past two weeks, older men are coming "out of the woodwork"!
“John,” a 56 year old from Kikwe, came this past Tuesday. He presented with swollen lower legs, facial swelling, and slight abdominal enlargement. John visited another facility several times, but received an improper diagnosis. An ultrasound was done and he was diagnosed with an enlarged spleen and an enlarged liver. John was sent for further management at a secondary care facility the next day.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

16/07/2025

Yesterday we had 37 patients, a new record, with 14 ultrasound investigations. We aren’t proud about a big number, but we are proud about creating a positive environment for Kikwe folk to feel comfortable and safe to come with their health concerns.
Guess the total patient fee received for the day? - consultations, lab tests, ultrasounds, and medicine were just under $300 CAD! - less than $10 per patient, which is affordable in our community. Keeping the fees low is an important role that many of you play, as part of our monthly operations care team of donors. Asante sana. We are grateful.
Stay tuned for several patient stories coming soon.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

14/07/2025

A 34 year old woman, let’s call her Janet, with a prolonged menstrual cycle of about 3 months, came for an abdominal pelvic ultrasound last week. A mass was seen inside the uterus, which is probably the cause of the problem. A plan to see a Gynecologist at the regional hospital was made.
The low cost of the ultrasound made this diagnosis possible for Janet, since she and many in Kikwe cannot easily afford the market price, which is about triple the Dashir cost. Sadly, because of lack of funds, people often choose to “ride out” the pain in hopes that the problem will resolve itself on its own, and then, in some cases, it might be too late.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

01/07/2025

Happy Canada Day!

20/05/2025

Enjoy some short action videos of the new water project in Maweni village.

19/05/2025

Clean water for Kikwe! Thanks to the visionary, servant leadership on the Canada board, CRA has now approved support for our Tanzanian non-profit in clean water and sanitation. The goal is a public water tap within 1 km of every home in the community of more than 15,000 people, and ensure everyday access to clean water for the primary and secondary Kikwe schools.
We recently bought and installed 1.8 km of pipe to distribute water in a village called Maweni, 4 km south of Dashir. This area has never had good, everyday access to clean water. As you can see, children are often tasked with the responsibility of collecting water.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

26/04/2025

A 4-week premature baby girl, let's call her Faith, was born recently in a higher facility, to a first-time mother. The baby had a spine defect, and surgery was performed to correct this. Last week, Faith came with her mom to Dashir-Kikwe with a wound on the back that needed dressing. She now comes for dressing every two days and is on antibiotics to help reduce the infection. Faith is doing very well.
Together in health and hope. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

12/04/2025

A bigger sneak peak! This terrazzo floor is a labor of love, taking Elisante and crew much time and perseverance to finish. It does look good though, and should meet our building goal of lasting at least 100 years!