Our Mission
Our mission is to improve the health of rural communities, make pregnancy and childbirth safe for mothers and their newborns, and prevent death from treatable illness through easy access to quality health services.
Our Vision
We envision a world where all women have access to safe and appropriate childbirth.
Kalkaal Maternity Care is a non-profit organization working at the grassroots level to improve health outcomes for rural population in some of the hardest to reach communities in Somalia.
Our strength lies within the skills, knowledge, and the experiences of its members. A group of health and business professionals (all women) founded and managing Kalkaal Maternity Care: together, the core management team has combined over 120 years of business leadership, healthcare, and community service experience in the United States and Somalia.
The organization has a functioning board of directors and executive management team. The Board of Directors oversee ensuring the overall operations of the organization and are fulfilled as planned. The Board also tasked with general financial oversight, efficient and effective use of human and material resources. The management members constitute the governing authority for all key organizational decisions, including general policy, planning and implementing strategies, and fundraising.
To reduce and prevent those unnecessary losses of mothers and children, KMC referral health centers are providing skilled care at childbirth, postnatal for mothers, and baby care for small and sick children. We follow WHO guidelines, ensuring that the mother and baby stay in the health center 24 hours after child both.
Our Main Objectives:
- Establish maternal and health care referral health center
- Make pregnacy safer and expand reproductive health
- Reduce morbidity and mortality among children
- Increase access to fistula prevention and treatment services
- Promote community health education about Female Genital Mutations(FGM), Family Planning, Sexual
- Transmitted Diseases (STD) and HIV
- Provide transportation and communication system for rural areas
Our Measurable Objectives
KMC Referral Health Centers (RHC) will have skilled birth attendings, such as doctors and nurses, to offer quality health care for the towns of Awrbogays and Widhwidh and its surrounding areas, resulting in a 50% reduction of morbidity and mortality rate among women and children by December 31, 2024.
KMC RHC will introduce Integrated Management of Childhood Illness to reduce childhood illness by 50% by December 31, 2024.
KMC RHC will have trained health professionals to offer quality primary health services for the community of Awrbogays and Widhwidh and its near villages and nomads. It will result in the reduction of death of chronic and communicable illness by 50% by December 31, 2024.
Our Leadership Team
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Fowzia H Dirir Esse, MPH, Founder/CEO
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Narsa Mirreh, MSW, Finance Director: The finance director will oversee all fundraising activities, manage awarded grants, and seek new sources of funding as needed.
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Kinsi Abdi, BS, Program Director: The program Director will develop, and coordinate the general project implementation.
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Dr. Sahra Ismail, Clinical Director: The clinical director will oversees all clinical aspect of KMC health centers. Clinical director will also hire clinic staff and manage daily operations.
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Safia Ali Ateye, BS, Research and Development Director:Is responsible for research, planning and implementing new programs and protocols into organization and overseeing the development of new project
