Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) as an international NGO working in Nigeria from last 20 years primarily in the areas of Mission for Primary Healthcare, Mission for Vision and Mission for Water.

 

Mission for Primary Healthcare

The impact of running this program in the rural communities across Nigeria is over 1.5 million mothers’ and children’s health and well-being is secured. The program has an objective to:

. Reduce maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria.

. Preventing transmission of HIV Aids from mother to child.

. Immunizing children against all vaccine preventable diseases.

. Reduce mal-nourishment among the children.

 

Emphasis of project are on the following:

. Quality pre-natal and postnatal care.

. Safe delivery.

. Immunizations

. Monitoring Child growth and providing supplementary nutrients.

. HIV awareness program on prevention along with free distribution of condoms, voluntary counselling and testing of HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.

Our performance under “Mission for Primary Health” can be viewed here

 

Mission For Water

Water is one of the most inaccessible basic needs of the Nigerian population. UNICEF data suggests that 50 per cent of the people do not have access to safe and potable drinking water.

 

The impact of running this program is that over 2.2 million people are ensured safe water. TCF’s Water Programme is focused on the Concept of Village Level Operation and Maintenance (VLOM) by:

. Forming water, sanitation and hygiene committees (WASHCOMs) for each rehabilitated hand pump

. Skill development training of two private local area mechanics (LAMs) in hand pump installation-repairmaintenance in each of participating LGAs,

. Capacity building of WASHCOMs on preventive maintenance and managing their water sources,

. Establishing linkages to a local supply chain for high quality reasonably prices fast moving hand pump spare-parts. 

 

TCF has covered 175 Local Government Areas in 27 States and executed village level operation and maintenance (VLOM) of hand-pumps by rehabilitating over 4,448 non-functional hand-pumps with the successful completion of UNICEF supported PCA 6, PCA 7 was initiated.

Our performance under “Mission for Water” can be viewed here

 

Mission For Vision

Nigerian National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey conducted in 2007 suggest that two out of every three Nigerians are blind. Blindness does not only hinder quality of life of the person but impact socio - economic condition of family, community and the Nation.

 

According to experts, “If priority attention is not given, the number of blind and severely visually impaired adults in Nigeria will increase by greater than 40 per cent over the next decade”. Through the Mission for Vision program, TCF has conducted more than 105,000 free eye surgeries in the 5 hospitals across Nigeria. TCF currently performs more than 5000 eye surgeries in its centres in Kebbi and Calabar. The centres in Yola, Owerri and Katsina are now being managed by Nigerian staff trained by TCF. Presently, in Nigeria the Foundation is managing three well established eye centres at:

• Calabar Eye Centre, Calabar City, Cross River State

• Owerri Eye Programme, Imo State

• Kebbi Hafsat Eye Centre, Kebbi Bernin City, Kebbi State

 

TCF aims to reduce avoidable blindness, predominantly cataract, among the rural poor of Nigeria by providing high quality free surgeries.

. Focus on surgical treatment of cataract with intra-ocular lens implantation

. Provide service to those who would otherwise be unable to access quality eye care

. Draw from the vast experience in Community Eye Care in India where its sister organizations are engaged in performing over 180000 free eye surgeries annually

. Modern surgical techniques using state of the art equipment

. Maximizing utilization of Government infrastructure thus saving unnecessary duplication and expense. 

Our performance under “Mission for Vision” can be viewed here

 

We are setting up a “super specialty eye hospital” in Abuja in partnership with Aravind Eye Care Systems, India (AECS). Objectives of the Institute:

• To perform about 15,000 surgeries annually when fully operational

• To Establish eye centres across Nigeria – to be managed by Nigerian personnel

• To be the referral institution for all specialty services for Nigeria and West Africa

 

Beneficiaries:

• Free surgeries for patients from outreach camps in rural areas (Aim to start with 48 camps per annum, scale it up to 60 by the second year, with the aim of screening 300 patients per camp)

• Private paid patients – Outpatient and Inpatient services at the hospital.

 

Our works can be experienced at:

Fighting Curable Blindness in Nigeria

Mission for Water

Cross River Primary Health Center

 

Please contact us at:

Tulsi Chanrai Foundation

Adams House, 27 Mississipi Street, 3rd Floor,

Maitama A6, Abuja, Nigeria,

Tel: +234-7037406465

Email : [email protected]