Health & Welfare
Prince Ebrahim Future Africa Foundation (PEFAF)
Africa H20 54
Africa H2O 54 is a PEFAF access to water supply program that will construct 54 Boreholes for 54 communities in 54 countries in Africa.
Expected and Achievable Impact:-
- Access to clean drinking water for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries
- Access to running water for households and sanitation for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries for 54.
- Access to sustainable water supply in 54 community horticultural gardens, for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries.
- Access to sustainable water supply to feed 54 susbsistent livestock programmes for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries.
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES/STATISTICS
- 783 million people do not have access to clean and safe water. 40% of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- 82% of those who lack access to improved water live in rural areas, while just 18% live in urban areas.
- In developing countries, including sub-Saharan Africa as much as 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions.
- Sub-Saharan Africa alone loses 40 billion hours per year collecting water; the same as an entire year’s labour in all of France.
- 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases
- In developing countries, including sub-Saharan Africa as much as 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions Half of the world’s hospital beds including Africa are filled with people suffering from awater-related disease.
- Girls under the age of 15 are twice as likely as boys to be the family member responsible for fetching water.
Africa Nutrition 54
Africa Nutrition 54 is a food security, food self-suffiency and anti-hunger program to sustainably deliver 54 Food Security Programs for 54 Communities in 54 Countries in Africa.
Expected and Achievable Impact:
- Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition by providing all year around access to self-sufficient food through 54 farming programmes for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries
- Increase school attendance and longevity among school going children for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries
- Create sustainable income generation through cash crop sales for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries
- Increase sustainable employment creation for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries
- Prevent illegal migration by directly engaging substantial number of youth into agriculture program through 54 farming programmes for 54 Communities in 54 African Countries
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES/STATISTICS
Despite abundance of fertile arable land, hunger and malnourishment remains a major problem in parts of Africa.
- The vast majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished.
- In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people suffering from hunger is estimated at 239 million, and this figure could increase in the near future.
- Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest frequency of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished.
- 66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.
- Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children each year.
- One out of six children — roughly 100 million — in developing countries is underweight.
- One in four of the world’s children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
- If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million.
Africa 54 Health
Africa 54 Health is a FREE access to universal Healthcare program that will construct 54 Primary Healthcare Centres for 54 communities in 54 countries in Africa.
Expected and Achievable Impact:-
- Eradicate and or make 54 Malaria and Tuberculosis FREE communities in 54 Countries in Africa
- Make Primary Healthcare accessible for 54 communities within 54 Countries in Africa.
- Reduce child birth and infant mortality
- Sensitise and raise awareness on communicable, preventable and transmittable diseases within community.
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES/STATISTICS:
- Nearly 50 percent of under-five deaths take place within the first month of life. Causes often include prematurity pneumonia, diarrhoea, sepsis, and malaria all of which are preventable.
- An estimated 400 million people still have no access to primary care.
- Approximately 1.6 million Africans died of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV-related illnesses in 2015.
- Globally, 50% of children under five who die of pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
- More than one million adults and children die every year from HIV/AIDS in Africa alone. In 2011, 1.7 million people worldwide dies from AIDS.