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HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
DELIVERING A
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
for regions in crisis
REPLICATING THE CARE MODEL
FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Since 2018, the Foundation has provided support for the Bulenga Hospital, which cares for victims of sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This centre is the second to be set up by 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr Denis Mukwege, and is located in the province of South Kivu, which has been plagued by violent clashes for almost two decades.
In 2020, Fondation Pierre Fabre and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) funded the opening of a care centre based on the same model in Bangui, Central African Republic, where 47% of documented incidents are related to gender-based violence (UNHCR 2020 report).
The NENGO project (NENGO means "dignity" in the Sango language) aims to provide free and coordinated care for more than 3,200 victims of sexual violence over four years. There are two gateways for accessing this "one-stop shop" model – the Amitié Hospital and the Association of Women Lawyers of the Central African Republic – which offers victims medical, psychological, socio-economic and legal support to give them the best-possible opportunity to resume their place in society. Based on a transfer of skills between Congolese and Central African entities, NENGO also plays an active role in preventing sexual and gender-based violence among population groups.
The NENGO project is run by an international consortium led by Fondation Pierre Fabre, which provides both funding and operational field support.
The team seconded to Bangui has responsibility for implementing the full range of project actions, from caring for victims, the upgrading of the gynaecology department and the maternity unit at the Amitié hospital, to setting up an emergency accommodation centre and training local teams. Between the start of operations in September 2020 and March 2021, nearly 500 victims had already joined the care pathway.
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE ORDER OF MALTA IN LEBANON MEDICAL NETWORK
2020 was also a year of transition in Lebanon, where the Foundation has been active since 2002 in support of the Lebanese Association of the Knights of Malta, whose work here began in the 1980s. In response to the deteriorating health situation in the country, an expanded programme of support has been signed off to cover the period from 2020 to 2022. Previously, the support provided by the Foundation was focused on the work done by the Khaldieh medical and social centre and the West Beqaa Valley mobile medical unit, but it has now been extended to cover the full range of support services, from helping Syrian refugees to working with destitute Lebanese populations. The network of nine health centres includes six mobile clinics, two centres for the care of the disabled and three centres for the elderly.
The programme's priority activities are: general and specialist training for medical centre teams, screening campaigns, quality control of medicines, epidemiological monitoring and improving management of the network. Through its work, the Foundation is supporting the implementation of structural reforms for an NGO that plays a key role in the Lebanese national health system. The network found itself once more on the front line on 4 August 2020 following the explosion in the port of Beirut (receiving the injured, supporting hospital staff, providing psychological care, helping families who had lost their homes, etc.).
suffering gender-based violence
are minors1.
1 - United Nations Police report, June 2020.
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