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Our
Mission
VillageReach’s
mission is to save lives and improve well-being in developing
countries by increasing community access to healthcare and other
essential services.
All too frequently
lifesaving vaccines and medical interventions are available in developing
countries, but are unable to reach any further than the urban areas.
The extraordinary resources and infrastructure needed to transport
critical supplies to remote communities and safely administer them
makes the cost and logistics of reaching those most in need
prohibitive.
 Up to 70% of the developing world lives in rural areas
with limited access to healthcare and other essential services.
Three million children die annually from
vaccine-preventable diseases, many of whom live in remote areas
beyond the reach of health services.
The cost of delivering and administering vaccines is
about five times higher to a rural then an urban area.
VillageReach is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
founded in Seattle, WA. Since 2000, we have been developing
innovative solutions to issues of “last mile” healthcare logistics and
infrastructure, helping to empower governments and local partners to
bring healthcare and other essential services to those most in need.
Our
demonstration program in the province of
Cabo Delgado and Nampula, in Northern Mozambique, currently serves 251 clinics
covering a population of 5.2 million and has led to a 47% increase the
number of children who are fully immunized each year in participating
districts of northern Mozambique.
In addition, we are
refining
our model for replication in
Malawi and other developing countries.
Our Identity
We
work with governments, communities, and other key partners to extend
the reach of health systems and improve the quality of services in
effective and sustainable ways.
We create
solutions that:
Build Local Capacity
through participatory processes to improve leadership, work practices
and environment, worker competencies, and community engagement;
Improve Logistics
Management
by streamlining planning and supply-chain systems and by supporting
sound management through analytic solutions;
Fill Critical Infrastructure Gaps
by establishing and supporting social enterprises to meet needs in
areas such as transport, power, refrigeration, communication, and
waste management;
Mobilize
Communities to take greater ownership of public systems
that exist to serve the community – generating a social atmosphere of
higher expectations and greater accountability.
Our Values
Innovation:
We value agility and embrace thoughtful change. We continuously learn
from experience, from our partners, and from the communities with
which we work.
Relationships:
We strive to be a collaborative and respectful partner so that the
programs we develop are locally appropriate and sustainable.
Stewardship:
We create an environment of trust and accountability. We make
socially, environmentally, and fiscally responsible decisions for
sustainable change.
VillageReach Team
Board of
Trustees and Advisors
VillageReach Partners
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