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Organic Health Response/Inveneo: Using the 'Net to fight AIDS in Kenya
The folks at Organic Health Response
are doing really good stuff, using IT and environmental sustainability
on Mfangano Island in western Kenya to work against HIV/AIDS across
Lake Victoria.
They're working with Inveneo;
their deal is to get IT, such as computers, telephony, and Internet
access to those who need it most — people and organizations in rural
and highly underserved communities of the developing world.
We're working with OHR and also Inveneo efforts in Haiti and the West Bank to learn how to better connect people across the world. They provide sustainable tech, including good bandwidth, to people who really need it. They're handling the practical problems of getting network towers up, negotiating with local government.
This was a big year for OHR:
• Established a streamlined referral and follow-up system for HIV/AIDS care and treatment, in partnership with UCSF Family AIDS Care and Education Services;
• Celebrated our 3rdAnnual World AIDS Day;
• Installed a 300-watt solar system, three Inveneo low-power workstations, with a Safaricom Internet Router to successfully provide free Internet access to all EK Members;
• Became the leading VCT center in enrollment for all of Suba District within the first three months of operation.
— Richard Magerenge, EK's executive director
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