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Introduction
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ICROSS Mission Statement
Our aim is to reduce disease, suffering and poverty among the poorest on earth. Our projects are implemented through the values and beliefs of the people themselves. Together we create self-reliance and work towards long-term positive change.
Background
ICROSS was created by Dr. Joe Barnes and Dr. Michael Meegan in 1979. It established a new approach towards long term health care (this is explained in details in our downloadable strategic plan) For decades ICROSS has developed public health research that has pioneered low cost innovations (please see research section)
Philosophy
We believe in evidence driven, results based long term solutions that can be shared. We do not believe that projects should be donor agendas, they must be community decided and locally planned. We succeed because all we do is long term over decades, in local language and through local culture. Our work is built through continuity.
Passion
None should ever sleep and be hungry; no child needs to be sick and untreated or thirsty. Everything we do will change the poverty trap and the short term idea of poverty. Our humanity is how we care for each other and embrace those who are vulnerable and hurt. We are going to end starvation and suffering, but we can only do this together.
Vision
A World free of needless suffering and infant death where people can be cared for and respected as they are within their own language , culture, traditions and beliefs. Where there is no hunger and starvation in a World of such vast wealth. Where there is compassion and kindness based on equality and shared empathy and understanding.
What we do
We fight poverty by identifying a root cause of suffering and designing long term ways to create change. Famine relief, short term projects and quick solutions do not work. For 30 years, we have been developing alternative innovations and low tech solutions to big problems.
Projects
The United Nations has set a series of targets to end world poverty and hunger. The gap between the rich and poor causes over 50,000 children to die from preventable diseases cause by poverty everyday. These millennium goals are the gold standard we are all aiming for. For more facts about Global Poverty and the reasons why ICROSS focuses on these areas,
Who we are
ICROSS is an international Non-governmental organisation working in partnership with civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, governments and bilateral agencies including the Global Fund, the European Union, the World Health Organisation UNICEF other Organizations and local communities.
We are a group of trained professional s in global health and development ranging from clinical services and gynecological to water and sanitation. Most of our teams and all our managers are from local communities (For more information please see our strategic plan)
We prevent diseases and control epidemics.
We create long term changes in infant mortality.
We are creating low cost-effective solutions to break the cycle of poverty.
We train, educate and support thousands of local people to be self sufficient.
We support communities in helping orphaned children and help them respond to poverty in the villages.
We see what is working and find out what is effective through scientific study and research. Working with international institutions we have published widely on new innovative responses to disease and poverty.
We identify the most vulnerable children and communities in need and provide practical immediate help and long term solutions so they will be independent.
We believe in evidence led public health programmes responding to the realities on the ground.
ICROSS Mission Statement
Our aim is to reduce disease, suffering and poverty among the poorest on earth. Our projects are implemented through the values and beliefs of the people themselves. Together we create self-reliance and work towards long-term positive change.
Background
ICROSS was created by Dr. Joe Barnes and Dr. Michael Meegan in 1979. It established a new approach towards long term health care (this is explained in details in our downloadable strategic plan) For decades ICROSS has developed public health research that has pioneered low cost innovations (please see research section)
Philosophy
We believe in evidence driven, results based long term solutions that can be shared. We do not believe that projects should be donor agendas, they must be community decided and locally planned. We succeed because all we do is long term over decades, in local language and through local culture. Our work is built through continuity.
Passion
None should ever sleep and be hungry; no child needs to be sick and untreated or thirsty. Everything we do will change the poverty trap and the short term idea of poverty. Our humanity is how we care for each other and embrace those who are vulnerable and hurt. We are going to end starvation and suffering, but we can only do this together.
Vision
A World free of needless suffering and infant death where people can be cared for and respected as they are within their own language , culture, traditions and beliefs. Where there is no hunger and starvation in a World of such vast wealth. Where there is compassion and kindness based on equality and shared empathy and understanding.
What we do
We fight poverty by identifying a root cause of suffering and designing long term ways to create change. Famine relief, short term projects and quick solutions do not work. For 30 years, we have been developing alternative innovations and low tech solutions to big problems.
Projects
The United Nations has set a series of targets to end world poverty and hunger. The gap between the rich and poor causes over 50,000 children to die from preventable diseases cause by poverty everyday. These millennium goals are the gold standard we are all aiming for. For more facts about Global Poverty and the reasons why ICROSS focuses on these areas,
Who we are
ICROSS is an international Non-governmental organisation working in partnership with civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, governments and bilateral agencies including the Global Fund, the European Union, the World Health Organisation UNICEF other Organizations and local communities.
We are a group of trained professional s in global health and development ranging from clinical services and gynecological to water and sanitation. Most of our teams and all our managers are from local communities (For more information please see our strategic plan)
We prevent diseases and control epidemics.
We create long term changes in infant mortality.
We are creating low cost-effective solutions to break the cycle of poverty.
We train, educate and support thousands of local people to be self sufficient.
We support communities in helping orphaned children and help them respond to poverty in the villages.
We see what is working and find out what is effective through scientific study and research. Working with international institutions we have published widely on new innovative responses to disease and poverty.
We identify the most vulnerable children and communities in need and provide practical immediate help and long term solutions so they will be independent.
We believe in evidence led public health programmes responding to the realities on the ground.
Contact Info
Address:
ICROSS head Office
Ngong
Ngong Hills 507 082800
Kenya
Ngong
Ngong Hills 507 082800
Kenya
Tel:
Website:
http://icrossinternational.org
Offering
- health care
- disease control
- programme evaluation
- research design
- strategic planning
- results based management
- public health
- health planning
- healh development partnerships
- conflict resolution
- global health
- infectios disease
- cultural anthropology
- international health
- community owned health programmes
Hours of operation
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Meet Our Team (1)
Johnson Ole Makesserr
Community health leader ICROSS
Community health leaders worth celebrating.
Johnson Ole Makessirr celebrates 25 years with ICROSS this week. Johnson joined ICROSS Rural health programmes during a drought in 1988 as a health worker. He worked with hundreds of seriously malnourished children.
After the drought he volunteered several days a week to follow up dehydrated infants in remote villages and in 1991 he was trained as a health worker. After several years in our disease control programmes Johnson did a series of training and became involved in our SODIS water borne disease control.
He is now running the ICROSS main Clinic as health programme manager working with our Ministry of health clinical staff. The International Director Dr Michael Meegan said today that Johnson was the model on which ICROSS works " long term commitment, selfless consistent caring and there day in day out "
Dr Meegan said " it is not about salary or position, job opportunities or institution, it is about service and serving " Saruni Ole Lengeny who has known Johnson over 35 years said today " this is the future of Health programmes in vilages, it is one of many hidden stories here in AFrica , many quiet servants of the people helping without any thanks , giving without any public recognition, sharing with a loving heart ... simply because they want to"
Johnson Ole Makessirr celebrates 25 years with ICROSS this week. Johnson joined ICROSS Rural health programmes during a drought in 1988 as a health worker. He worked with hundreds of seriously malnourished children.
After the drought he volunteered several days a week to follow up dehydrated infants in remote villages and in 1991 he was trained as a health worker. After several years in our disease control programmes Johnson did a series of training and became involved in our SODIS water borne disease control.
He is now running the ICROSS main Clinic as health programme manager working with our Ministry of health clinical staff. The International Director Dr Michael Meegan said today that Johnson was the model on which ICROSS works " long term commitment, selfless consistent caring and there day in day out "
Dr Meegan said " it is not about salary or position, job opportunities or institution, it is about service and serving " Saruni Ole Lengeny who has known Johnson over 35 years said today " this is the future of Health programmes in vilages, it is one of many hidden stories here in AFrica , many quiet servants of the people helping without any thanks , giving without any public recognition, sharing with a loving heart ... simply because they want to"
