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CONCEPTS NOTES

A. ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

1. Name: Volunteer Care Trust Foundation

2. Address: James Akperan Orshi Avenue, Off

Abu

Shuluwa Road, Owner Occupier Quarters,

Makurdi Benue State Nigeria.

3. Website: www.vctfoundation.org.

4. Phone: +2348036177178

5. Executive Director: John T. Chen

6. Tax Exempt Purpose: Non-Profit making

Organization (NGO).

7. Operating expense: N1,050,000.00

(Malaria Control)

8. Revenue and year: N1,200,000.00: Year

2010

B. PROJECT INFORMATION

1. Project title: Establishment andmaintenance of

Malaria control centres in 12communities.

2 Funding Requested: N2, 500,000.00

3. Project Budget: N3,100,000.00

($20,200.00)

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4. Number of people to be served: 1,800

persons

5. Target population: Pregnant women and

children

aged 0-5 years

6. Problem Statement. Malaria still constitutes

a serious health problem in Nigeria particularly in

rural communities where government presence is

low. The resources committed by government to

fight this scourge are enormous but the endemic

nature of the scourge and the number of persons

exposed to malaria attacks makes it virtually

impossible for government efforts to be felt in all

nook and crannies in the country. In most rural

communities; malaria is responsible for 60%

outpatient visit to health facilities, 30% childhood

death, 25% of death in children under one year

and 11% of maternal deaths. The grim side is that

malaria is responsible for over 1,500 deaths in

every 100,000 population.

It is against this background that the Volunteer

Care Trust Foundation as a Non-Government

Charity Organization (NGO) is seeking to

complement and collaborate with Government tofight the scourge in 12 communities in 8 Local

Government Areas in Benue State.

7. Project Description. This project is intended

to control the spread of malaria affecting pregnant

women and children aged 05 years in the most

vulnerable communities in Benue State.

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8. Approach. We seek to achieve this control

measure by purchasing and distributing long

lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets to the

targeted population. We shall also carryout

sensitization campaigns in these communities onthe proper ways of maintaining a mosquito free

environment.

9. Success Factor. The reliance on malaria

drugs and fumigation as tools for malaria control is

no longer achieving the desired results. Vectors

are becoming more and more resistant to drugs.

The surest deterrence to malaria attack is the use

of Bed nets and keeping a malaria free

environment. We already have existing malaria

control centres in a number of communities where

our activities has led significantly to a reduction in

hospital visits and morbidity through our efforts in

malaria control managers in these communitieswho ensure that the Bed nets distributed to target

groups are put to daily use. We have also

succeeded in discarding traditional myths in target

communities on the use of bedside nets. This has

led to an increase in the use of bedside nets by

recipients.

C CONTACT INFORMATION

1. Contact Name: John T. Chen

2. Contact Title: Chairman and Chief

Executive

Officer

3. Mailing Address: 19 Balewa Crescent P.O. Box

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627 Makurdi, Benue State.

4. Phone: 08036177178

5. E-mail: chenkibou@yahoo.com.

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