List of Maternal Health CSR Activities Done by Sportpesa in 2021
KEY POINTS
The year 2021 might have ended, but Sportpesa isn’t stopping there. It has committed to continue to support community health facilities to ensure women have the best health care when giving birth and for their children.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Since March 2021, SportPesa has delivered much-needed assistance to the maternal health units of 20 hospitals in Bomet, Tharaka Nithi, Meru, Nairobi, Homa Bay, and Kiambu counties.
- During the year, Sportpesa also engaged in sponsoring some football teams in Kenya, supporting girls for menstrual health, and donating kits for grassroots teams in various counties.
There is a famous quote by the former US President, Barack Obama that goes, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Now, these might seem like ordinary words but to companies such as Sportpesa, they carry a heavy meaning.
In a nutshell, Obama was referring to giving back to the community, with however little one has. Well, no other company did this so well than Sportpesa in 2021.
Sportpesa is more than just a betting company. It is producing millionaires and at the same time nurturing youth talents and supporting community causes across the country.
Here is a list of the major maternal health CSR activities Sportpesa conducted in 2021:
- Ndarawetta Dispensary – Bomet County
SportPesa donated over Ksh. 800,000 to set up a maternity wing at the local dispensary. The company today delivered beds to start the maternity wing project at the Ndarawetta Dispensary, a public facility, as part of its Maternal Health support initiative launched in March 2021, when the world was marking International Women’s Day.
SportPesa donated six hospital beds with drip stands and supported the construction of a kitchen unit to serve the maternity wing, which was recently constructed by the management, with support from the community.
- Rironi Health Center – Kiambu County
SportPesa Foundation invested 1.2 million shillings in building and equipping the level two Rironi Community Health Centre (RCHC), in Kiambu County, as part of its maternal health support.
This followed a request by Limuru residents for a health center to offer all-around maternity services in the area following the conversion of Tigoni Hospital into a Covid Isolation and treatment center.
The SportPesa Foundation also broke ground for the construction of an ablution block to help start the Rironi Community Health Centre (RCHC) maternity wing and committed to supporting the hospital to convert its old outpatient ward to a maternity wing due to increased demand following the closure of the Tigoni Hospital.
- Mikinduri Sub-County Hospital and Ankamia Dispensary – Meru County
SportPesa Foundation donated Ksh3.4 million to two health facilities in Meru County – Mikinduri Sub-County Hospital and Ankamia Dispensary.
The donations were distributed in Mikinduri Sub-County Hospital, which received 10 maternity ward beds and two incubators, while Ankamia Dispensary received five maternal ward beds and 10 maternity packs.
SportPesa Foundation also committed to funding the construction of a new maternity ward at the Ankamia Dispensary.
- Longisa Hospital – Bomet County
The company donated Intensive Care Unit medical equipment to Longisa Hospital. The gesture, which was worth 1.2 million shillings was a boost to maternal health in the region and it also served to complement the hospital’s healthcare provision.
Longisa hospital was termed as the biggest oxygen manufacturing plant in the area and it supplies even private hospitals in the South Rift region.
- Ruben Health Centre – Nairobi County
SportPesa extended its continual support to maternal health care in the country at the Ruben Health Centre in Mukuru.
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