Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation, Clinic & Darra

Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation in Kunkujang Keitaya, The Gambia, operates a community clinic

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20/11/2022

Ein Beitrag von Michelle: "That’s life"

That’s life - diesen Satz habe ich sehr oft in meiner Zeit in Gambia gehört. Dieser Satz stand immer in Verbindung mit dem Sterben, welches einfach zum Alltag in Gambia gehört. Man wird eigentlich kaum einen Menschen treffen, der nicht ständig mit dem Tod konfrontiert ist. Babys, die während oder nach der Geburt sterben, und/oder deren Mütter. Kinder, die durch Krankheiten oder Unfälle sterben, Eltern, Elternteile, die sterben; und es ist eher eine Seltenheit Menschen zu finden oder zu kennen, welche über 70 oder 80 Jahre alt sind. Wiederum kommt es vor, dass die Großmutter über stolze 80 Jahre alt ist, dafür leben ihre eigenen Kinder nicht mehr und die Enkel sind die Hinterbliebenen.

Ob es der Nachbar ist, der Taxifahrer, der bei einem Autounfall starb, Angehörige oder Kolleg*innen, welche plötzlich verstarben; immer hörte ich über sie sagen: That’s so sad.

Ich habe einen Tag in Fatou Gaye‘s Klinik verbracht, um Fotos zu machen. Für die Fotos war es kein so guter Tag. Dabei habe ich einer Wundbehandlung zusehen können, was für mich komplett neu war, und ich merkte, wie schwer es mir fiel, überhaupt Fotos zu machen, dabei darauf zu achten, die Patient*innen nicht zu fotografieren und ihnen auch nicht das Gefühl zu geben, beobachtet zu werden, um ihre Würde zu wahren. Es sollte darum gehen, Aufnahmen der Arbeitenden während ihrer Arbeit zu bekommen. Die ältere Patientin hatte eine große offene Wunde am Bein, welche gut versorgt wurde, und es war für mich unerklärlich, wie sie mit so wenigen kleinen Lauten diesen Schmerzen standgehalten hat, während die Wunde gesäubert wurde. Ungefähr 5 oder 6 Tage später komme ich zurück in die Klinik und ich höre wieder von einem verstorbenen Menschen. Es stellte sich heraus, dass es genau diese Dame war, die an einer Sepsis ist gestorben ist. Was ich vor Ort (vielleicht auch glücklicherweise) nie gehört habe, ist das Klageschreien der Frauen, dennoch weiß ganz genau, wie tief dieser Schrei gehen kann.

Ich bin auch an einem anderen Morgen in die Klinik gekommen und hatte sofort festgestellt, dass etwas anders ist, dass etwas nicht stimmt, bis ich später hörte, dass eben ein Patient gestorben sei.

Das merkt man sofort, es liegt irgendwie über der Klinik und ist für das Personal immer wieder belastend. Doch so häufig es auch passiert, so schnell scheint es irgendwie vergessen. Ob es an den Traditionen, Ritualen liegt, an der Art der Trauer oder an der Gewohnheit des Sterbens, kann ich nicht sagen. Die Menschen werden es für sich sagen können. Es heißt nicht, dass die Verstorbenen vergessen sind, keineswegs, nur das der Umgang mit Trauer sich von meinen kulturellen Gewissheiten unterscheidet.

Als wir einmal unterwegs waren und von einem Boot ans Ufer mussten, wollte ich die paar Meter allein gehen, aber die Jungs bestanden darauf, mich zu tragen und sagten: „You don‘t wanna have an accident in The Gambia.“ Und damit hatten sie am Ende recht. Habe ich mich später auch zurückgehalten, Klinikbetten aus dem Container zu hieven. Denn dieser Satz sagt so deutlich aus, was
die meisten Schicksale der Menschen hier miteinander verbindet: Häufig sind es Unfälle und Überfälle, welche zu Verletzungen führen, welche bei uns gut versorgt werden können, vor allem, wenn schnelle Hilfe vorhanden ist, doch hier oftmals zum Tod führen, weil eben nicht ausreichend medizinische Versorgung vorhanden ist.

Die meisten Augen von Menschen lassen wörtlich tief blicken und können ganze Geschichte erzählen, vor allem aber sagen sie viel über ihre Gefühle aus. - Ein direkter Augenkontakt ist in Gambia nicht typisch und sollte auch vermieden werden. Dennoch ist sahen mir einigen Menschen auf eine Weise in die Augen, dass ich wusste, was sie zu sagen hatten. Was viele Geschichten gemeinsam haben, ist zum einen der Ku**er, den das Leben hier mit sich bringt, doch auf der anderen Seite auch diese unglaubliche Stärke, manchmal Resignation, aber auch Hoffnung, Freude und den Glauben daran, etwas ändern zu können.

That’s life and that’s so sad: Aus diesen Sätzen spürt sich der Ku**er mit dem tiefen Bewusstsein, dass das Leben kurz ist und ein schnelles Ende finden kann, und gleichzeitig die Freude am Leben, eben in dem Bewusstsein, wie kurz es ist. Und darin sehe ich auch das Temperament der Aggression darüber, dass es so ist und dass Armut die Würde angreift, und wenn die Würde angegriffen ist, lässt es einen entweder ohnmächtig werden oder wütend und aggressiv. Dieses Temperament ließ sich an verschiedenen Stellen wahrnehmen und manchmal habe ich das Gefühl, dass sich die Menschen Gambia und anderen Ländern dieser, ihrer eigenen Würde mehr bewusst sind, als wir hier. Doch da kann ich nur auf Gerald Hüter verweisen.

That’s life and that’s so sad: Ich verstehe diese Sätze für den Ku**er, im Bewusstsein, dass so viel sinnloses Sterben in diesem Land täglich passiert. Dennoch und genau deswegen ist der Umgang mit dem Tod ein anderer, Sterben kann hier kein Tabu sein, gleichzeitig wird dem kein großer Raum gegeben, es ist alltäglich.

That’s life: It shouldn’t be that way and quite frankly it must not be that way and that is the

responsibility of all of us.
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A contribution from Michelle: "That's life".

That's life - I heard this sentence very often during my time in The Gambia. This sentence was always connected to dying, which is simply part of everyday life in The Gambia. Actually, you will hardly meet a person who is not constantly confronted with death. Babies dying during or after birth and/or their mothers. Children dying from diseases or accidents, parents dying; and it is rather a rarity to find or know people who are over 70 or 80 years old. Again, it happens that the grandmother is over proud 80 years old, for that her own children are no longer living and the grandchildren are the survivors.

Whether it is the neighbor, the cab driver who died in a car accident, relatives or colleagues who died suddenly; I always heard about them say: That's so sad.

I spent a day in Fatou Gaye's clinic to take photos. It was not such a good day for the photos. I was able to watch a wound treatment, which was completely new to me, and I realized how difficult it was for me to take photos at all, being careful not to photograph the patients and also not to make them feel like they were being watched, in order to preserve their dignity. The point was to get shots of the workers as they worked. The elderly patient had a large open wound on her leg, which was well taken care of, and it was inexplicable to me how she withstood this pain with so few small sounds while the wound was cleaned. About 5 or 6 days later, I come back to the clinic and I hear again about a deceased person. Turns out it was this very lady who died of sepsis. What I never heard on the spot (maybe fortunately) is the wailing cry of the women, yet I know exactly how deep this cry can go.

I also came to the clinic on another morning and had immediately noticed that something was different, that something was wrong, until I heard later that a patient had just died.

You notice that right away, it kind of hangs over the clinic and is always stressful for the staff. But as often as it happens, it seems to be forgotten somehow. Whether it's because of traditions, rituals, the nature of mourning or the habit of dying, I can't say. People will be able to say it for themselves. It doesn't mean that the deceased are forgotten, not at all, only that the way of dealing with grief is different from my cultural certainties.

Once when we were out and had to get off a boat to shore, I wanted to walk the few yards alone, but the guys insisted on carrying me, saying, "You don't wanna have an accident in The Gambia." And they were right in the end. Did I later also restrain myself from heaving hospital beds out of the container. Because this sentence says so clearly what connects most of the fates of the people here: Often it is accidents and assaults that lead to injuries that can be well cared for here, especially if quick help is available, but here often lead to death, because just not enough medical care is available.

Most people's eyes literally look deep and can tell whole stories, but most of all they say a lot about their feelings. - Direct eye contact is not typical in The Gambia and should be avoided. Still, some people looked me in the eye in a way that I knew what they had to say. What many stories have in common is on the one hand the sorrow that life here brings, but on the other hand also this incredible strength, sometimes resignation, but also hope, joy and the belief that you can change something.

That's life and that's so sad: From these sentences there is a sense of sorrow with the deep awareness that life is short and can come to a quick end, and at the same time the joy of life, precisely in the awareness of how short it is. And in this I also see the temperament of aggression over the fact that it is like this and that poverty attacks dignity, and when dignity is attacked, it makes you either faint or become angry and aggressive. This temper could be perceived in different places and sometimes I feel that people in The Gambia and other countries, are more aware of their own dignity than we are here. But there I can only refer to Gerald Hüter.

That's life and that's so sad: I understand these sentences for the grief, aware that so much senseless dying happens daily in this country. Nevertheless, and precisely because of this, the way of dealing with death is different, dying cannot be a taboo here, at the same time it is not given much space, it is commonplace.

That's life: It shouldn't be that way and quite frankly it must not be that way and that is the responsibility of all of us.

08/05/2022

ON TODAY’S MOTHER’S DAY celebrating mothers and motherhood has a long, long tradition all over Africa and the whole world. What it means to be a mother, or to have or loose a mother, that must not be explained as everybody is well aware. But the influence of mothers on the wellbeing of whole societies is still diminished much too often. Let’s all stand with all mothers in our Gambia! Dear mothers, you shall live long and happily, you shall be well heard and seen, and you shall be understood the best way ever! We wish all mothers a wonderful Mother’s Day!

26/04/2022

WORLD MALARIA DAY

23/04/2022

SIGNIFICANT EXTENSION OF OUR LABORATORY CAPACITY
Since we were able to acquire an automated blood analyser, we can now offer an even wider range of laboratory testing. Our service now includes blood grouping, malaria tests, urine and liver tests, pregnancy tests, HIV tests, any many more.
For the purchase of that analyser, we got support from a major German publisher and German based charity “Gesundheit und Bildung Gambia e.V.” – thank you very much indeed for standing with us in making the health service of our country a bit stronger every day.
You may find us in Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road
https://sheikhtihami.com/clinic/laboratory/

15/04/2022

We are delighted to announce Ms. Marion our German volonteering doctor and gynaecologist, whom we have the honor to work with for a couple of months. Marion joins our midwives' team.
You may find our clinic in Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.
https://sheikhtihami.com/clinic/midwife-service/

08/03/2022

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY cannot pass without embracing all women and girls in our country! You are the backbone of each and every society, you sacrifice your lives for the wellbeing of all. You work and study hard, you do it out of love and compassion – don’t forget to love yourselves as the great admirable ladies you are!
Women focussed healthcare forms the major part of our clinic’s work. Our experienced midwives and nurses attend you before, during and after childbirth in professional manners. We offer safe and hygienic spaces for birth giving, for young mothers and babies, and we support you with any female health issues. You find us in Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.
https://sheikhtihami.com/clinic/midwife-service/

Photos from Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation, Clinic & Darra's post 05/03/2022

KIDS WITH BURNS
…is heartbreaking to deal with. Just a few days ago we brought some badly burnt children to our clinic, using our ambulance car. The life of one boy was on the edge. He and 2 more boys are still in our clinic as their wounds need careful and patient attention for a long time. – Please keep children away from fire and candles. Please keep your electric connection as save as possible. - You may find our clinic in Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road. www.sheikhtihami.com/clinic

Photos from Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation, Clinic & Darra's post 20/02/2022

PHYSIOTHERAPY …prevents or cures a person’s disability to move in a healthy way. Incorporating medical diagnosis and laboratory test results, our physiotherapist establish management plans according to individual needs. In our clinic, we perform mostly manual therapies and specific exercises to restore our patients’s proper functional movement. Feel free to contact us. We are happy to serve your health. We are in Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.

www.sheikhtihami.com/physiotherapy

Photos from Mariama Jamanka's post 19/02/2022

Photos from Mariama Jamanka's post

Midwife service 17/02/2022

Midwife service

WHEN TO WORRY ABOUT A PREGNANCY STATUS

First of all: It is totally normal to worry about the status of an early stage pregnancy. Some symptoms occure both in normal pregnancy and in a beginning miscarriage. For the latter, vaginal bleeding and abdominal cramping are the two major symptoms. – Seek support in our clinic’s to gain confidence. We are there for you. Please show up if you see the following signs: Feelings of dizziness or lightheadedness, passing clots, which may contain blood mixed in with fetal tissue, a gush of clear or pinkish vaginal discharge, loss of pregnancy symptoms like morning sickness or sore breasts.

You may find us in Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.

Midwife service A reliable, professional and compassionate midwife service to pregnant women, during childbirth and postnatal is the center of our clinic’s doing.

Nomination For 2021 Heroes Awards Officially Opens! – The Fatu Network 11/02/2022

Nomination For 2021 Heroes Awards Officially Opens! – The Fatu Network

We got messages that followers nominated our Head of Midwifery and Founder Fatou Gaye for Health Servant of the Year Award. Thank you so much to everyone supporting our noble course.

Nomination For 2021 Heroes Awards Officially Opens! – The Fatu Network The Fatu Network Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the Nomination period for the 2021 Heroes Awards is officially open!

Photos from Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation, Clinic & Darra's post 29/01/2022

Did you know that cooking causes 40% of home fires, and broken electrical devices another 17%? - We regularly admit patients with severe burn wounds to our clinic, many of them are small children who have fallen into an open fireplace or into boiling water. Although we are fully capable of treating burn wounds, we urge everybody to keep a close eye on children near fire and boiling water.

25/01/2022

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11/01/2022

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Das Programm von www.stifter-helfen.de ermöglicht es uns, IT-Hard- und Software preiswerter als auf dem normalen Markt zu bekommen. Auch über diese Möglichkeit sind wir natürlich sehr froh :-)
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Many of you are probably familiar with the donation and grant opportunities offered by amazon and "Stifter helfen". - Our association has been approved for both programs, which makes us very happy. So whoever buys at amazon can select our association at https://smile.amazon.de/gp/chpf/homepage?orig=%2F, so that we get credited a small amount as a donation from every purchase. This is completely free of charge!
The program of www.stifter-helfen.de enables us to get IT hardware and software cheaper than on the normal market. Of course we are also very happy about this possibility :-)

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas to all our friends out there. Have a great time with your families and enjoy peaceful days

05/12/2021

5. December: INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY
How would our world look like without volunteers? It would not be a place to live a decent life. Every day, millions and millions of volunteers worldwide work together for one great purpose: to better, and to save our common goods, to make our societies a good place to live in. In The Gambia, every day, they care for our nation’s wellbeing, taking environmental, educational, and political actions. Volunteers support vulnerable people in need, they help to clean our coastline, they fight for civil rights. Volunteers raise the banners of all those issues important for a society to move on. Whatever they do, they do it for a greater purpose.
Our Foundation expresses its appreciation to all volunteers involved in our noble course, may they live in Gambia or abroad. We express our appreciation to all volunteers in the country, and worldwide. May God protect and guide you forever.

03/12/2021

3. Dec. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights and peace. The commitment to realizing the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is an investment in a common future. - It is rather uncertain how many persons with disability live in our homeland. Estimates assume that ca. 10% of the population have to bow to the fate of a challenged lifetime. However, the 3 major disabilities are vision impairments, physical challenges and hearing impairments. On 6 July 2021, The Gambia National Assembly passed the Persons with Disabilities Bill. After almost a decade of tireless advocacy, people with disabilities now have a fully-fledged law that protects their fundamental rights and freedoms.

25/11/2021

Today: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. - Violence against women has many faces: Did you know that 1 in 3 women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, most frequently by an intimate partner. Or, that only 52% of women married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care. Or, that 71% of all human trafficking victims worldwide are women and girls, and 3 out of 4 of these women and girls are sexually exploited. We must all fight and stop violence against women.

21/11/2021

What makes parents prouder than a daugther who is learning with determination for her professional future? - Aji Fatou Nyang did so well in her WAEC exams that she was granted a full scholarship to study BSc Nursing at the American University. Even by now, she is a well doing nurse assistent in our Foundation's clinic, and we are looking so much forward for the day she walks in as a graduated health worker. Go ahead, Aji!

19/11/2021

19.th NOVEMBER – WORLD TOILET DAY
Access to hygienic sanitation is a human right. Functioning sanitation keeps families and communities healthy. But, let’s face it: there are still huge efforts needed to serve everybody in the world with a decent toilet. - On our foundation's compound with clinic, mosque and darra, we guarantee proper managed sanitation units, as we are blessed with a new, large septic tank that we built with support of many, mainly Gesundheit und Bildung Gambia e.V.
We offer a hygienic environment to all patients, especially to pregnant and delivering women. Moreover, our inhouse pharmacy provides trustworthy drugs to those suffering from maladies due to unsafe sanitation. - You may find our clinic 24/7 at Old Yundum, Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.

Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships 18/11/2021

Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships

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15/11/2021

IS IT MALARIA OR IS IT COVID-19?!
In our clinic, we test for both, Malaria and Covid-19. We treat Malaria in our clinic, and we referr Covid-19-patients to the Gambian Covid-19-Center. - If you suspect Covid-19, please wear a mask, keep physical distance and wash your hands at entrance.
You may find our clinic 24/7, at Old Yundum, Kunkujang Keitaya, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.

14/11/2021

14th November: WORLD DIABETES DAY
Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly known as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased appetite. If left untreated, diabetes can cause many complications, and even death. - IN OUR CLINIC, people with diabetes form the second large patient-group. In severe cases, to avoid amputation, we set up an immediate, longterm complex treatment, including regular medication, regular wound dressing, and – as much important as the former – the change of diet.

08/11/2021

In 2004, German author Gesine Schulz invented the International Cleaner Lady’s Day to emphasise on the unbelievably large contribution that cleaning women make to all our lives. In our clinic, we witness what they achieve: No matter how much sand and dust the wind blows, no matter how much water the rainy season brings - they work incredibly hard to ensure that everything is always clean and tidy here. We owe you a HUGE THANK YOU!

Photos from Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation, Clinic & Darra's post 18/10/2021

A RELIABLE, PROFESSIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE MIDWIFE SERVICE to pregnant women, during childbirth and postnatal is the center of our clinic’s doing. YOU FIND US IN KUNKUJANG KEITAYA, near Freetown Junction of Coastal Road.

Our team is always eager to enable hygienic and well attended childbirths, and the best possible start into a newborn’s life. That includes the assistant of a midwife, a doctor on call, pain relief within our means, and transportation with our own ambulance car to bigger hospital in case of emergency. In 2020, we accompanied almost 250 deliveries, and welcomed a healthy baby girl on 2021 New Year’s Day.

Photos from Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation, Clinic & Darra's post 15/10/2021

GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY
Since 2008, WHO’s Global Handwashing Day is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.

As frontline health workers, we wholeheartedly support this day. With clean hands, every visitor and every staff in the clinic supports our patients by not exposing them to more diseases. Besides, every meal tastes better with clean hands. Therefore, let's all work to ensure that water and soap are always available for everyone in our country! Ask yourself right now: What can I do now and everyday to keep my hands as clean as possible? What can I do to encourage and enable my loved ones to integrate handwashing in their routines?

Emergency Nurses Week 13/10/2021

Emergency Nurses Week

EMERGENCY NURSING WEEK
We are embracing our emergency nursing colleagues and extend a big „Thank you“ for your most important work to save lives under all circumstances! As an emergency nurse, you are willing to do what it takes to provide your patients the best care possible no matter the circumstances. When life knocks you down, you always get back up. No matter what comes through your emergency department's doors, you face it head-on. You're ready to get your hands, and scrubs, dirty to do what's right. You are the definition of grit.

Emergency Nurses Week Emergency Nurses Week is an annual celebration dedicated to those who selflessly devote themselves to their patients.

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