Gabon

With the support from Canadian and Gabonese donors, and in partnership with the local NGO 'Caravane Médicale pour le Gabon', CACHA has sent yearly health professionals delegations to Gabon between 2002-2007, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, along with graduates in nursing from the CÉGEP de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. These teams have worked in numerous isolated communities in Gabon, treated over 25 000 patients who have little or no access to health services, and distributed over several hundred thousand dollars worth of medication.

After having supported the NGO 'Caravane Médicale pour le Gabon' in its growth and development, CACHA has now turned towards assisting isolated communities in the region of Moyen-Ogooué. Consequently, in 2007, CACHA sent a mission to Ngomo, in the same region where CACHA first set foot in Gabon in response to a request by President Rawiri to assist the isolated populations around Ogooué River and the surrounding lakes only reachable by riverboat.

In 2007, the Honorable Albert Ndjave-Ndjoy, native of the same region, joined our team to assess a project to revitalize the Ngomo Medical Centre to provide health services to the local populations within the region. CACHA's long term goal now is to contribute both to the restoration and expansion of the Medical Centre while improving the health of the local communities. In addition, CACHA will continue to organize yearly medical missions to visit the communities along the Ogooué River and surrounding lakes.