Enormous number of Tanzanian`s population strive with poverty especially in rural areas and so though insignificantly, in large cities such as Dar es Salaam, Arusha, or Mwanza. Singida region is one of Tanzania's poor regions located in central Tanzania. Ikungi district, being one of six districts located in Singida regions, is affected with poverty and its consequences, with total of 29 villages. Around 300,000 people live here, 85% of whom are farmers. The young district is also struggling with major medical, economic, and social challenges. Below-average wages, alarming maternal and infant mortality rates, a comparatively high HIV rate, malnourished children and the discrimination of women and mothers in public and private life make this district one of the regions in Tanzania most in need of development. Here is exactly where YANURUNI is active!

To support the people in the Ikungi district, we need to go where they live. A hospital at a fixed location would have the disadvantage that only people in the immediate vicinity could benefit from it. People who live far away often don't have the financial and transportation resources to reach the hospital within a reasonable time. If people cannot go to the hospital, then the hospital must go to the people. This is precisely the idea behind our "Hospital on Wheels" vision. How does it work? A container is converted into a simple hospital: A consultation room, a small laboratory, a cupboard with the most important medicines - and we already have a medical service that can help people, even save them.

As our clinic is mobile and travels from place to place, it is not able to attend births at the moment. This is not the primary goal. Because if a mother is well cared for during pregnancy, if possible, complications can be detected early, then measures can be taken at an early stage to ensure the safest possible birth. To ensure the best possible medical care, we work closely with local hospitals. One of the foundation's own ambulances picks up the mother or patient at home and takes her or him to a nearby hospital.

In line with the principles of our foundation, we will continue to focus on pregnancy and birth. However, as many children in the Ikungi district are malnourished, we will also be active in this area.

The mobile clinic commenced operations in February 2023.Since then, it has been stationed at a different location every day from Monday to Saturday to provide the local village population with often vital medical services.

Yearly, our local mobile clinic staff conduct out more than 5,000 consultations of which 800 are pregnant women and 2500 are under 5 children, 60years and above more than 900 and other age groups (6-59years old) are over 1600. Pregnant women, infants and women in reproductive age are prioritized and encouraged make the most use of this services. During pregnancy, all primary and advanced medical check-ups and pregnancy monitoring, are closely observed. Recommended vaccinations, prior- and during pregnancy are offered accordingly, the same for newborn until the age of 5 along with growth and mental development monitoring. Our staffs daily sensitize the whole community on importance of family planning and offer them individual preferred mode of Family Planning.

Malnutrition and undernourishment, affect not only children and youth but also adults, this was observed during our field work. Integrative, our medical team in co-operation with foundation and council management has initiated Nutrition education programs on how to use the food available in the given area to balanced and healthy diet, which is cost effective and affordable. We take proper nutrition during pregnancy, infancy and youth important to have physically and mentally fit adults, healthy community and country at large.