VILLAGE HEALTH WORKS (VHW)

About the Company

Village Health Works (VHW) is a joint American-Burundian NGO based in Kigutu, Bururi Province whose mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care in a dignified environment while treating the root causes of illness, poverty, violence, and neglect in collaboration with those we serve.  VHW’s approach integrates clinical services with education, food security, economic development, environmental protection, music and the arts.

Currently VHW operates a comprehensive health clinic with a 60-bed inpatient hospital, which provides prenatal care, family planning, and performs uncomplicated obstetrical deliveries.  These services are administered by our staff of generalist physicians under the supervision of our Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer.

Village Health Works has embarked on an ambitious project to build a state of the art 150-Bed Hospital with 4 operating rooms that will be a foundation for educational, training and research programs.   The facility will provide comprehensive medical care focusing on establishing surgical and obstetrical services in the region and developing the capacity to provide specialty clinical services not available in Burundi.  Projected clinical opening for this facility is early 2023.

Integral to the success of this project is the high-quality functioning of our Nursing professional development specialist whose services allow us to provide quality Nursing care and continues learning and research in the nursing department. With the forecast in developing and mentoring skills during this transitioning period and after transitioning