Village Health Works
NGARUKO Tharcisse is an experienced professional in the field of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), currently serving as the Director of the WASH Program at Village Health Works since December 2020. In this role, NGARUKO oversees the implementation of WASH interventions both in the hospital and the surrounding community, coordinating activities with various technical departments and providing support to field teams. Previous roles at Village Health Works include WASH & IPC Program Officer and Head of the Hygiene Department, where extensive responsibilities included managing hygiene standards, biomedical waste, and sanitary facilities. Prior experience includes serving as a Hygiene and Sanitation Coordinator at Initiative Citoyenne pour l'Environnement et le Développement Durable. NGARUKO holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health from Institut National de Santé Public and is pursuing a Master's degree in Public Health at Mount Kigali University.
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Village Health Works
Village Health Works (VHW) is an innovative and rapidly growing non-profit organization with headquarters in NYC and operations in Burundi, East Africa. Located at the source of the Nile River, Burundi is renowned as a land of both great beauty and extreme poverty. VHW was founded upon a strong belief that good health (i.e, of the mind, body and spirit) is a prerequisite for any society to be self-sufficient and peaceful. VHW’s community-driven approach is fundamentally important in all we do, and is the guiding principle that drives the success of our work. Our mission is to provide high quality and compassionate healthcare in a dignified environment, while addressing the social determinants of illness and disease. We deliver world class, locally-based, medical care, food security, gender empowerment, education, and economic development initiatives. In the past five years we have served the needs of over 90,000 patient encounters. Our well-established HIV, TB, Malnutrition, and Chronic Disease programs continue to grow successfully. The hope generated through increased health catalyzes ever more meaningful community engagement with VHW, and within society. Our organization is now expanding our health services by planned construction of a Women's Health Pavilion, Pediatrics Pavilion, and Isolation Ward. Through this holistic and dynamic implementation of our mission, VHW brings meaningful and lasting change to some of the world's most impoverished and vulnerable people.