Midwifery Station (CSPS)

Midwifery station (CSPS)

The original plan was to initially expand only two rooms of the midwifery station in 2025 and thus start operations. Over the course of the year, it became clear that we would have to construct the entire building, particularly for hygiene reasons and in accordance with the requirements of the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health. Despite the help of the villagers and a significant reduction in costs as a result, we are still €11,500 short of the amount needed to complete the project.

Interior design:

The cost of basic interior furnishings for counselling services and birth support amounts to approximately €5,500. These costs are already fully covered by the donations we collected in 2025.

The interior furnishings include the following purchases:

• Furniture for the waiting area, the counselling room, the delivery area and the office
• A delivery bed and two beds for mothers and newborns after delivery
• Medical equipment for gynaecological and medical examinations
• Medical equipment for delivery support
• A gas-powered refrigerator for cooling medicines

Planned services offered by the CSPS

The planned health centre will be run as a CSPS (Centre de santé et de promotion sociale). In rural areas, CSPSs provide a range of basic health services. Once fully operational, the CSPS will offer the following services:

• Standard preventive care for pregnant women
• Standard care during births, which can be provided by midwives
• Standard services for children under five years of age

Since the introduction of the ‘Graduité’ policy in 2016, these services have been free of charge under Burkinabe national law and are offered free of charge at the CSPS.

In addition, other health services are offered for a minimal fee or financed by a social fund set up by the villagers. These additional services include:

• General health services roughly equivalent to those provided by a German general practitioner, which may be provided by nurses in Burkina Faso
• Dispensing of essential medicines in a small pharmacy

Planned staffing for the CSPS

The CSPS would probably need around 10 employees to run at full capacity. At least 4.5 employees are needed for an initial minimum service offering. Staffing costs will primarily be financed by the town of Ouarégou and the district of Garango. Preliminary discussions have taken place in recent years. As the opening is now within reach, we are currently (January 2026) in the process of clarifying the financing with a concrete estimate of personnel costs. This will determine how many employees we will be able to hire when we open the CSPS.