I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.”
José Schraauwers
Founder and chairwoman
of the Bakasso Foundation
Our Story
The Bakasso Foundation was founded in 2019 by José Schraauwers and is the result of the stories she heard from her Guinean partner about the situation of pregnant women in Guinea. Women who did lose their babies and sometimes even lost their own lives due to the lack of medical care or maternity checks. She decided to help them by building a maternity clinic. Together with her Guinean partner, she bought a large piece of land in 2014 in the remote area nearby the village of Mamiah.
They started building with mainly their own financial resources. Both of them have had to overcome a lot of difficult moments, but they have never given up. Now that they got this far, they need your support to finish the project and give the women a safe place to give birth.
When I stood between the buildings in 2017, I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.
Jose Schraauwers
What do we value?
At Bakasso Foundation, we deeply care about the health of women and babies and about the Guinean communities. We believe that every woman should be able to give birth safely.
The Bakasso Foundation is giving opportunities to people who need it most. By building this hospital, we are offering health care to Guinean communities and promising work to Guineans as we aim to be a hospital solely run by Guineans.
Despite the drawbacks that Jose and her husband have been facing since they bought the land in 2014, they have constantly been pushing their boundaries for this project to be a success for Guinean communities.
Bakasso’s Board
Chairwoman
José Schraauwers
founder
“I am the founder of this beautiful foundation. In addition, I also work full-time as a TV producer at AVROTROS of art documentaries for Close Up. Together with my partner, we have two daughters. I used to work in health care, first as a doctor's assistant and EKG lab technician, and later I led the non-invasive Cardiology research department in the former AZU, the current UMC.”
Secretary
Anneke Klinkhamer secretary
“I work in healthcare. In addition to my job as a nursing teacher, I am also a career counselor. I have experience as a manager in setting up new departments and as a project manager within the healthcare sector. I guided a trip to Ethiopia for aspiring nurses several years ago and saw how unfair it is divided in the world. I am proud that I can contribute to this beautiful project in Guinea.“
Treasurer
Carole Kroese treasurer
I have known José and her husband for years, so I have closely followed the initiative and the developments of the plan. The issues surrounding medical care in African countries are close to my heart. I am happy that I can now actually contribute to this. Through my work as an arranger and choral conductor, I have an extensive network in the central and northern Netherlands, which I would like to use for this.
Bakasso’s Volunteers
The I DO Project
The Bakasso Foundation has been selected for the I DO project of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) for the period 2021/22. The ‘I DO Project’ connects 5 ambitious and open-minded second-year international business administration students and their third-year coach with a Dutch NGO. The students use their strategic knowledge 8 to 10 hours a week and actively contribute to strengthening the position of the Bakasso Foundation. Welcome Ryan Deng, Dorotea Igrec, Elise Imbaud, Nikolaus Stern, Tim van der Voorden, and of course their coach Fenna van Geloven.
Our Next Steps
Although we have progressed a lot in the past year on the construction of the hospital, it is still not finished. The completion of the maternity buildings is therefore our main objective at the moment. However, the personal financial funds from José and her husband Fodé have been exhausted. That is why they ask for support to help finish this place for women to give birth safely.
Our Future Plans
The construction of our hospital is the first major step of improving livelihoods significantly. Our vision entails support in these four areas in the future since healthy people are needed to create healthy communities.
Finalize the construction of a rest house for pregnant women to stay a few days before the delivery due date and after to recover. Additionally, last medical checks can be performed to ensure a safe release and return to their villages and families.
Through the construction of a primary school for children that is safe and close to their home as well as through subject-oriented (medical) education. It will connect to the exisitng initiatives for health prevention and education projects.
By creating workplaces in and around the hospital and setting up a microcredit system to support local private initiatives and businesses.
These essential four factors are improved by building vegetable gardens, life stock, palm-, banana, and fruit plantations.
Guinea has a hot and humic climate, with a heavy rain season from June to November.
Guinea has a mix of two tropical climates: the tropical monsoon climate in the coastal areas and a tropical savanna climate in the rest of the country. This translates into a hot and humid climate from December to May and a heavy rain season from June to November . Businesses are forced to stop working during this period due to the heavy rainfall. In the coastal area – where our project is located – the rain season starts a little later. In the months of July and August there can be more than a thousand millimeters per month of rainfall. In total, more than four thousand millimeters fall during the rain season. Guinea is therefore one of the wettest countries in West Africa and with its 1300 water courses, including the source of the Niger and Senegal, it is considered the ‘Water Tower of Africa’ and therefore also called the ‘Garden of West Africa’. As a result, floods are a recurring natural disaster in Guinea that can impact socioeconomical circumstances. In addition, drought is expected to be the highest climate risk for Guinea.
I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.”
José Schraauwers
Founder and chairwoman
of the Bakasso Foundation
Our Story
The Bakasso Foundation was founded in 2019 by José Schraauwers and is the result of the stories she heard from her Guinean partner about the situation of pregnant women in Guinea. Women who did lose their babies and sometimes even lost their own lives due to the lack of medical care or maternity checks. She decided to help them by building a maternity clinic. Together with her Guinean partner, she bought a large piece of land in 2014 in the remote area nearby the village of Mamiah.
They started building with mainly their own financial resources. Both of them have had to overcome a lot of difficult moments, but they have never given up. Now that they got this far, they need your support to finish the project and give the women a safe place to give birth.
When I stood between the buildings in 2017, I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.
Jose Schraauwers
What do we value?
At Bakasso Foundation, we deeply care about the health of women and babies and about the Guinean communities. We believe that every woman should be able to give birth safely.
The Bakasso Foundation is giving opportunities to people who need it most. By building this hospital, we are offering health care to Guinean communities and promising work to Guineans as we aim to be a hospital solely run by Guineans.
Despite the drawbacks that Jose and her husband have been facing since they bought the land in 2014, they have constantly been pushing their boundaries for this project to be a success for Guinean communities.
Bakasso’s Board
Chairwoman
José Schraauwers
founder
“I am the founder of this beautiful foundation. In addition, I also work full-time as a TV producer at AVROTROS of art documentaries for Close Up. Together with my partner, we have two daughters. I used to work in health care, first as a doctor's assistant and EKG lab technician, and later I led the non-invasive Cardiology research department in the former AZU, the current UMC.”
Secretary
Anneke Klinkhamer secretary
“I work in healthcare. In addition to my job as a nursing teacher, I am also a career counselor. I have experience as a manager in setting up new departments and as a project manager within the healthcare sector. I guided a trip to Ethiopia for aspiring nurses several years ago and saw how unfair it is divided in the world. I am proud that I can contribute to this beautiful project in Guinea.“
Treasurer
Carole Kroese treasurer
I have known José and her husband for years, so I have closely followed the initiative and the developments of the plan. The issues surrounding medical care in African countries are close to my heart. I am happy that I can now actually contribute to this. Through my work as an arranger and choral conductor, I have an extensive network in the central and northern Netherlands, which I would like to use for this.
Bakasso’s Volunteers
The I DO Project
The Bakasso Foundation has been selected for the I DO project of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) for the period 2021/22. The ‘I DO Project’ connects 5 ambitious and open-minded second-year international business administration students and their third-year coach with a Dutch NGO. The students use their strategic knowledge 8 to 10 hours a week and actively contribute to strengthening the position of the Bakasso Foundation. Welcome Ryan Deng, Dorotea Igrec, Elise Imbaud, Nikolaus Stern, Tim van der Voorden, and of course their coach Fenna van Geloven.
Our Next Steps
Although we have progressed a lot in the past year on the construction of the hospital, it is still not finished. The completion of the maternity buildings is therefore our main objective at the moment. However, the personal financial funds from José and her husband Fodé have been exhausted. That is why they ask for support to help finish this place for women to give birth safely.
Our Future Plans
The construction of our hospital is the first major step of improving livelihoods significantly. Our vision entails support in these four areas in the future since healthy people are needed to create healthy communities.
Finalize the construction of a rest house for pregnant women to stay a few days before the delivery due date and after to recover. Additionally, last medical checks can be performed to ensure a safe release and return to their villages and families.
Through the construction of a primary school for children that is safe and close to their home as well as through subject-oriented (medical) education. It will connect to the exisitng initiatives for health prevention and education projects.
By creating workplaces in and around the hospital and setting up a microcredit system to support local private initiatives and businesses.
These essential four factors are improved by building vegetable gardens, life stock, palm-, banana, and fruit plantations.
Guinea has a hot and humic climate, with a heavy rain season from June to November.
Guinea has a mix of two tropical climates: the tropical monsoon climate in the coastal areas and a tropical savanna climate in the rest of the country. This translates into a hot and humid climate from December to May and a heavy rain season from June to November . Businesses are forced to stop working during this period due to the heavy rainfall. In the coastal area – where our project is located – the rain season starts a little later. In the months of July and August there can be more than a thousand millimeters per month of rainfall. In total, more than four thousand millimeters fall during the rain season. Guinea is therefore one of the wettest countries in West Africa and with its 1300 water courses, including the source of the Niger and Senegal, it is considered the ‘Water Tower of Africa’ and therefore also called the ‘Garden of West Africa’. As a result, floods are a recurring natural disaster in Guinea that can impact socioeconomical circumstances. In addition, drought is expected to be the highest climate risk for Guinea.
I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.”
José Schraauwers
Founder and chairwoman
of the Bakasso Foundation
I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.”
José Schraauwers
Founder and chairwoman
of the Bakasso Foundation
I knew: It's still a lot of work, but we will get there step by step.”
José Schraauwers
Founder and chairwoman
of the Bakasso Foundation