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We are a dedicated charitable organization committed to combating kidney disease across West Africa, including Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea Conakry, and Guinea Bissau. The Ida Bass Foundation has officially been established and operating in Senegal since 2022.
We help patients financially meet their treatment needs namely access to dialysis, vascular access, lab tests, clinical screening, medications and supplements.
We facilitate prevention by improving access to screening for high risk patients, to raise community awareness on how a healthy lifestyle can promote kidney health and thus prevent kidney failure
The origins of the Ida Bass Foundation dates back to 2013, when its founder, a Gambian British citizen, lost her mother to chronic kidney disease in September of that same year after only 4 months of dialysis. Taking care of her mother during that time, unveiled a great deal of medical infrastructural challenges in the Gambia. There were only 4 dialysis machines for the entire country. Ida Bass, had to be evacuated to Dakar, Senegal for further treatment, until she passed away.
In memory of her late mother, Sailey Fladsrud, registered the Ida Bass Kidney Foundation in the U.K in 2014 to raise funds to support kidney health in the Gambia.
The Ida Bass Foundation is a UK registered charity, which has also set up a legal presence and base in Dakar, Senegal, since 2021. In doing so, we intend to expand our charity support to the most vulnerable patients across West Africa, attending the Revival Medical Link Clinic, founded by Sailey Fladsrud, for comprehensive, integrated top quality kidney care services.
Sent a team of surgeons from the Manchester Royal Infirmary Hospital to the Gambia to provide free vascular access surgeries to kidney patients and training to Gambian hospital staff.
Sent a second team of surgeons from the Manchester Royal Infirmary Hospital to the Gambia to perform vascular access surgeries to kidney patients at no costs. Further training was provided to the Gambian hospital staff.
We enable equitable access to high quality kidney care in West Africa.
We help financially vulnerable patients pay for their kidney treatments namely access to dialysis, vascular access, lab tests, clinical screening, medications and supplements.
We also, facilitate prevention by improving access to screening for high risk individuals, to raise community awareness on how a healthy lifestyle can promote kidney health and thus prevent kidney failure
Empowering individuals in Africa to take charge of their kidney health through better access to resources, information and care. Patients and their experiences are at the heart of the foundation’s ethos.
Partnering with local healthcare providers, private sector stakeholders, organizations and governments to improve quality kidney care services in Africa especially in the Gambia and Senegal.
Ensuring equitable access to kidney health services regardless of socio-economic status or geographic location within Africa.
Promoting the development and implementation of new, creative solutions to address the various unique challenges faced in kidney health within African communities.
Sailey is an Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. She has 12 years of experience running the Ida Bass Foundation as Founder & Executive Director and 4 years as Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Revival Medical Link. She created the charity to help patients who can not afford kidney care in The Gambia and Senegal. Sailey set up the dialysis centre and the charity because of her personal experience with Chronic Kidney Disease after losing both her mother, Ida Bass, and her brother to the illness.
Nafissatou has over 10 years experience in international social development, specializing in advocacy, lobbying, communication, strategic planning and engagement. Animated by an unshakable social consciousness, Nafissatou has dedicated her career to supporting and propelling high impact social initiatives for a more just and equitable world. Her goal now is to make a positive impact in ensuring that the Ida Bass Foundation has the exposure in order to attract funding for its work.
The Revival Medical Link Clinic located in Dakar, Senegal is an Innovate Centre for Renal Care as it provides Integrated services to patients with end-stage renal disease, living with serious complications due to their disease.
It has the capacity to treat 60 patients per day and 300 a week, 5 days per week. We are however, aiming to up scale our following multi-pronged programs:
Given Senegal’s economic challenges, The Ida Bass Foundation was established to cater for low-income patients’ care at the clinic. As a subsidiary of Revival Medical Link, low-income patients will be means-tested and, if they qualify for support, the Ida Bass Foundation, will finance all or part of the cost of their treatment.
The Ida Bass Foundation is fundamentally dedicated to raising funds to improve access to renal replacement therapy (haemodialysis) for patients (adults and children) who are unable to pay for their care.
We are committed to raising $2 million each year, that will enable the foundation to provide crucial services to patients for free or subsidized treatment to at least 200 patients each year at the Revival Dialysis Center.
This funding will cover essential services, including dialysis, laboratory testing, supplements, required medications and vascular access, thus ensuring that patients, from low-income families, suffering from chronic kidney disease receive the care they desperately need. Our target patients come mainly from Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry and neighbouring countries where access to affordable dialysis is limited.
Your support allows us to reach more financially vulnerable communities.
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Donation of medical equipment worth £250,000.
Fundraising efforts totalling £95,000 helped finance intensive care and training for Gambian renal staff.
Creation of a 14-bed haemodialysis centre at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in The Gambia in 2015.
Facilitated visits by British transplant surgeons to support vascular access capacity in The Gambia.
Donated 1.6 million masks during the Covid-19 pandemic
