The Mission.

Antivenom Swazi Foudation aims to raise funds to treat snake bite victims in Swaziland.
If we raise only enough to save one life then it is worthwhile.

A modest, unassuming couple in Swaziland are reaching out with their hearts and hands to help the victims of snake bite in rural Swaziland. Thea Litschka-Koen and Clifton Koen manage a large rural business in Simunye, Swaziland. Frustrated by the lack of medical services and in particular life-saving antivenoms, Thea and Clifton have set up a charity Antivenom Swazi to raise funds to establish to treat snake bite victims in Swaziland. Antivenom Swazi hopes to establish an antivenom bank that can provide free antivenoms to snake bite victims throughout the country, and plans to maintain emergency stocks in two locations so that antivenom can reach any patient who needs it by road within 2 hours. They are involved in public education, teaching rural people to avoid snake bites and about the importance of seeking medical attention quickly, rather than delaying care i.e. seeking out local 'Witch Doctors'. Antivenom Swazi Foundation aims to help educate local health workers to improve the care and treatment of snake bite.

Clifton Koen
Thea
swazimap

Antivenom is expensive, even by western standards.
One vial of antivenom costs around £45 or $70.
It takes around 5 vials to treat someone who has been bitten by a black mamba.

No donation is too small.

Antivenom Swazi Trust Foundation no: 285/2009 PO Box 129, Tshaneni L308 Swaziland

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