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Al Amal Rwanda also named Islamic Actions for Development (I.A.D) is a registered non-governmental organization in Rwanda, which was established in 2012 as a response to the observed challenges in delivering quality medical assistance through programs which demonstrated community participation and collaborative partnerships, and a sensitivity of local culture intends to be one of the biggest players to solve some of the above mentioned problems within Islamic community in particular and Rwandan society in general with an emphasis on voluntarism, transparency, efficient work, integrity, team spirit and discipline. Since 2012, Al Amal is practicing palliative care project where we usually treat our patients at home but there are times when they need to be taken to the hospital for further management. There are those that follow up at the hospital by the doctors, so we provide them with transport, or we cover for their transport fee, and money to help them in their journey .We do a follow up on them in their lives in general at home. so including those who are being monitored by Butaro hospital by doctors who are specialists in cancer.

There are those we send there for follow up and others for chemotherapy, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has stopped travel to the province, the patients, from Kigali, being treated by Butaro hospital are now being cored for by the branch of Butaro hospital in Rwanda Military hospital. Except for few patients Who were given transport and money to help them in terms of travel expenses (because the medical services they needed were not available at Rwanda Military hospital).

This has helped us to keep patients from exhaustion due to the long journey, it also helped us reduce the cost of travel expenses by the patients because now RWANDA MILITARY HOSPITAL is close to them in general and AL-AMAL’s Van taking and bringing back from the hospital. The Ministerial guidelines of social distancing were respected, the transport of patients was done using a big bus and also protective masks and gloves were given to every patient. The transport of patients was done by bus to respect social distancing guidelines as part of COVID-19 spread prevention measures.