Luke Society Tekanassar
Tekanassar, Niger
Tekanassar, Niger, is one of the Luke Society’s most remote locations. There’s no easy way in and there’s no easy way out. Yet, in this highly rural setting there is a desperate need for health care.
Enter nurse Annie Mabrouck who is following the Lord’s call to bring health care to her own people.
“The presence of the Luke Society in Tekanasser has greatly improved access to healthcare for the community. Previously, residents had to walk about 15 kilometers to reach a facility, but now they receive care close to home,” Mabrouck said.
Mabrouck runs her clinic out of a small, rented facility which also contains a pharmacy. She is establishing trust within the community along with a reliable network connection for communication.
“The inhabitants have become more educated about health, childcare and when to seek medical help,” Mabrouck said.
She also conducts outreach campaigns to other small villages in central Niger and has her sights set on someday constructing her own clinic to serve the people of Tekanassar.
Name: Luke Society Tekanassar
Location: Tekanassar, Niger
Director: Annie Mabrouck
Partnership: 2023-present
Staff: 3
About the ministry
About Niger
Population: 23.6 million
Size: 1.3 million sq. km, or about twice the size of Texas.
Capital: Niamey
Borders: Burkina Faso and Mali to the west; Algeria and Libya to the north; Chad to the east; Nigeria and Benin to the south.
Religious groups: Muslim, 99.3%; Christian, 0.3%
Primary language: French
Literacy (age 15+): 35.1%
Physician density: 0.04 doctors per 1,000 people.
Population below international poverty line: 40.8%
Life expectancy: 59.7 years
Infant mortality rate: 68.1 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Major exports: Uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions.
Climate: Desert; mostly hot, dry and dusty; tropical in the extreme south.
Terrain: Mostly desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in the south; hills in the north.
