Jun 26, 2024

Zaman Opens Community Health Center, Removing Key Barrier to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty


Health Services Director Maya Mortada and Volunteer Chief Medical Director Dr. Karen Weaver cut the ribbon to officially mark the grand opening of Zaman's Community Health Center

 

Today, Zaman celebrated the grand-opening of its Community Health Center, where clients can receive supplemental health care and health education to help them prioritize their wellbeing and work toward a healthy, sustainable future. This is a major milestone for Zaman and removes a key barrier to breaking the cycle of poverty: Access to quality health care. 

Led by Health Services Director and Certified Nurse Practitioner Maya Mortada and volunteer Chief Medical Director Dr. Karen Weaver, the clinic offers exceptional,
culturally competent and compassionate health care to systematically disadvantaged women regardless of their ability to pay.

“We believe that everyone deserves the dignity of good health, and our goal is to help empower the women we serve to prioritize their health because oftentimes they put themselves last,” said Mortada. “And when (a mother) falls, her children fall with her. So, we empower, we educate, and we provide care and resources to lift the mothers and
their families to treat, prevent and improve health, and to essentially break the cycle of poverty.”

The Community Health Center offers numerous services to Zaman’s clients, including:

  • Preventative care
  • Chronic disease management
  • Medication management
  • Nutrition education
  • Mental health therapy
  • Health education courses
  • Health care navigation

Housed in Zaman’s Hope For Humanity Center in Inkster, the Community Health Center relies on volunteers from the health care field and features an advisory board of local physicians, nurses, and other health care providers. The goal is to provide supplemental health services that are time-equitable, culturally competent, and offered in the primary
languages spoken by Zaman’s clients. 

Zaman believes all people deserve the opportunity to live healthy lives, and that creating equitable health care outcomes for low-income families is a critical step in breaking the cycle of poverty. “I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to our generous donors, partners, volunteers, staff and everyone who has supported this initiative,” Mortada said. “Together, we are not only improving individual lives but also strengthening the fabric of families and our community.

 

To make a donation to support Zaman’s new health services, select the “Health Center” purpose on the donation form.