Upcoming Ida Bass Foundation Fundraising Event

Sunday, December 27, 2026 Dakar, Senegal

The Ida Bass Foundation is organizing a charity run in Dakar to raise awareness for kidney health and raise funds. Our runners have already represented the foundation at charity races such as the British 10K in London — join the movement in Dakar! The exact venue and programme will be confirmed soon.

Supporting low-income kidney disease patients access integrated premium renal care

Ida Bass Foundation is dedicated to making quality renal care accessible to vulnerable patients across West Africa.

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Supporting Young Lives

Providing pediatric renal care to vulnerable children across West Africa

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Empowering dialysis patients to thrive during treatment

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Making premium renal care accessible to those who need it most

Premium Dialysis in Dakar

Revival Medical Link Clinic - Integrated renal care services

About Ida Bass Foundation

Sailey Fladsrud et Nafissatou Traoré, Fondation Ida Bass

Ida Bass Foundation is a charitable organization focused on supporting kidney disease patients in West Africa, including Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea Conakry and Guinea-Bissau.

Officially established in Senegal in 2022, the foundation helps patients finance essential treatments such as:

Dialysis access
Laboratory and clinical testing
Medication and supplements

The foundation also works to improve prevention by increasing access to screening and promoting healthy lifestyle awareness to protect kidney health.

Our Story

The foundation was born in 2013 after the founder, a Gambian-British citizen, lost her mother to kidney disease after only four months of dialysis.

At the time, The Gambia had only four dialysis machines in the entire country.

In response, the Ida Bass Kidney Foundation was established in the UK in 2014. In 2021, the foundation expanded with a legal presence in Dakar, Senegal to strengthen regional impact.

Milestones

2014

Registration of the Ida Bass Foundation in the United Kingdom

2015

Commissioned in partnership with the Ministry of Health of the Gambia, a 14 bed Haemodialysis Centre at the Children's Wing of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul.

Furnished the centre with medical equipment and consumables for dialysis patients.
Covered the costs of travel of 2 Renal Technicians from the United Kingdom to the Gambia; Who installed the equipment and provided valuable training to Gambian technicians to service the machines.

2017

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.

2019

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.

2021

Registration of Revival Medical LINK Clinic in Dakar, Senegal.

2022

Registration of the Ida Bass Foundation in Dakar Senegal.

2025

The Ida Bass Foundation based in Dakar officially begins its fundraising work, internationally and in the West African sub-region

Our Mission

To make premium renal care accessible in West Africa by financially supporting economically vulnerable patients with:

Dialysis treatment
Laboratory testing
Medication access

The foundation also prioritizes prevention through early screening initiatives and lifestyle education.

Our Core Values

Empowerment

Helping individuals take control of their kidney health.

Collaboration

Partnering with local providers, private sector actors and governments.

Equity

Ensuring fair access to kidney healthcare services.

Innovation

Encouraging creative solutions to address renal health challenges.

Guided by our values, we transform lives every day

Our Impact

£250,000+

Medical equipment donated

£95,000

Raised for intensive medical staff training

Dialysis beds created in a Gambian hospital

1.6M

Masks donated during COVID-19

Annual fundraising target:

$2 million to expand renal care access.

Our Clinic

Understanding Kidney Disease in Africa

The Revival Medical Link Clinic located in Dakar, Senegal is an Innovative Centre for Renal Care as it provides Integrated services to patients with end-stage renal disease, living with serious complications due to their disease.

Treatment Capacity

Patients per day

300

Patients per week

Days per week

Our Multi-Pronged Programs

Access to general consultations

Access to specialized consultations

Lab Testing

Access to dialysis

Access to medication

Nutritional advice

Raising awareness

Supporting Low-Income Patients

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.

Leadership

Sailey Fladsrud

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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.

12+

Years of Experience

Organizations Founded

Nafissatou Traoré

Fundraising Specialist & Strategic Adviser

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.

10+

Years of Experience

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High-Impact Initiatives

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Fundraising

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.

$2M

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.

Become a partner by donating to our foundation. Let's collectively save precious lives!