SaharaRelief will accomplish its vision through the implementation of four basic components:

First (Physical plant): Utilizing population data for the region, SaharaRelief will establish a series of health care stations that will each serve a similar catchment area. These clinics will be established either in existing structures or by new construction. Each clinic will be provided modern medical equipment and supplies.

Second (Healthcare providers): A team of volunteer doctors and nurses primarily from Stanford University Medical Center will be critical in the establishment of the clinics. Working with local healthcare providers, this team will survey the needs in maternal and child healthcare in the region, and tailor each clinic to meet those needs. This team will initiate medical services in the clinic. Many of the doctors are trained in the treatment of disease diseases and emergency services to confront major maladies of this impoverished area.

Third (Clinic training): The Stanford medical team will implement training of African medics in proper maternal and child healthcare so that the clinics are sustainable throughout the year. The medics will learn how to conduct patient physical examinations, document relevant health care findings, monitor supplies and medications, and work with existing medical providers to establish continuing care. As the clinics become increasingly self-sufficient, our doctors and medical staff will remain connected to the local staff through an annual monitoring process. With each successive year of involvement the original medics will become increasingly responsible for the maintenance of the program. As more village medics are recruited into the program, experienced medics are then encouraged to become "medic teachers" for their own community and for nearby villages. We intend to visit the same site on an annual basis until our project has shown significant improvement in the public health of this area. The project will provide students from all levels of medical training with experience in international health care delivery. It will also provide students with a unique teaching opportunity to educate local health aids in the Sahara and West Africa to care for their own communities.

Fourth (Public health training): We will devise a training course to raise the awareness of public health and hygiene in the community. The training courses will teach local villagers in simple preventive care, basic first aid, disease recognition patterns, and hygiene practices. This will incorporate collaboration with locals. The design of the program will take into account the high levels of illiteracy in many rural areas of Africa.