Dr. Rob Congdon

Restored health care facilities are vital to rebuilding a war-torn land. For this reason, reestablishing SIM medical ministry in the Doro area is a priority of the Rebuilding Southern Sudan: Church and Nation program.

The Memorial Primary Health Care (PHC) Center and Community Health Worker Training School will be named in honor of Dr. Bob Grieve and his wife Claire who were killed when the hospital was bombed during the Second World War.

Restored Medical Service

The Memorial facility will be a Primary Health Care Center, serving one of the most under-served regions in South Sudan.

The general health conditions are overwhelming:

• Immunizations are rarely available
• One in four children will not survive to age five
• A girl is more likely to die during pregnancy and delivery than to complete 8th grade

The Health Center will serve the mostly rural Mabaan population with basic health services, mother-and-child care, immunizations, and initiatives in water, sanitation, and nutrition. In this context, we will proclaim the truth of Christ's transforming love.

The Memorial PHC Center will include:

• 30-bed wards for men, women and children
• lab
• pharmacy
• basic surgical capability (for obstetric emergencies)
• outpatient diagnosis and treatment center

Initially, the center will be staffed by three medical missionaries, Dr. Rob Congdon, and two nurses, along with qualified Sudanese staff. A full Sudanese staff will be equipped to run the facility by 2012. The first Sudanese doctor will be trained by Kijabe Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Community Health Worker Training

The Community Health Worker Training School will expand health services further into rural areas. After completing the nine-month program, students will be equipped to start primary health care units. Twenty graduates each year could yield 50 -100 new PHC units by 2012, when the PHC Center and school will be handed over to Sudanese leadership.

In addition to training the workers in community health, the school will strengthen and equip them as Christian leaders. Classes in Bible, evangelism, and spiritual growth will prepare them to reach out to surrounding communities through village health care and evangelism.

Give

Would you consider playing a part the restoration of South Sudan? Your financial gift will help restore broken lives and build the Church.

This project funds:

• clinic construction and renovations (USD $150,000)
• clean water facilities (USD $10,000)
• solar power supply (USD $10,000)
• furnishing and equipment (USD $50,000)
• operating expenses for the first seven years of operation (USD $371,500)
• scholarships for Sudanese medical staff to receive further training (USD $50,000)

Your gift of any size will bless the people of South Sudan through compassionate health care offered in the name of Christ. Thank you for your partnership in this effort!

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