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Nebaj is the southern gateway to the Ixil region of Guatemala and the Nebaj Hospital serves three towns creating the Ixil Triangle (Nebaj, Chajul and Cotzal). The hospital sees approximately 300-400 patients a week and has great need for the updated supplies and equipment in this shipment. Additionally, these supplies will benefit 30 community clinics supported by this hospital.
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War and conflict in Uganda have ravaged infrastructures and left community health centres with little to no medical equipment. FH Canada is currently working in the community of Mbale in Eastern Uganda. Medical workers there have recently requested 316 desperately needed hospital beds so they can improve the quality of care for the families in this region.
FH Canada has received a request for assistance to supply basic equipment to six community clinics servicing 20 communities where FH Nicaragua is operating. As well this shipment will help meet the urgent needs of three hospitals including the only maternity hospital in the province where medical personnel see an average of 18 births a day.
This 40 foot container of Gleaners soup mix is heading to Mogadishu, the capitol of Somalia, where it will be distributed to approximately 200,000 starving individuals through a feeding program administered by Benadir Hospital. This hospital receives an average of 150-200 new malnutrition cases per day. The main targets in the food distributions are children as well as families who have taken in orphans or households with a single parent.
The Gikomero Health Centre in Rwanda serves a region of approximately 33,000 people. The building was recently completed but it still awaits medical equipment and supplies. This container will allow the health centre to become operational and staff is so thankful to finally have capacity to address two of the most common struggles in their community - maternal health and malaria.
The Gisuru Hospital, in Eastern Burundi, is the sole hospital in the region serving over 200,000 people. The hospital is divided into four quadrants: pediatrics, mature patients, surgeries and maternity, but children fill almost all of the beds. In fact many of the beds hold more than one patient, a nightmare for contagious conditions but a necessity to keep patients off the floor. THANK YOU for supporting Dr. Bosco with your generous donations!
