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What We Have Done Already




At Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (now Edward W Sparrow Teaching Hospital):

Provided Heavy-duty air conditioner –Accident & Emergency Department (A&E)

High-quality ceiling fan – A&E

New lighting throughout the department –A&E

X-ray view box installed – A&E

Spearheaded installation of extractor fans –A&E

Provided 400 sets of reading glasses – eye clinic (thanks, Larry & Louise Kachadurian!)

Surgical supplies and equipment – Major Theatre

Stethoscopes and BP cuffs to nurses

1750 blood sugar test strips donated (thank you, Randy!!)

Dressings and other supplies for the surgery.

Farafenni Hospital:

Donated Dr. Levine's Nikon binocular microscope

Donated 94 pair of reading glasses

Illiassa Clinic:

Installed plumbing with washbasins, toilets, showers, etc. in five buildings of the facility

Window screening to keep out flies and mosquitoes

Supplied a nebulizer machine and medication to treat asthma patients

Refurbished the staff quarters building and dug a new privy

Noo Kunda Clinic:

Constructed new outpatient building

Provided for a solar lighting unit supplied by We Care Solar


Arranged for furniture, equipment and supplies

Howard Dalton Memorial Clinic at Jappineh:

Funded window screening to keep out flies and mosquitoes

Saaba Clinic

New roof

Sintet Clinic

2012: Dug a well with solar water pump, constructed a large water-tower with 2000-liter tank, installed solar panels to power the water pump.

2018! Replaced the pump and solar panels. 
Thanks to Water Charity for funding and GambiaRising for their co-operation this year!

Provided nebulizer machine and medication to treat asthmatics

Provided hospital uniforms and medical supplies

Bought a new, heavy-duty inverter for the new solar electrical system WAME installed

Kunkujang Clinic

Donated new toilet for their new clinic

Brickama  Health Center

Coordinated delivery of container of medical supplies from the US

Supervised unloading of same

Facilitated delivery of both educational and medical supplies targeted to other facilities

Hopital de Kafountine, Kafountine, Senegal

Provided a state-of-the-art blood chemistry machine (spectrophotometer) for their lab, the only one within 2 1/2 hours driving!

Helped finance a new top-of-the-line solar pump for the hospital water system
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Donated surgical items to their minor surgery.

Supplied a 2.5 Kw generator.

Installed window screening and built screen doors to keep out mosquitoes and cut down on malaria

Extensive roof repairs on two buildings
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Hopital de Diouloulou, Diouloulou, Senegal

Supplied a 2.5 Kw generator

Rebuilt the toilet facilities

Kaiaf Minor Health Center, The Gambia

2018. New solar water pump, 2000-liter water storage tank, extensive replacement of deteriorated plumping, replaced broken toilet, new washbasin in delivery room, new solar panel to power the pump. 

Thanks to Water Charity for funding and GambiaRising for their co-operation!

 Pakaliba Minor Health Center, The Gambia

A BIG PROJECT! 2018. Borehole. Water tower. 2000-liter water storage tank. Extensive plumbing to the facilities and standpipes in the compound.

Finishing of partly-constructed staff quarters with toilet and washing facilities.

Thanks to Water Charity for funding and GambiaRising for their co-operation!


Educational

Sponsoring needy children for school fees, uniforms, supplies, etc.

Funded tutoring for kids struggling with subjects.

Medical

Helped individual patients to secure needed medical and surgical care

 

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