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.
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
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
