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A HANDS-ON-MISSION IN LIBERIA AND SIERRA
LEONE, AFRICA
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KISSY FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE Advance number:
or you may send your funds to the OC office
Kissy Clinic is seeking to raise the funds for a surgical ward . The cost is about $100,000 For a 20 minute video on A DAY AT KISSY CLINIC, contact the OC Office Dr. Dennis Marke has been the Medical of the UMC Health and Maternity Center in Kissy Freetown, Sierra Leone, since January 1, 1997. This clinic was established in 1947 by the Sierra Leone Annual Conference, to serve the Kissy area (an eastern area of Freetown which is the most populous of the eight wards of greater Freetown). At that time there was no general hospital and only a few private clinics. The clinic has primarily served the women and children of the area with obstetrics facilities and care, and maternal and infant welfare services. Over the years, because of financial constraints, the Sierra Leone Annual Conference has not been able to maintain the clinic's quality to meet the medical needs of the area. SOMETHING NEW AT KISSY: A Dental Clinic is being established. Dr. Solomon Chirstian, chairperson of the Southeastern Medical Association of the UMC was recently in Freetown and worked with the conference to train a Sierra Leone person to work in the Dental Clinic. VOLUNTEER Medical personnel (lab tech., For an application check the application page Financial needs Salary Support for Dr. Dennis Marke. Operation Doctor, the medical program of Operation Classroom, is responsible to pay Dr. Marke's salary. You can help support him for $100 per month. We ask that this be a 12 month commitment. ¨ Purchase of medications and prescription drugs. Funds are needed to purchase viable prescription medications funds from Holland. Many drugs in Sierra Leone are fake. To read about this click here. ¨ Shipping of medical supplies. A lot of the supplies and equipment we ship comes from US clinics or hospitals. They donate the supplies and equipment but do not assist in the shipping costs. ¨ HIV/AIDS education. Funds will provide materials and staff for HIV/AIDS education in the clinic, schools, and districts.\ ¨ Renovation . Although the General Board is doing a major renovation of the clinic to make it into a hospital, there are many small projects that need to be done now. ¨ Benevolent care. Many patients are unable to pay for the services of the clinic, and they have no insurance. A benevolent care fund has been established. To read stories about the benevolent care fund and how it helps, click here HANDS ON PROJECTS: You may provide any of these medical items. They will be distributed through the UMC schools and clinics. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SUPPLIES Gauze Bed sheets- good quality, single bed size infant scales sutures 0,1,2, chromic; 0,1,2, Dexon Fetal Monitors NUTRITIONAL Ensure or other similar supplements MEDICATIONS - NOT EXPIRED ONES! Iron syrup OFFICE SUPPLIES Reams of paper LABORATORY Binocular microscope (2, not electric) OTHER 5 floor fans
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UMC HEALTH AND MATERNITY CENTER