First to the water source. Basically, a pump that went to deep enough potable water and a reservoir. There was a single spout. Many women, while we were there, visited to fill their bowls and carry them away on their heads.
Next, we visited the site of land donated for our clinic.
Nearby was an electric line.
It looks amazing. And hopeful. There is a lot of space (approx 2 acres) to expand if and when we are able to do so.
Next, we visited a nearby health clinic run by two nurses in training and a midwife.
They mostly see pregnant women and follow up primary care issues like hypertension (though the patient would need to get those medications at a hospital). They do prenatal counseling and some testing (HIV). Women are able to have their first child at the clinic. About twenty births a month occur at the clinic. Subsequent babies are had in the home. It was unclear to me whether the midwife would attend those births, but given that there is only ONE midwife, I suspect there is simply not the manpower to offer such a service.
Birthing room.
Scale to weigh the newborn
Postnatal Ward
Medication room (this is about all they had)
There were many posters offering information on tuberculosis, prenatal care, immunizations and evaluating chronic diarrhea. I could not help but wonder how helpful those were to the frequently illiterate villagers. Especially, given the high number of women we encountered who could not speak English.
The nurses and midwife lived in a dorm near the clinic. I took several pictures of their dorm, goats and the sanitation site for the clinic/dorm. They were fortunate to have a septic system of their own.
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