Bringing Hope to Flood Victims in South Sudan

We are thankful for the continued support of our donors. It is because of your finanical gifts that we are able to continue our work. The flooding in the country continues to be a major problem. There has been no improvement in the conditions for most parts of the country. In many places the flooding has actually gotten worst. There are now 120,000 people at the Mongalla displacement camp. Our medical staff contiue to assist the hundreds of patients who come to the clinic each month. Malaria is the greatest threat to life. With all the water, mosquitoes have a perfect place to multiply. Your donations are helping us purchase the life saving medication. 

We currently have a mission team from the United States at Mongalla learning how they can better service the people. We are hoping to have a new well dug in the coming month. This will finally give the clinic clean water to use. We are also constructing a building that our maternal and child healthcare can move into. 

Yesterday we held a communuity meeting with over 150 persons including leaders from the camp, cheifs, the local bishop and other communitiy members. We shared the various projects that we are doing. We were pleased to dedicate the education center. We hope to start a primary 1 class in the next month.

As you can see, we are working hard to improve the services we provide to the community. Thank you for being a part of this and being a blessing to these families.

We always look forward in sharing with our friends how our work is going. We have made progress in providing better service to the people in the displacement camp. Flood waters continue to rise in many areas which has resulted in more families seeking refuge. There are now 100,000 people in the displacement camp.

Our maternal health continues to be a major focus for us. Our midwife is the only one in our area of the camp. Therefore, she keeps busy provide assistance to the mothers and their babies. She has delivered dozens of babies safely. Recently she traveled to one of the other mobile clinics in the camp with our clinical officer. A mother had given birth but had serious bleeding. Because our staff was there to provide the needed medicines and help, the mother and her baby survived.

Recently the new mothers were invited to a meeting 'under the tree' to share their ideas on how we could improve our services. With the soft cries of their babies in the background, mothers shared their ideas. As a result we have purchased a birthing bed and other essential equipment to our once empty mobile clinic.

There are many challenges in South Sudan. Our mobile clinic stands as an example to the people that they have not been forgotten. Our staff are providing hope to where it has been lost.

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