Clinic Completion and Hand-over

There were over 500 people who came to the handover. People from the villages walked for miles to attend the handover. All the children from the Katombora Basic School and the Katombora Reformatory School attended and performed skits and dances. The Preschool kids were part of the entertainment as well, and several of the women from the villages, performed cultural dances in the hot sand in thanksgiving and happiness for the new clinic. Many dignitaries were present for the occasion, and the event was televised by the national television station.

The new clinic has a registry room, screening/exam room, children’s ward, a male ward, with male toilet and shower, a female ward, with toilet and shower, an ART/Injection Room, a pharmacy; and it further houses an Environmental Office, which will help to enable a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment. The “under-five” clinic, prenatal care, and emergency care, are also provided at this facility. Both the maternity clinic, and the new clinic, has hot and cold water. In addition an incinerator was built and an outside kitchen, and clean water is provided by a borehole installed on the clinic grounds.