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In 2002, a group from Trinity visited our ministry partners in northern Nigeria at the invitation of Archbishop Josiah Fearon.
During that trip, we made a commitment to raise support for staffing for a medical clinic in Kateri – a rural area with no medical facilities.
In May of 2003, we held a benefit dinner for the clinic and have raised enough money to support a doctor and nurse in the clinic for the next four years.
In the following section, you will read more about the work of the clinic.
The Vision
- To provide a simple decent affordable medical care for rural people of all faiths, who now have no access to basic medical care.
- It's 2 AM Your child is in pain and crying.
He seems to have a fever.
What do you do?
If you live in the United States, doctors and emergency rooms and phone support are right on hand.
But if your home is in a rural Nigerian village, you’ll have to manage on your own, pray and hope, and wait for the next visit from Dr. Alao’s mobile clinic ... maybe tomorrow, maybe later in the week.
Kateri
- Kateri a small market town on the road between Abuju and Kaduna, is surrounded by bush country where the bulk of the population live in small villages.
- Resourceful and entrepreneurial people, most are subsistence farmer who generate income from the crops they transport on their heads or on a bicycle to the Kateri market.
- Local medical services for the region’s population of 500,000 are provided two days a week by mogile medical van, staffed on a voluntary basis by Dr. Adedunle Alao.
The nearest hospital with qualified staff is more than 50 miles away.
- The Anglican Diocese of Kaduna has purchased and refurbish a suitable building in Kateri.
There is a well for clean and reliable source of water, and a generator for electricity.
The Plan
- The Diocese of Kaduna plans to equip and run a medical clinic to provide basic medical services to 500.000 people in the region.
Eventually, the clinic will be fully equipped, and staffed 24 hour a day.
The Cost
- Dr. Alao’s estimates is $50,000 to equip the clinic, and $30,000 per year to staff and supply it.
- Foundation grants are being sought for the equipment. We are raising the funds and pledges to staff and supply the clinic in the coming years.
- We must continue to raise funds and obtain the necessary equipment for the clinic, for medical supplies, and staff.
Bishop Josiah and the people of the Diocese of Kaduna have the vision, the commitment, the willing hands to make the project succeed.
They need our financial support, and our prayers.
Want to Help?
If you would like to know more, contact Father Tom Furrer.
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Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 Church Street, Tariffville, CT 06081
Telephone:
(860)651-0201, FAX: (860)651-0203
E-Mail:
trinitychurch@trinitytariffville.org
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