The Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Zimbabwe has been . Chidamoyo is located in northern Zimbabwe and provide invaluable services to the people in their surrounding areas, many of whom are subsistence farmers.
They provide a wide range of care including both in-patient and out-patient treatment along with laboratory, x-ray and pharmaceutical services. Many of the patients treated are either infants or those suffering from AIDS related illnesses.
Kathy McCarty, a Nurse Practioner who has been working at this rural mission hospital for 28 years, and others at Chidamoyo Hospital are using to keep the hospital afloat so as to serve as many patients as possible with dignity, love, kindness, and the best medical service possible under the circumstances. Kathy has no phone access, and suggested we talk with Larry Gail, a supporter of the hospital who lives in Seattle.
Donations can be sent to :
Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, c/o Sue Beckstead, P.O. Box 714, Sebastopol, CA 95473.
Donations of medical supplies, etc.:
Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, c/o Sue Beckstead, 8400 Appleseed Way, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
Medical Teams International (MTI) (a large international aid organization out of Portland), has very generously committed to provide Chidamoyo Hospital with up to $700,000 worth of brand new medicines, equipment and supplies from the hospital's Needs List that we provided to MTI for review. All that is required is that we raise $22,000 to cover MTI's procurement and shipping costs.
Information about MTI
http://www.medicalteams.org/sf/Home.aspx
- KBOO