| Search: |
Dr. Prince Anyawu, a physician at Faith Alive Clinic in Jos, Nigeria, stands in the clinic's main building after the fire. MCC-supported clinic in Nigeria is destroyed by fire
Tim Shenk Faith Alive Clinic, a free HIV/AIDS clinic supported by MCC in Jos, Nigeria, was destroyed by a fire in the early morning hours of April 13. No people were harmed in the fire, but everything in the clinic's main building was destroyed, including its pharmacy, medical equipment and computers. The clinic's antiretroviral drugs — which prolong the lives of AIDS patients — survived the fire. The fire was apparently caused by a power surge in the clinic's laboratory, reported MCC country representative Joanna Bergen, who is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and lives in Jos. MCC is providing $12,700 Cdn. / $11,000 U.S. to Faith Alive Clinic for immediate needs after the fire. MCC is also providing the clinic with 12,000 HIV test kits to replace kits that were destroyed. Faith Alive Clinic provides free medical care to thousands of HIV/AIDS patients in Jos, a city of about 800,000 in central Nigeria. It is a Christian organization and is staffed largely by volunteers, including physicians, counselors and people with HIV/AIDS. MCC provides $59,000 Cdn. / $51,000 U.S. in annual support for Faith Alive Clinic. MCC is appealing to its constituents for additional funds to help Faith Alive Clinic recover from the fire. The exact amount needed is yet to be determined.
Donate to help the Faith Alive Clinic recover from the fire
|
|
|
RSS
