The vision of our medical clinic is to provide available care for the entire population, including the poorest of the poor, the homeless and patients of every race and religion. Currently, we have space for outpatient care, inpatient care and deliveries. We have a dream to continue to grow and also offer surgical procedures, including cesarean sections.

The clinic is located in the Bujovu district of the city of Goma in eastern D.R. Congo. The Bujovu district is an area close to the border of Rwanda and next to the Goma International Airport.

In recent years the city of Goma has expanded toward this area, many people have bought land and built on it. In the beginning there were mostly simple huts, but over time more and more houses made of stone.
There are several small medical posts in the area. The city’s general hospital is about a 30-minute drive from the area. However, the vast majority of people do not have access to medical care because of lack of finances and because they do not have transportation to the hospital. For the Congolese population in general, 70% have little or no access to health care. One in 10 children dies before reaching the age of 5.

We will eventually build a 3-story building. With on the first floor at the entrance, a desk for registration and scheduling, a room for triage of patients and two doctors’ consulting rooms. In addition, a pharmacy and laboratory and a room for financial administration. On the first floor there will also be a special room for conferences, training in community health ect.

There will be a wheelchair ramp to the second floor, the south wing of the second floor will become the surgical wing with an operating room, a recovery room, a room for sterilization and a changing room for the medical staff. This room is separated from the rest of the floor by doors for hygienic reasons. The north wing will have two delivery rooms, a neonatology ward and three rooms for inpatient care and a toilet block.

On the top floor are three more admission rooms, a kitchen and a rest room for medical staff. There is a library and archive space. And in the south wing there are three offices; for the director, hospital administration and stewardship. In an annex there will be three rooms for radiological examination, an ultrasound room, an X-ray room and a scanner.

In August 2024, we started providing medical care. We bought land in recent years and built a wall around it. On this, the outhouse was built! We also built a toilet building, placenta pit and waste disposal furnace. We dug a septic tank and installed a water tank.

With that, everything is in place and we have started providing basic medical care in a small setup. The annex will later serve as a radiology department. In the current start-up phase, this small building serves as an outpatient clinic, a delivery room and an inpatient room.

While we have started with basic medical care in the building that is now ready we will continue with the working out the other plans, raising funds and then building the main building.

Starting this way gives us the opportunity to see patients in a small setting and grow over time. We can explore patients’ needs and make connections in the neighborhood.

The first step is to set up the clinic. After this, we can start providing medical care.

Currently, the clinic is open for basic medical care. We are looking for people, organizations and companies who would like to get involved to bear the monthly cost of salaries, medication, laboratory resources. In addition, we would like to expand the laboratory and purchase more medical equipment to provide more advanced care.

A next step is to expand admission capacity, since the demand for care is already greater than what we can offer.

The following (medical) personnel are currently working in our clinic:

Funds have yet to be raised for the first year’s personnel costs. Initially 2 doctors will be hired, 4 nurses, 1 laboratory worker, 1 cleaner and 2 guards. The total personnel cost for this is €31,200 for the first year.
There is currently something to start, but not yet enough to run for a year.

Below is an overview of the costs:

To cover all costs, we are still raising funds in abundance.

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