Container Clinic Featured in Local Media

Hospitals of Hope’s Clinic In A Can has recently been featured in local Wichita media including the tv news station KAKE and also the radio station KFDI. You can see our stories by clicking on the following:

KAKE TV Broadcast

KAKE TV Article

KFDI Article

Hospitals of Hope is sending a three-unit Clinic In A Can to Southern Sudan later this year. The Clinic In A Can is converted from 40-foot shipping containers. This container hospital is Hospitals of Hope’s tenth Clinic In A Can. The first Clinic in a Can was sent in 2005 to Jefferson parish in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. Another six Clinic in a Cans have been sent to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.

While the news that Southern Sudan is set to become the world’s newest country in early July brings hope for many refugees, the infrastructure there is still unstable including access to adequate health care.

“The Clinic in a Can is a practical solution to not only the immediate healthcare needs but also the long-term healthcare needs,” said Michael Wawrzewski, founder and CEO of Hospitals of Hope.

Hospitals of Hope is working with Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Healing Kadi Foundation in Omaha, Neb. to send a Clinic in a Can hospital to Kajo Keji, Southern Sudan. This portable hospital is constructed in three forty-foot shipping containers and will be set up in a “U” shape. This small hospital will contain exam rooms, a laboratory, a pharmacy, and surgical and radiology suites. It will contain a generator and water system, enabling it to be self-sufficient regardless of the surrounding infrastructure.

The Healing Kadi Foundation eventually plans to construct a larger hospital, but that will take several more years. In the meantime, the Clinic in a Can will provide much-needed medical care to the more than 450,000 refugees living in Kajo Keji.

The public and media are invited to tour the three-unit Clinic in a Can before it ships next week at Hospitals of Hope’s office at 3545 N. Santa Fe in Wichita, Kan. For questions or more information contact the Hospitals of Hope office at 316-262-0964.

Container Clinic Continues Bringing Relief in Haiti

Hospitals of Hope’s Clinic In A Can was mentioned as continuing to bring to relief work in Haiti.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Center (JDC) recently reported on the relief efforts continuing to help Haiti recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake.

“Through Partners in Health, (known in Haiti as Zanmi Lasante), the international health organization founded by Paul Farmer, they have brought a “clinic in a can,” a fully equipped medical facility set up in a container to provide services to Fondwa and its environs.”

This container hospital is one of Hospitals of Hope’s ten Clinic In A Cans. The first Clinic In A Can was sent in 2005 to Jefferson parish in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. Another six Clinic In A Cans have been sent to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Hospitals of Hope will send a three-unit container clinic to Southern Sudan later this year.

To read the rest of the article from JDC click on the following link: http://jdcambassadorscircle.blogspot.com/2011/06/jdcs-efforts-in-haiti-highlighted-in.html

Pray for Peace

This Sunday, January 9, Southern Sudan will hold a referendum in which it is expected to vote for secession. The entire country is holding its breath as it waits – not only to see if the South will vote to secede but also to see if the North will respect the election results.

This is a time of great hope. Refugees are returning home to vote; plans are being formulated for building a country and developing an infrastructure.

But this is also a time of great fear. Tensions are high along the border with the North, and international observers are watching closely in an attempt to avoid another civil war. In the North, there’s talk of enforcing stricter Sharia law if the South leaves, which means that non-Muslims living in the North fear for their safety and freedom. Refugees returning to the South are living in schools, crowding in with other families, living in camps. There aren’t enough schools for them, and health care is hard to come by.

Because of this dearth of infrastructure, Hospitals of Hope is working with Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Healing Kadi Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska to construct a Clinic in a Can hospital – a small hospital built out of 3 shipping containers – to ship to Kajo Keji in Southern Sudan. The Healing Kadi Foundation eventually plans to construct a larger hospital, but that will take too long. In the meantime, this pre-built hospital, which will ship to Sudan this Spring, will provide much-needed medical care to the more than 450,000 refugees living in Kajo Keji.

Please pray for peace in Sudan and for the successful development of a new nation. You can keep apprised of developments there on the Satellite Sentinel site or on the BBC. If you want to volunteer to help construct this hospital or are looking for other ways to get involved, contact the Hospitals of Hope office at 316.262.0964 or at info@hospitalsofhope.org.