Portable Hospital for South Sudan

Local Nonprofit Builds Hospital for Southern Sudan

Wichita, Kansas – As Southern Sudan holds a referendum in which it is expected to vote for secession, Wichita nonprofit Hospitals of Hope is constructing a portable hospital due to ship to Kajo Keji, Sudan this spring.

Refugees have already begun to return to the South, only to find that infrastructure there is even worse than it was before. Returnees are living in schools, crowding in with other families, and living in camps. There are not 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 three forty-foot shipping containers. This small hospital will contain exam rooms, a laboratory, and surgical and radiology suites. It will contain a generator and water system, enabling it to be self-sufficient regardless of the surrounding infrastructure. Hospitals of Hope has previously sent clinics built in shipping containers to Haiti, after last year’s devastating earthquake, and is currently
building a three-container hospital for Haiti, as well.

The Healing Kadi Foundation eventually plans to construct a larger hospital, but that will take years. In the meantime, this pre-built hospital will provide much-needed medical care to the more than 450,000 refugees living in Kajo Keji.
As Hospitals of Hope continues construction, they are in need of skilled volunteers, as well as of construction supplies and medical supplies and equipment. If you would like to help, please contact the Hospitals of Hope office at 316.262.0964 or via email at info@hospitalsofhope.org.

Hospitals of Hope is a Christian medical relief organization based in Wichita, Kansas. Hospitals of Hope aims to improve the healthcare of the under-served, both locally and internationally, through the gathering and distribution of medical supplies and equipment, the establishment and support of low-income clinics and hospitals, and the sending of volunteers to serve abroad. To learn more about Hospitals of Hope, visit www.hospitalsofhope.org.