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The urgent need on the Global Enduro routes is to get help out to the remote villages.
This year (2009) funds will be used to locate the most needy villages as well as the
optimal ‘local’ partner(s).

The programme will start with one clinic and suitable resources. We will purchase suitable transport to enable them to carry out their work. During the first year we will liaise with village elders to identify suitable women in each village who will be trained to dispense basic medicines without a doctor’s prescription. This will enable them to provide interim care until the doctor or nurse’s next visit. We will also use year one to identify suitable land for the clinic and make plans for its construction. In addition, we will look at the recruitment (where required) of a skeleton base of non medical hospital staff, and spend time liaising with Government officials, village elders, students and teachers to help move the project forward.

Initially we will focus on buying the land, starting the construction of the clinic, acquiring vehicles and equipment and hiring medical and further non-medical staff (a gynaecologist, anaesthetist, paediatrician and family medicine specialists will be required). This will be expanded with a general surgeon, an internal medicine specialist and a pathologist, who will be essential as we require a blood bank – at present it can take between 6-8 hours to get a bottle of blood to a patient! The date for opening the clinic cannot be cast in stone due to the nature of the project but we hope that by June 2010 the clinic will be open and fully functioning, including the out-reach facility.