Healthcare

Ministry Team:
Olive Okoro, Karina Smith, Oryagi Geoffrey

Namiti Clinic

Namiti Base and Clinic
Hearing the cry of the need for healthcare from those of Namiti and neighboring islands, SHIM agreed in 2010 to partner with YWAM (Youth With a Mission) and the island communities to reopen the unoccupied YWAM base and medical clinic on Namiti.

Since the closing of the base and clinic, the southern island residents have been without healthcare. This is especially troublesome for women and children, who have to travel several hours for anything from immunizations to childbirth. In the past, YWAM was providing both preventative and curative healthcare for the area, but has been unable to reinstate those services.

After receiving God’s confirmation and provision to begin renovations, SHIM plans to begin the remodel work in January 2011. We are praying for two skilled and faithful health-care providers, whether Ugandan or foreign. The biggest needs are in community teaching, midwifery, and family practice.

Other needs include: Finances to restock the clinic with essential supplies and equipment, and to pay the monthly salaries of the medical personnel until such a time as the clinic becomes self-sustaining.   

“For some time we have felt burdened by the needs of Namiti and the other southern islands. They are in such devastation, both physically and spiritually,” commented Karina Smith in a 2010 update.

Having already worked in the southern islands through evangelism and discipleship, as well as water and sanitation, SHIM is anxious to see how God will use this expansion of vision to bring His light and life to the people there.