Karama Rwanda

Site of the Karama Children's and Mother's Health Center

Built in partnership with the Kibungo Anglican Diocese, the Children’s and Womens' Polyclinic currently being constructed in Karama, Rwanda, will serve approximately 60,000 people of Karama in the Kazo and Gashanda Sectors.  This will be the first and only polyclinic in this region and will save the population 2-8 hours walk to the district hospital in Kibungo.  This clinic will initially provide outpatient clinical services including preventative medicine, acute care, HIV treatment and counseling, mental health counseling, and health/wellness teaching in the community.  Over time, the services will be expanded to include inpatient pediatrics, maternal health including deliveries, and caesarian sections.  Although the clinic services will primarily focus on child and maternal health, the clinic will serve all people regardless of the ability to pay, religious affiliations, or gender.  It will also be aligned with the Rwandan Ministry of Health plans for the area, the District Government, and the national health insurance plan, Mutuelle.

Staffing for the clinic will consist primarily of Rwandan national nurses and support staff.  These will be supplemented by international doctors, nurses, social workers, etc. including pediatricians, family physicians, OB/GYN, and pediatric subspecialties.

In June 2009, a groundbreaking ceremony occurred which drew over 1,600 people from the surrounding area, district and national governments, and local churches.  

As of February 2011, the primary building has been completed.  We are currently actively raising the remaining 30,000  USD needed to complete the project and hope to have it completed by the summer of 2011.

This construction of this site is being sponsored though the generosity of the Rwanda Partnership and the citizens of Callaway County Missouri.  If you are interested helping to support the operations of this site, please click here.