2015 Project

Zimbabwe Healthy Community

Container of Supplies for Tshelanyemba Hospital

Early in 2015 The Rotary Club of St. John’s Northwest in partnership with The Salvation Army St. John’s Temple, sent a forty foot shipping container to Tshelanyemba Hospital filled with hospital, community and school supplies.

A Team of 8 travelled to Zimbabwe in September 2015 to distribute the supplies and complete number of tasks. Highlights included:

Hospital

Provided life-saving medical supplies and equipment
Nurses on the team instructed on the usage of the supplies
Lecture on wound care and leg edema to staff nurses and students
Installed operating room lights and table donated by the Rotary Club of Saint Pierre
To assist in the prevention of infectious diseases, 100 mattresses, blankets and pillows were purchased locally for the hospital.

Community

Distributed community supplies to the hospital and nearby villages, including clothing, footwear, bicycles, water buckets, and household goods
Repaired a roof that was damaged in a storm
Distributed tools and supplies to a carpentry school and maintenance shop
Presented Bibles, tambourines and uniforms to the local church
Provided five albinos with a one-year supply of sunscreen

Schools

Provided school supplies and sporting equipment to seven primary schools
Provided school and office supplies to a high school
Taught English classes at the local high school

Water and Agriculture

Visited the village where the Rotary Club of St. John’s Northwest funded an artesian well in 2014 and saw the gardens that are now growing
Visited the farm where the team fenced 10 acres of land in 2014. Farming has now quadrupled and provides enough vegetables to supply the hospital, with surplus being sold to supplement hospital income
Purchased a pump and irrigation supplies for the farm