Sudan Health Center Sudan

November, 1994 Sudan Health Center is considering opening a health clinic in the Adol area.  But first, there needs to be some commitment on the part of the community.  Land and a tukhel are donated and a committee is formed.  Martin Makuek is elected secretary.  Thus began Martin’s involvement with Sudan Health Center which continues to this day.  Martin says that at the time he was a ‘simple man’, minding his goats and cows, a ‘simple agriculturalist’.  Part of his duties include  keeping records of medicine stock, riding his bicycle to pick up medicines in Diakwe and bringing them back to the clinic.

The following year when Sudan Health Center opened the Adol Training Center, Martin was hired as the compound manager.  The area was “very bush” according to Martin.  Over the years, land was cleared, a well was dug, gardens planted, buildings went up, and Martin planted trees – banana trees, papaya trees, lemons, guava, mango, and morenga trees.  He’s even tried growing avocado and pineapple, transforming the ‘bush’ into an organized compound.  It has taken time, but Martin says that “something good always takes time”.

Despite his 67 years (or maybe it is 68, he isn’t exactly sure), Martin continues to work.  You will find him sweeping areas of the compound, clearing weeds, or planting new fruit trees.  He says it is important to set a good example.  And it is important to give back to the community.  Martin is an active member of the local PTA.   And when he isn’t doing one of these many things, you will find Martin sitting in his chair, relaxing in the shade of one of the trees he has planted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 ~ Indicator of some Significant Local Church Linkages

When we started this program, the church leadership was not involved so not much linkage can be sited at this moment.

 

2 ~ Individuals & Transformation

In Aworo alone 333 out 411 households have constructed latrines, the numbers of those who profess to boil drinking water has risen for mere 20 homesteads at the beginning of the program to 731 in the three communities involved in WASH.  (Goja, Kembe dole and Aworo)

 

3 ~ Indicate Material (Economic and/or Physical) Improvement:

Protected Well Building

The people of Gorokolo village in Goja Boma’ after the WASH information analysis carried out in June 2010 in the community, under the leadership of the Advocacy team members Emmanuel Moro and Hygiene Promoter Joseph Guya mobilized the people with the help of that headman Festo Moi. The headman grouped the people according to households, five households were able to gather materials like sand, stones, bricks, carpet and wire mesh for construction of a shallow well. The headman and two mobilizers approached a community based organisation called CAFT for technical know how and personnel. This CBO also contributed 5 bags of cement towards the construction of the swallow well. The 5 households, who were involved in the collection of materials, also dug the swallow well and even helped the technical personnel with the necessary labour.  The construction of the swallow was completed within 4 days. These households are now happy of their new protected swallow well and to keep it clean, have prepared to fence it and have the water treated before consumption.

 

 

Fig 14 Headman Festo Moi and Advocacy Team Emmanuel Moro at the Protected well built by the community of Goja recently

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fig 15 Ben Matata, the WASH Facilitator meeting                                    some of the Mobilizers in Goja Community. These                                  people are now pivotal in the mobilization work. Note                              the composition of women involved in the                                           sensitization/mobilization