In 2004, H.E.L.P. International began work on a health clinic in the village of Muuka, Zambia. Muuka is a tiny rural village located in Zambia's Gwembe Valley, a region that is scattered with approximately 400,000 people clustered in small villages throughout. Approximately 2 hours from the nearest town by car, Muuka and its surrounding community is filled with people who do not have regular access to health care. People of all ages, including children and infants, suffer from conditions such as malaria, cholera, malnutrition, and other diseases related to a lack of food and clean drinking water; these conditions could easily be treated if access to health care were more readily available.
The building project aspect of the clinic has just been completed in 2007. Teams from Canada worked alongside Zambian workers to complete the structural aspects of the building such as finishing brick work, adding a corrugated tin roof, weatherproofing parts of the building, and painting the exterior.
The next phase of planning for the operation of this clinic is the provision of medical supplies and the recruitment of qualified medical personnel. A small staff of trained doctors and/or nurses will be required before this clinic can be functional. It is hoped that cooperation with the Zambian government will help to make this clinic an even greater success.
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