Kitete Hospital, Tabora

Following the arrival of the 40 foot container in 2000 and another 20 foot container in 2002, three 20 foot containers filled with over 300 hospital beds, anaesthetic machines, an operating table, educational books, ECG and blood analysing machines, hospital furniture, etc. were delivered to Tanzania during the summer of 2003.

The contents of these containers were used at the Regional Hospital and also at a new Anglican Clinic where Giles and Annie Roberts were starting a new clinic to serve the rural area surrounding the town of Tabora in Tanzania.

In the Regional Hospital, which serves an area of the size of Ireland, the Chief Medical Officer, a Tanzania Doctor, had a list of much needed items on his desk. These were items that were required at the hospital and became his “wish list”.

As the containers were emptied he found that his “wish list” was being ticked off and when Paul and his parents later visited he greeted them with the words “God is good”.

St. Phillips Anglican Clinic

Giles and Annie Roberts were given the task in 2001 of setting up a Clinic just outside the town of Tabora to cater for 40 patients each day. However, in just six months 90 patients were visiting the clinic on a daily basis.

To help meet the needs of the local community, the Government gave permission for the Anglican clinic to establish a 20 bed maternity unit. The containers sent by AMARA Aid provided the Unit with 20 pump-up beds, an electric bed, bed linen, curtains and various other items which allowed the facility to be opened during Christmas 2003. Although the incidence of HIV/AIDS has not reached the epidemic levels found in other African countries, there were many pregnant women who had contracted the virus. A new education program was launched in the new in-patient maternity unit aimed at preventing the disease being passed on to newborn children.