Malamulo Hospital in Need of Medical Supplies

Medical Supplies Arrive

A shipment of supplies have arrived at Malamulo Hospital. Here is a thank you from the CEO of the hospital:

Dear [Giving Children Hope]:

Here some of the pictures that were taken of the shipment coming in. We really appreciate all the GCH has done for us. We are in one of the poorest areas of Malawi which is one of the poorest countries in the world. [Of all our patients], 75% of our patients have HIV/Aids. We have a community health program trying to deal with the situation. Right now the people are starving because they have run out of food and the harvest is coming. We have had so much rain that I think we will have a good harvest, so things are looking up. During this rainy season we are average 150 inpatients a day.

We are thankful for your help and your prayers.

Don
Malamulo Hospital

2009.02.17 by Harmony Trevino

LLU Students Raise Money for Malawi Project

Students at LLU are partnering with Giving Children Hope in shipping a 40ft container of supplies to the Malamulo hospital in Malawi. Kimberly Payne (Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anatomy) and her husband, Marvin Payne (Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, La Sierra University), are officers of the Board of Directors of GCH and wanted to bring together their mission at GCH with the Malawi project. Pooja Mujumdar, (graduate student, Dept. of Pharmacology) is working with them to coordinate meetings between Don, CEO of the Malamulo hospital, and GCH staff to match priority needs with medical supplies and equipment currently available through GCH. An anonymous donor has initiated a $5,000 matching challenge, the proceeds of which will go toward stocking and shipping this container. Students and staff in Kimberly Payne’s research lab have started the efforts to match this challenge by collecting donations for the Malawi project instead of exchanging Christmas gifts, which resulted in $155 raised so far.

To help match this challenge, contact Giving Children Hope at 714-523-4454.

2008.02.12 by

Pharmaceuticals Ship

In partnership with Union Rescue Mission and Loma Linda University, Giving Children Hope has sent four shipments of pharmaceuticals, valued at $1.6 million, to Malamulo Hospital in Makwasa, Malawi.

Malamulo Hospital serves 6,000 patients a month, most of which are women and children. The five most prevalent ailments treated at Malamulo are HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, respiratory viruses, and obstetrics. Malamulo Hospital is equipped with x-ray machines, laboratories, and operation rooms. The hospital serves a population of 27,000.

Malawi is completely rural with a 17 percent HIV infection rate. Malamulo is particularly keen at treating HIV/AIDS patients and is more successful than U.S. doctors at preventing HIV transmission from mother to child during childbirth.

2009.01.30 by Harmony Trevino

Shipment Leaves for Hospital

Giving Children Hope, along with Loma Linda University, has sent a shipment to equip the Malamulo Adventist Hospital in Malawi with needed equipment, supplies and pharmaceuticals.

The hospital is partnered with an adjoining Malamulo College of Medical Science, which trains nurses, medical technicians, medical assistants, and clinical practitioners.

Loma Linda University has been partnering with Malamulo Adventist Hospital to create a field station in Malawi, which would be a training ground for all of Africa.

2008.05.22 by Harmony Trevino