Mbooga Clinic 2016 Update

When we visited in November Dr Raphael was still in charge and he warmly welcomed us. The dispensary and clinic look in good order, though the villagers need to deal with the bats in the roof before they damage the ceilings too badly. The Doctor’s house is still lacking windows and permanent doors; FUM will ask the District to finish this work as soon as possible. The solar power system needs a new battery and some maintenance to restore power to the clinic.

Sadly after three test drills to find a suitable place to sink a borehole no water was found so extending the rain water harvesting facilities for the clinic is under consideration. More gutters plus more and larger water holding tanks will be needed, and we are taking advice on the feasibility of putting an underground tank in place. But as the local geography is solid rock this may not be possible. The current Sim tanks appeared rather undermined and we were told this was the result of floods earlier in the year. Trying to put a positive slant on this it shows some good rains do occur so every effort must be made to harvest as much of this water as possible

Richard Pratt and Jo Taylor
FUM chairman and Medical Liaison Officer