Project Zimbabwe is a plan to send a shipment of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals and general goods to Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe. We are based in Auckland, New Zealand. The project is endorsed by Horizon International Church which is a registered charitable trust in New Zealand. 100% of funds donated to Make a Plan will be used for the shipping for this project only.
HOWARD HOSPITAL
Founded in 1923, Howard Hospital is a Salvation Army institution situated in the Chiweshe communal land of rural Zimbabwe. Eighty kilometres north of Harare, the hospital is the referral centre for the Mazowe district and has a catchment of greater than 270,000 people.Approximately 25,000 of whom are living with HIV/AIDS
A variety of medical and social services are provided for all ages, from the newborn to the elderly and terminally ill. There are inpatient and Outpatient departments seeing 115,000 patients a year, an Operating Theatre, Pharmacy, Laboratory and facilities for Xray, Ultrasound and Rehabilitation.
With the current economic and political situation in Zimbabwe, there are extreme challenges in providing health care services to the community, especially the requirement for general medical and surgical supplies. Many pharmaceutical companies have left Zimbabwe so most medical supplies must now be imported at costs which are prohibitive to the hospital.
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