Ouagadougou Hospital – “Source de Vie”

In 2018  Jacob’s Well partnered with a Christian clinic in Ouagadougou, the capital city, called  “The Source of Life”. This small clinic is endeavouring to offer free or heavily reduced healthcare for the poorest people of the city.  A few years ago, they started to build a larger hospital on adjacent land, but then ran out of funds, leaving just a vast empty concrete shell on 2 floors!  However Jacob’s Well has been able to raise £30,000 to fund the completion of a complete wing of this new building.  Electric cables have been installed, tiles for the floors and some walls have been fitted.  Next, the doors, windows and painting will take place before we send beds and equipment to enable them to open the hospital.  This new wing will house a fully equipped 30 bed mother and baby unit.  Currently,  women in labour deliver their babies in a small room in the clinic.  There are often 4 women at the same time delivering their babies on the concrete floor in a space that is too small for a double bed!  Once the new maternity wing is completed, we would like to be able to help the “Source of Life” gradually complete the rest of the hospital complex.  There is room for operating theatres, a surgical ward, radiology and other wards to house patients.  The current clinic has just 4  beds, which is completely inadequate for the huge number of people who make use of this invaluable service.

The Hospital is now finished and contains a maternity unity, general medical clinic, operating theatres, outpatients etc.  The hospital is currently trying to raise money to extend their building onto a second and third floor to provide room for wards to cover various specialities.