The Girls Christian Institute in Warud, India is making an addition to its campus--a medical dispensary is being developed to support the existing facilities. Sometimes students at the GCI have illnesses (such as malaria and the flu) that need to be contained in order to protect the rest of the 300 children at the facility. With the existing facility, the sick children are not well isolated from the rest and eventually pass the illnesses to more children.
After a few months of planning, a strategy for the dispensary's structure and use was developed. Construction is now underway and scheduled to be completed before the children come back to school in August. The two wards--one for girls and one for boys--will include examination rooms, restrooms and a small pharmacy/lab. Children, Incorporated will also provide equipment once the building is finished: beds, hospital beds, lab equipment, cabinets and medicine.
This facility will provide medical assistance to our children, as well as the community. They have the services of a permanent nurse, our former Children, Incorporated sponsored child Mangala Wuike for this year. The authorities at the GCI are looking for ways to conduct free medical clinics to provide medical and dental check ups to our children, as well as to members of the community. The idea is to bring a doctor or dentist to the dispensary in a regular basis, so that the services can be provided to all who need the assistance.
This project was made possible thanks to the generous assistance of Mr. Barry Chappell of the Barry Chappell Fine Arts Showcase.