The dispensary in the village of Lukuledi belongs to the diocese of Tunduru-Masasi and is run by Salvatorian nuns. It is located close to the border with Mozambique and treats patients from the villages of LukuIedi A and B, Mkolopola and Mraushi as well as patients from other villages in the Masasi district. Depending on the time of year, between 25-50 patients a day come to the outpatient clinic for blood tests and examinations.

Care includes outpatient and inpatient treatment, laboratory tests, a mother and child centre with a maternity ward and a pharmacy

These facilities aim to provide patients with primary care in emergencies and for underlying illnesses, to promote maternal health through pre- and post-natal care and nutrition and vaccination programmes for children.

The aim is often to save the lives of pregnant women and their babies who were unable to make it to a clinic due to the long distances and impassable roads.

Mother and Child Center and Maternity

In order to develop the Lukuledi Dispensary into a health centre, structural and technical additions are necessary. We need an operating theatre where pregnant women can give birth by caesarean section and other surgical procedures can be performed. The expansion into a health centre will also allow other health services and specialist medical services to be connected, which will enable better quality care to be provided .

In the village most people have a low income, so they are barely able to pay for treatment or medication. As a result, the health centre itself has too few financial resources to buy the medication it needs.

Our mission is to save lives - even if people cannot pay for it. Our service relies on donations to pay doctors' salaries, subsidies for treatments and necessary therapies and medication.

In order to maintain health care, especially for the needy patients, we need an additional EUR 350 per month for the purchase of medicines, infusions and dressings.
We also want to buy an ultrasound machine for the delivery room and another 10 beds with mattresses for the maternity ward.

The costs for this are 4.500 euros