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FUTURE PLANS DELIVERY ROOMS The Independent Christmas Appeal and the DVD of AMCR's visit to Aghanistan in Nov'07 have raised £24,000 and £20,000 respectively which means that the Delivery Room at Shutol can be built, the water supply at Darre repaired and a 14 bed hospital and operating theatre, connected to the Delivery Room at Sefied Chihr be constructed. Darre Clinic Darre Clinic Delivery Room has been completed and it only remains for the water supply to be activated. The storm damage to the original spring and reservoir is causing problems as the land owner, on whose land the spring is situated, is unwilling to let the Clinic have use of the spring. It is hoped that the problem can be resolved as the spring water is potable at source so piping it to the Clinic means it is drinkable. However, the excellent US Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) are intending to construct a filtration plant and pump water from the nearby river. This would require a small generator to work the pump which would need fuel hence incurring additional expense; whereas the spring water would be gravity fed. New delivery room to be constructed next to the Shutol Basic Health Centre (BHC) The US PRT, who we had a very constructive meeting with during the trip in Nov 2007, undertook to build an access road to the BHC to enable AMCR to construct a Delivery Room on a cleared site next to the BHC. The PRT were as good as their word and in July 2008 the site was cleared. An agreement was signed with the contractor, Rehman, to begin work as soon as he had received the up-front funds, in early August. The BHC is supplied with water from a spring about 500 yards distant and this spring water is potable. A branch pipe will be connected to the main pipe to take water, by gravity feed, to the header tank in the Delivery Room. The Delivery Room will have doors at both ends which will enable access either to the BHC or to the ambulance hard-standing at the further end. The construction of this Delivery Room should be completed by spring 2009. Construction of a 14 bed hospital in the grounds of the Sefied Chihr Comprehensive Health Centre Funds
for this project which is expected to cost about £50,000 should
be available by spring 2009. The Ministry of Public Health have
requested AMCR to undertake this work: the construction of a small
hospital consisting of two 7 bed wards (male and female), an operating
theatre and indoor lavatories. The building is to be connected to
the existing Delivery Room by an enclosed corridor enabling women
requiring surgery to be wheeled from Delivery Room to operating
theatre under cover. Due to earlier problems two of the five bakeries closed down in 2007 and three remained functioning. In 2008 the price of wheat flour rose from 750 Afghanis per 50 kg to 2000. When the price reached 1250 the three remaining bakeries were forced to close. Should the bakeries open of their volition next spring, when it is hoped the price will have dropped below 1000, this will be a hopeful sign for the future. FUTURE FUNDING Following the success of the Independent on Sunday's Appeal a group of women from the Serpentine Swimming Club in Hyde Park, London are planning to do a sponsored Channel relay swim in September 2008. It is hoped that, added to existing funds, this sponsorship will bring in enough money for AMCR to construct the hospital at Sefied Chihr. Donations
can be made through the Just Giving website: www.justgiving.com/afghanmother/ Thanks
to everyone who has helped make all this possible.
American PRT officers and AMCR staff discussing the new road and site for Delivery Room at the Shutol Clinic
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