Staff housing for medical personnel at Lugala Lutheran Mission Hospital, Tanzania

Location: Lugala, Ulanga dDistrict, Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Client: Lugala Lutheran Mission Hospital,

Main Donor: SolidarMED
By promoting the development, improvement, and long-term security of primary health care, SolidarMed has a significant share in empowering even people in the poorest countries of Africa to exercise their right to health and in making health become operative as a developmental factor.

Dates: July 2010 – March 2011

Report by: Martin Taylor

Nature of work: This started with block production and construction training for the hospital technician. Good Earth Trust also assisted them procure an ISSB block press machine

Results / Outcomes:

• Improved physical infrastructure at the hospital and 2 health outposts
• Building of 4 single room apartments for qualified hospital personnel to attract quality personnel and reduce the acute problem of the same at Lugala Lutheran Mission Hospital

Other information: We got this contact through our partners at BCCT in London – thanks to Graham F.W. Smith, Manager – British Consultancy Charitable Trust.