The Duk County Lost Boys Clinic

Bringing Health Care and Hope to Sudan

Despite having suffered through years of oppression and attacks by the Khartoum regime that tried to impose an extremist form of Islamic Sharia law, the people of my village share my optimism about our future.

Thanks to the generosity of supporters around the world, we have completed our fundraising for building the clinic in Duk Payuel Sudan. Now we need to hire medical staff and send supplies; will you please help us raise the money to make this possible?

We look at this empty structure and see a clinic where our children are being vaccinated, mothers are safely giving birth, and no one has to travel by foot for 75 miles for basic medical care.

The positive outlook of the Duk Payuel people is so contagious that in the last few weeks, the United Nations started resettling refugees in our village. In fact, just last week, USAID came to the village and proposed to set up a feeding center next to the clinic.

Some have commented that the picture looks like an empty building. In many ways they are correct. Without medical staff, medicine and funds, this building would just be an unfulfilled dream.

To fully staff and provide the operating costs for the first year, we need to raise $417,000.

Thanks to the continuous generosity and support of people like you, we have already raised almost $75,000. This money has helped us hire Dr. Miriam, a doctor from Kenya who will arrive at the clinic next month. Assuming supporters like you and others continue to provide the necessary funds, Dr. Miriam will be joined by a nurse (Viera), a lab technician (Peter) and a midwife (Caroline).