SAMPLE PAGE-JENNA MCARDLE: SIERRA LEONE GLOBAL HEALTH OUTREACH TRIP

Jericho Road's Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center (AMMCHC) seeks to improve healthcare access and services to the people of Kono District, regardless of their economic, religious, or social standing. The goal is to assist Sierra Leone in developing sufficient healthcare resources and infrastructure in order for people to be healthy and whole.




AMMCHC offers both inpatient and outpatient services in a facility that includes five exam rooms, a screening and triage area, a laboratory, a pharmacy, a surgical suite, a birthing suite, a pediatric ward with five beds, and an adult inpatient ward with 18 beds.

Services include:

• Diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases
• Maternal and neonatal care
• Surgical procedures, including C-sections, hernia repairs, and appendectomies
• Treatment of non-communicable diseases
• Ongoing Ebola screening and triage protocols for all patients
• Feeding program for malnourished children
• Sickle cell clinic for youth ages 0-21 years old, in partnership with Dr. Cheedy Jaja of the University of Cincinnati

Global trip participants serve alongside local clinic staff in daily operations ranging from administrative support to medical services. Any funds raised above and beyond the fundraising goal will be donated directly towards clinic operations.  All gifts are tax deductible.