Sanyati Baptist Hosptial Makeover Update

The Sanyati Hospital Makeover continues to progress. We have been blessed by so many different groups that have come our way since the beginning of the year (2014) Many of the teams which have come to work on the hospital have also done other types of ministry as well. This group taught Bible Stories and did crafts with children.

The emphasis in the past few months has been to get the Maternity and OB Ward of the hospital up to a usable standard. This has been a major project that has included a number of aspects. The Maternity Ward was built by local builders about 16 years ago (according to a plaque on the wall). In its beginning it was a very up to date unit to bring a much needed service to the “Waiting Ladies” of the Sanyati area. Unfortunately, during the intervening years, time, a collapsing economy, and marauding termites have not been kind to the facility. The teams coming this year have been helping to completely refurbish the Pregnant ladies ward rooms, the OB area and the delivery area. This includes working on the plumbing, repairing and replacing ceilings that were devastated by termites, reworking lighting, replacing wooden partitions between stalls in the delivery area with Stainless Steel, and painting the entire wing. All of this work should be finished before the end of August. Two teams of note were at the hospital during June and July. The first team with a difference came from Baptist Bible Church. This is a completely local team from Harare. Their main movement on the Makeover was in the painting of the Delivery Area and in doing some ceiling repair. Along with their work on the Maternity area there was preaching at Sanyati Baptist Church and the University students taught Sunday School for the Secondary School Students. A second team that motivated a great movement forward was the team from Heritage Hills and Zion Baptist Churches in Conyers GA.

During their time, major work was carried out on the infrastructure of the ceilings, lighting rewiring, and then painting of the repaired ceilings.

Ministry was also done daily with chapel services, visiting of new mothers and babies, Bible Studies for women waiting to deliver, Sunday School teaching and preaching at a local church. In addition In Service Training to help the hospital nurses keep their continuing education up to date was provided, and instruction in the use of the Fetal Sonogram were given. All of this was done with noticeable quality and workmanship. When these two teams left, a great leap forward could be seen in the progress for this year.