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MEDICINE FOR MERU
AN EASY WAY TO HELP
The Diocese of Meru owns one hospital, the Nkoaranga Hospital at Nkoaranga village, and five dispensaries. The Diocese also supervises a Primary Health Care Service designed to promote health care in the villages. The hospital has 80 beds and receives an average of 60 outpatients per day. It also has a mater
nal and child health clinic, diagnostic laboratories, X-ray, ultrasound and dental services. The hospital also runs an orphanage for 30 children.
While the hospital provides basic services, there is a continuing need for basic medicines. Contributions to the Greater Milwaukee Synod Meru Committee earmarked for "Medical Concerns" can be used to buy the medicines locally in Tanzania. While it has become more difficult for delegations to take medicines into Tanzania without paying duties, we can take medical supplies such as gloves, dressings, bandages, and dental supplies, etc.
CONSIDER A CASH GIFT TO MERU "MEDICAL CONCERNS"
Rich Lindberg Reflects on What He Can Do
"I RECENTLY sent a $50 check to the Synod office for Medical Supplies for Meru.
"I was at Walgreens and bought the periodic supply of vitamins, calcium, Ibuprofen, etc. At times like that I remember the bare shelves 
at the hospital dispensary high on Mt. Meru in Tanzania. I remember bringing the suitcases full of medicine to the hospital and how happy they were to restock their shelves.
"In the past I would have bought some non prescription medicines at Walgreens, and added them to a collection at church for the “Medical Supplies for Meru”. But the world has changed. Sandy Ringwall has done a fantastic job of collecting medical supplies, packing suitcases and having them ready for the next trip to Tanzania. But now, the Tanzania customs people go through the suitcases, check everything for expiration dates and then charge customs duties to bring the medicine into the country. Even the new weight limits by airlines have made the job more difficult. We are no longer collecting the medicine, but asking people to provide the money instead.
"It is actually much cheaper to send the money to the hospital and have them buy the supplies locally. Everything they need is available in Tanzania at prices lower than here in Milwaukee. The only problem is that the poor people on Mt. Meru can’t afford to buy medicines and the hospital is lucky to be able to pay the doctor, let alone have any medicines on the shelves."
SANDY REFLECTS ON HER TRIP TO MERU
"These pictures of the children are the essence of our partnership. It is all about the people. We would like to see these beautiful children grow up, enjoy good health and go to school, so they can improve their life and break the cycle of poverty. When I look at the children, I see hope and trust and faith in their beautiful faces.
"The hospital 
and clinics and the orphanage need constant help with medicine and medical supplies. When we visited, the shelves were almost bare.
"The hospitals have no food for the patients. Families must walk miles to bring food to their loved ones, and the orphanage is over crowded due to mothers who receive no pre-natal care and die in childbirth. AIDS and malaria take the lives of many and they lack the education and prevention of these diseases. The need for help is great."
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MEDICINE FOR MERU
AN EASY WAY TO HELP
The Diocese of Meru owns one hospital, the Nkoaranga Hospital at Nkoaranga village, and five dispensaries. The Diocese also supervises a Primary Health Care Service designed to promote health care in the villages. The hospital has 80 beds and receives an average of 60 outpatients per day. It also has a maternal and child health clinic, diagnostic laboratories, X-ray, ultrasound and dental services. The hospital also runs an orphanage for 30 children.
While the hospital provides basic services, there is a continuing need for basic medicines. Contributions to the Greater Milwaukee Synod Meru Committee earmarked for "Medical Concerns" can be used to buy the medicines locally in Tanzania. While it has become more difficult for delegations to take medicines into Tanzania without paying duties, we can take medical supplies such as gloves, dressings, bandages, and dental supplies, etc.
CONSIDER A CASH GIFT TO MERU "MEDICAL CONCERNS"
Rich Lindberg Reflects on What He Can Do
"I RECENTLY sent a $50 check to the Synod office for Medical Supplies for Meru.
"I was at Walgreens and bought the periodic supply of vitamins, calcium, Ibuprofen, etc. At times like that I remember the bare shelves at the hospital dispensary high on Mt. Meru in Tanzania. I remember bringing the suitcases full of medicine to the hospital and how happy they were to restock their shelves.
"In the past I would have bought some non prescription medicines at Walgreens, and added them to a collection at church for the “Medical Supplies for Meru”. But the world has changed. Sandy Ringwall has done a fantastic job of collecting medical supplies, packing suitcases and having them ready for the next trip to Tanzania. But now, the Tanzania customs people go through the suitcases, check everything for expiration dates and then charge customs duties to bring the medicine into the country. Even the new weight limits by airlines have made the job more difficult. We are no longer collecting the medicine, but asking people to provide the money instead.
"It is actually much cheaper to send the money to the hospital and have them buy the supplies locally. Everything they need is available in Tanzania at prices lower than here in Milwaukee. The only problem is that the poor people on Mt. Meru can’t afford to buy medicines and the hospital is lucky to be able to pay the doctor, let alone have any medicines on the shelves."
SANDY REFLECTS ON HER TRIP TO MERU
"These pictures of the children are the essence of our partnership. It is all about the people. We would like to see these beautiful children grow up, enjoy good health and go to school, so they can improve their life and break the cycle of poverty. When I look at the children, I see hope and trust and faith in their beautiful faces.
"The hospital and clinics and the orphanage need constant help with medicine and medical supplies. When we visited, the shelves were almost bare.
"The hospitals have no food for the patients. Families must walk miles to bring food to their loved ones, and the orphanage is over crowded due to mothers who receive no pre-natal care and die in childbirth. AIDS and malaria take the lives of many and they lack the education and prevention of these diseases. The need for help is great."