JumpStart Sudan provides humanitarian releif to the region of Akon, Sudan


		JumpStart Sudan Provides Humanitarian Aid to the region of Akon, Sudan

	Since Akot Lual Arec, a "Lost Boy" of Sudan, founded the organization in 2002, JumpStart Sudan has provided humanitarian aid to the region around Akon, Sudan which is home to approximately 93,000 people. Through four relief missions from 2002 to 2005, JumpStart Sudan representatives have hand-delivered blankets, school uniforms and supplies, mosquito nets and Bibles to the neediest recipients. Medicine and medical supplies were given to the one doctor who serves the community to administer to the people who flock to the area when they hear JumpStart Sudan is coming. The leaders of Akon recognize that their community's greatest need is healthcare. They asked JumpStart Sudan to help them build a clinic. Consequently, all donations in 2006 were directed towards accumulating funds to build a Primary Health Care Unit, or PHCU, in Akon. This small clinic includes exam rooms, a lab, dispensary and space for public education and the training of community health workers. This year's mission focused on the construction of the clinic which began in January 2007 and the need for subsequent furnishing of the clinic with medical and laboratory equipment and supplies so that the clinic can open its doors to begin providing basic healthcare to the men, women and children of Akon.