Part 1: History of CRESS Clinic
Part 3: History of CRESS Clinic
When our founder, Caroline Lamb, first visited Liwolo in South Sudan the health care system was in such a poor state, it was described like “a human body without any blood flowing through it”; there was perhaps a trickle of blood keeping a few cells and organs alive, but most of the health services had hardly changed in 50 years.
Caroline visited the local hospital in Liwolo, South Sudan in 2010. It consisted of four buildings erected by Crossroads Christian Communications Inc.. The hospital was built to provide intermediate medical care for the 43,000 people of the local community, with help from the Sudanese government. However, it was difficult to access after rains, insufficiently equipped, and government support never came. Additionally, three of the buildings were destroyed after a storm. The remaining undamaged building housed a Primary Healthcare Clinic, staffed by a Clinical Officer, 5 community health workers, 1 qualified nurse and 1 traditional birth attendant. This left the local population without adequate hospital facilities, and a staff team too small to aid the people.
This experience further moved Caroline and her community to support the people of Liwolo.
