Family and friends we have done it! We helped build a NICU in Burundi! Now over the next three weeks help us make a Pediatric Ward in that same hospital happen!



Jud at 28 days old when he finally came home from the NICU.
He was on Oxygen for 3.5 more months at home and then
just finally came off a oxygen monitor this month.



The outpouring of love and support for our efforts of building a NICU in Burundi Africa in honor of our sons has been amazing! And because of the quick response to the needs in Burundi they are now going into full renovations and beginning construction on the NICU!!!! We are amazed and humbled by God’s mercy to let us watch this project happen!

When we first started thinking about this opportunity our hope was just to provide oxygen capabilities to this hospital where our dear friend and doctor Alyssa Pfister is working. But quickly our goals were expanded to not only equipping a NICU but beginning the fundraising for a pediatric ward as well.

So many of us have benefitted from the services of a Children’s hospital and can understand the desperate feeling of having a sick baby or child. We wanted to give you a better idea of what your donation would be providing to one of the poorest regions in the world and to children who are in great need.

Kibuye Hope Hospital, Burundi Africa

THE NICU IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW!!!

“I'm amazed and encouraged by the generous gifts. We're getting started here and the room in the OB ward is already cleared out to begin renovations. As you can see in the below pic, there's not much to it yet and we will begin with cleaning and painting, but there will definitely be room for 6 incubators, a nursing desk, and a hand washing station.”  Dr. Alyssa Pfister (http://www.alyssa-in-kenya.blogspot.com/)



The before of the NEW NICU!!! Can't wait to see the
renovations and best of all the equiptment to take
care of the sweet babies in Burundi! Thrilled to see it all start to happen!



Please Donate and help us keep building!!!!

THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE PEDIATRIC WARD AT KIBUYE HOPE HOSPITAL

The ward will be on the ground floor so that the children will have good access to being outside.

A play area adjacent to the building will entice the children to be outside, which will help with their recovery.

There is also a procedure and resuscitation room close to the ward so that when a child needs to be resuscitated, or if a child needs a procedure like a lumbar puncture, this does not have to be done in front of all the other children.

The target bed count for the Pediatric Ward is 48. Ideally, oxygen would be available to most of the beds. There would be a large oxygen concentrator which would pipe oxygen to the ward. In order to achieve good ventilation and lighting, the wards have been designed similar to those which have recently been built at Butaro Hospital in Rwanda. Their innovative design of centrally located beds allows for more windows on the walls, and the sloping ceilings allow for superior passive ventilation.

The nurses' stations have generally been placed near the entrances to the ward so that the nurses can control the patients and family who come in and out of the ward. There is a storage closet near each nurses' station to securely store medication, supplies, equipment, and linens.

There is ample seating at each of the nurses' stations, not only for the nurses, but also for other health professionals who will need to sit there and write notes. There is also a procedure room provided for each ward, as well as access to a meeting room. The meeting room will serve two main purposes: meeting with patients and their families for private discussion, and also a place where teaching in a small group can occur for nursing and medical students.

Dear Friends and family you can help us make the pediatric ward a reality as well! Any donation is appreciated! Please use our secure online donation link or send a check to the address in the left-hand bar of our blog (if you are on your cell make sure to click on View Web Version to see the donation information).



The Finch fam selling lemonade for Kibuye Hope Hospital in Burundi!