(While on home leave Sr. Rosann Ocken, Prioress of Peramiho Priory, sat down with Sr. Inviolata and talked about the work of the sisters in Tanzania-Peramiho Priory. If you would like to learn more about the work the sisters are doing check out www.mbsmissionaries.org.)
The Sisters in Peramiho have a new project that they are
excited to get started on! The sisters run St. Anna’s health center in Uwemba
and do a lot of work with prenatal care and early childhood development. As of
right now, when a woman has complications in her pregnancy and labor she must
travel 40-60 minutes to another hospital for a Cesarean section. With
conditions the way they are, many women and children are dying as a result.
The government wants to create a safer environment for women
to have the operation. They are allowing smaller health centers to create safe
and clean operating rooms to have cesarean sections. The sisters are leading
the cause in the area with creating a Cesarean section department in Uwemba.
One sister will begin schooling in August to further her education to become an
Assistant Medical Officer. She then will be able to do the Cesarean sections
and other minor surgeries.
With the help of an organization in the Netherlands, the sisters
will have some funding to start this project. The Sisters’ hope is to begin
construction in one year and be fully functioning in two years.
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