The goal of the project was to improve healthcare for the residents of the Maridi district in South Sudan through the construction of a health centre providing regular medical care and through health education.

Above all as a consequence of the long-running war, there is an acute shortage of facilities providing such services in the country. Preventive programmes that could raise health awareness among the population are also lacking. The result is a low average life expectancy and high rates of illness and mortality, especially among children and mothers.

Thanks to the project, a hospital was built in the village of Manguo near the town of Maridi. It was officially opened on 20 November 2012 and provides regular professional medical services. The facility also delivers care to more distant areas, in particular through a mobile clinic.

The project raised health awareness among the population by introducing preventive education programmes and animations in individual villages of the district. These focused above all on the following topics: childcare, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, vaccination, hygiene, traditional medicine and the like.

The direct target group was more than 20,000 residents living closest to the new facility and within the direct reach of the mobile clinic. Indirectly, it also serves more distant or migrating populations.

The project was carried out in cooperation with BOSCOAID and was supported from the state budget of the Slovak Republic through the official development assistance programme SlovakAid with a contribution of €244,516.77.