In 2023 City of Edinburgh Methodist Church decided to support 3 different projects each sponsored by a church member. The projects are
Supporting the children of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe sponsored by Clara Stewart
Methodist Medical Centre, Bebu, Ghana – sponsored by Emmanual Owusu-Ansah
World Bicycle Relief – sponsored by Rosemary Gold
Supporting the children of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
For many years Clara Stewart has helped keep the children off the streets of Bulawayo by supporting an orphanage there.
Clara sends several consignments a year, containing items needed:
Baby and children’s clothes (including knitting several of the congregation are helping with)
Children’s books and toys
Baby formula and baby food
Rice, pasta etc.
It costs £7 per kilo for each consignment to be sent.
Your donations will help feed and clothe the children and so help them look to a brighter future.
Thank you
Methodist Medical Centre, Bebu, Ghana
Maternity block
The maternity wing of the project will have 10 beds, two of which will be used for 1st and 2nd stages while the rest will be used for lying in wards which replaces the current 2 bed maternity ward.
The completion will pave way for more spacious areas for clinical work which is likely to culminate into better patient outcome.
Staffing
The Hospital has a staff population of 174 which includes 24 Midwives. The facility will be in a better position to manage both normal and complicated maternal cases leaving little chances for referrals and maternal mortality should the facility receives the badly needed infrastructure and equipment.
Administrative structure
The facility is owned by the Methodist Church Ghana and all properties of the Church including the health facilities are held in trust by the Board of Trustee.
The Church has a Directorate responsible overall management of the Health and Sanitation in the connection. He reports issues on all our health facilities to the General Directorate of Social Services for Conference attention.
The Medical Centre is located in Kumasi Dioceses. The Bishop of Kumasi Diocese, The Rt. Rev. Stephen Kwaku Owusu takes responsibility of the effective and efficient running of the facility.
The bishop is assisted by the Health Coordinator who happens to be a Reverend Minister in the person of Rev. Ebenezer Kusi-Appiah who is responsible for monitoring of the facilities and ensuring accurate reportage of the business of all the health facilities within the Kumasi Diocese for the attention of the Bishop and Synod.
The health coordinator is assisted by a technical person who act as the General Manager of all the health facilities within the Diocese. He is in the person of Mr. Joseph Atta Amankwah, a Chief Health Service Administrator who currently manages a 140-bed capacity hospital of the Church at Ankaase. He ensures that all the facilities operate within laws, ensure compliance, gives technical support and in some situations manage external relations.
The Medical Centre is managed by an internal management committee of 5 persons made up of Administrative Manager responsible for general administration of the facility, a Senior Nurse (Nurse Manager) responsible for all nursing activities, a Physician Assistance who leads all clinical activities, Finance Officer responsible for financial reporting and a Pharmacy Technician responsible for pharmaceutical issues.
Project management commitee
The projects are managed by the following people
- The bishop or his representative
- The Health Coordinator
- The General Manager
- The management team of the facility represented by the administrative manager
- The Finance Officer of the facility
The Need
Our Response
The bicycles
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