Medical Outreach Partnership

This summer, Vision Africa President and Founder Bishop Sunday N. Onuoha joined a mission meeting in Plano, Texas, to discuss the dire need for primary health care facilities in Nigeria. The meeting with the Four Corners Ministry of St. Andrew United Methodist Church revealed a common interest in solving the age-old problem of bringing basic health care to those in need.

Inspired by similar visions and believing in the power of partnerships, Vision Africa and Four Corners have joined forces to establish a pilot medical center project in Nigeria.

Working with one of the world's leading experts in developing medical facilities, the pilot project will apply modern business principles and unmatched medical expertise to Vision Africa's well-established community approach to health care. Nigeria can benefit enormously from better access to primary health care that's high quality and sustainable.

Bishop Sunday's home state of Abia is one of the most densely populated areas of Nigeria and the people there face many hardships. Chief among them is a lack of access to good doctors and good medicine.

As you read in the Spring Newsletter, Vision Africa's leadership and volunteers in the U.S. and Nigeria have spent many years drawing up plans and raising funds for Phase 1 of the Vision Africa Medical Center. Starting with a hostel to house mission teams participating in medical outreach ministries, and following through to a fully-functioning medical facility. The government of Abia State in Nigeria donated a significant parcel of land for the project, and Bishop Sunday is overseeing efforts to prepare the land for construction

To this effort, our new partner Four Corners brings an incredible perspective and background in medical business and a shared heart for sharing the gospel in concrete ways through the gift of medicine.

The partnership is new and we will continue to work out details of the pilot medical center project. We appreciate your prayers, thoughts and support as we endeavor to find a new path to sustainable, indigenous solutions for Africa's health crises.

Medical Center Update

Construction is Underway

Healing the sick was a central theme of the ministry of Jesus Christ on Earth, and Vision Africa has always focused on bringing medical care to those in need. This important means of sharing God’s love will be significantly amplified with the introduction of a community medical center in Vision Africa’s ministries.

For many years, Vision Africa’s leadership and supporters in the U.S. and Nigeria have worked to lay the plans and gather the necessary funds to begin the first phase of the Vision Africa Medical Center. The government of Abia State in Nigeria has even gotten into the act, donating a significant parcel of land for the project.

We are thrilled to report that works are under way to clear and prepare the land for construction of Phase 1, Part A: the Medical Residence, for visiting teams of doctors and nurses.

Since we first received capital funds for the Medical Residence, unexpected delays have occurred with this project. This can be common in developing nations, but there is cause for great optimism now that “ground breaking” has taken place. The current preparation works are carried out by local contractors and were made possible by considerable funds raised locally in Nigeria.

With good weather, the project should be complete and operational in a few short months. The good-faith cooperation between Vision Africa supporters in the U.S. and Nigeria sets a fine example for future endeavors of this kind.

Visit www.visionafrica.org to learn more about our medical center plans.