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Thanks to the help of our Donors and Friends, the everyday challenges we have to face become much easier – thank you! See what’s new.
23 Nov 2023
Visits of people from Poland and from all around the world are slowly becoming a tradition in our hospital. We always look forward to these visits and wait with great excitement for interesting conversations, new experiences and, most importantly, joint work and learning. One thing is certain though – the time spent with our guests,
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8 Nov 2023
Our main activity in Katondwe is of course treating our patients, but we also focus on education. This includes implementing various projects in the field of preventive health care and welcoming students for internships. Such initiatives are fruitful for both students and our hospital.
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27 Oct 2023
Our hospital in Katondwe could not work without the help of many people of good will. Every day we receive a great support from Poland and from all around the world. These are the smallest gestures, words of encouragement, kind thoughts and prayers, but also financial help that reaches us through befriended companies, foundations and also directly from contributors.
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17 Oct 2023
We’ve had an intense and demanding, but also extremely fruitful time lately. Our hospital is constantly developing and we are treating more and more patients. Furthermore many preventive programs and educational projects are implemented. All this hard, but very satisfying and, above all, extremely necessary work is performed by the hospital staff in Katondwe.
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19 May 2023
We are very happy because we've managed to buy a new water tank with a capacity of 5,000 liters. The old one served us for many years, but - unfortunately - it started to leak and we cannot afford to lose water under any circumstances.
Without water, our facility would not be able to function and provide appropriate hygienic conditions for the medical staff and our patients.
15 May 2023
This little girl's name is Tonga. Today she is going home with her grandmother to her home village in Mozambique with a wide smile on her face. When she came to us three weeks ago, no one was sure if this would be possible.
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20 Apr 2023
We have had a new group of students on placement recently. An internship in a hospital is a valuable way of obtaining experience for those, who want to work in the medical profession.
It is an opportunity to learn about hospital work, obtain practical skills and interact with medical staff.
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16 Apr 2023
Two months of remarkable teamwork by Jesuit brothers, who came to Katondwe on a mission to get experience of work in the hospital.
Brother John from Zambia and Brother Martin from Mazambique supported the medical staff with commitment and sacrifice in caring for the patients, such as dressing wounds, feeding the patients. They did all the work of keeping the entire hospital clean.
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9 Apr 2023
Dear Friends!
With the greatest joy we would like to wish you all the best for Easter, may it be for you a time of peace, family unity and shared traditions.
Thank you for your presence!
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3 Apr 2023
Palm Sunday is an important holiday for us in Katondwe, a time when we draw attention to the importance of humility and sacrifice and helping others. It is also an opportunity to express joy and gratitude for all the good we have received.
Palm trees grow in Katondwe, so for us Palm Sunday is celebrated in a special way.
Future goals
Unfortunately, our Hospital’s needs for medical supplies and equipment are very high. As our resources are severely limited, we are trying to face the subsequent challenges in a proper order. The most urgent needs are secured thanks to your contributions to our specific fundraisers.
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How we help - a few words about Katondwe hospital
For 60 years, the Katondwe Mission Hospital has been providing medical help to the people of Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in Africa. As one of very few medical centres within 250 kilometres, it provides the local population with free medical care in several wards: paediatrics, internal medicine (female and male), gynaecology and obstetrics, and palliative care. A professional operating theatre and a diagnostic imaging lab (ultrasound, X-ray) are available for our patients. We also have a GP outpatient surgery, where many preventive and educational actions are organised on an ongoing basis. We also organise field medical programmes, which allow us to reach out to those in need who cannot come on their own to the hospital .
The Katondwe Mission Hospital is run by the nuns from the Congregation of Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Siostry Służebniczki Starowiejskie) from Poland. Thanks to their work, it continues to develop, providing medical care at the highest possible level. Our hospital may admit up to 100 patients simultaneously. We are still looking for new solutions to improve the health care for the people of the Luangwa Valley.
Through our eyes
"Katondwe gets into your bloodstream. You experience your stay here with your entire body. First of all – physically, as climate in this part of Zambia requires exceptional endurance. Secondly –emotionally, often balancing on the extreme poles of feelings. Here, tears of happiness flow together with those of despair. You may depart from Katondwe in the corporeal sense, however, it’s hardly possible to leave such a place and just stop thinking about it. Once you get to know the everyday life of the hospital, you can’t help but be amazed at the devotion and resourcefulness of the entire staff, who are relentless in their efforts to develop the facility. This potential mustn’t be wasted!"Karolina, TME Projekt Katondwe
Through our eyes
"Coming to Katondwe proved to be one of the best decisions of my life. My time at the mission has been not only a test of my medical skills but has also brought many new friendships and challenges. That remote village, somewhere deep in the forest, on the other side of the equator, has stayed in my heart forever and has been motivating me to keep on acting… both there, in the Hospital, and in Poland – where I try to encourage others to give help".Filip Styrzyński, MD
Through our eyes
"I came to the mission in Katondwe in 1990. Since then, the hospital has developed a lot thanks to our hard work. We can now offer beds for more than 100 additional patients – it is a lot, but still not enough to meet the medical needs in our area. During this time, we have also launched a hospital daycare centre for children and a branch of the nursing school."Sister Mirosława Góra – a surgeon, Director of the Hospital
Through our eyes
"My visit to the Katondwe Hospital, albeit short, has left its mark on me forever. I am delighted that, thanks to the support of the company I work for, I have been able to visit the place and install a new power generator at the hospital. I know it is a drop in the ocean of the Sacred Heart’s needs, but I am also aware of the joy that every piece of support, however small, brings to them".Jacek Karolak, TME employee
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Thanks to the support of our Donors, we are able to help our patients at a constantly higher level.
If you want to, you can get involved in the missionary work in various ways:
