A team of diversely experienced people has now been assembled to work on the project – architects, healthcare developers, ad agencies, doctors, government advisors to name but a few.

The Government has enthusiastically supported our project and a commitment has been made in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This sets out exactly what our relationships will be with both national and local government as well as the financial support the project will attract. The MoU was signed in Zanzibar on Dec 15th 2007.

In July 2007, we employed the services of a local Project Manager, Nanette Hulshoff-Pol who is a trained architect with many years valuable experience in healthcare in Zanzibar.

In Dec 2007, we appointed Zainab Othman to the role of Hospital Manager.

In July 2008, the building of the Primary Health Care Unit was completed. Since this time we have:

• established a comprehensive obstetric service includng provision for caesarean sections
• renovated all hospital wards
• installed hospital signage outside and within the hospital
• renovated the operating theatre
• established a blood transfusion service
• built a new maternity unit (completed in December 2010)
• trained numerous staff including associate medical officer and nurse anaesthetist

A complete summary of all progress since 2007 is currently being compiled (November 2011)

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