2021 Goal Met: shipping container sets sail for Zambia

Together we achieved our 2021 goal!

Thanks to your generosity, we are helping improve access to modernized healthcare for more than 17,000 people in Ndola, Zambia.

In January, 2021, Wellness for Africa reached out to you and other like-minded people seeking your support to fund the shipment of medical supplies and equipment to St. Dominic's Mission Hospital, Zambia, Africa.

As you may recall, St. Dominic's Hospital is the main provider of healthcare for the town of Ndola, Zambia and those within a 35-mile radius. This is a community with very limited access to basic healthcare services. 

In partnership with the Dominican Missionary Sisters in Ndola and our generous donors (you!), Wellness for Africa has successfully coordinated a delivery valuing $548,779 of critically needed medical equipment and supplies to St. Dominic's Mission Hospital!

We owe this monumental accomplishment to the generosity of 75+ individual donors and three Church groups nationwide. In just five short months, this community rallied around our 2021 mission - to raise $40,000+ to cover the cost to ship these supplies to Zambia - and made it a reality.  

As of September 1, the 50-foot shipping container, filled to the brim with the donated supplies, is en route to Zambia.  It's expected to arrive in Africa November 7, where it will then be transported by truck to the doorstep of St. Dominic's Mission Hospital.  Stay tuned!

In December 2021, we achieved our 2021 our Goal.  The 50-foot Medical Supply Container filled with donated supplies valued at $548,799, was placed at the doorstep of St. Dominic’s.  In partnership with the Dominican Missionary Sisters in Ndola, this was made possible by the 75+ individuals and three Church groups nationwide.

In closing, the Wellness of Africa team is both astounded by and so grateful for the level of generosity you have shown in offering a gift to improve the quality of life for so many in this Zambian community. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for believing in our mission.

The Wellness for Africa team packing the shipping container in the fall of 2021:

The shipping container's arrival to Zambia: