Container and Donation Update

Jericho Road is in the process of getting a 40 foot container together to ship over to Sierra Leone. It will include items for the mission house and the medical clinic as well as medical supplies.  We've collected and received a lot donations so far and we are grateful.  We spent several hours inventorying and reorganizing all donations received with the help of 14 amazing volunteers this past weekend.

We are still collecting items for the mission house and medical clinic. The items in bold are things we really need.

Here is what we need for the mission house:

- Dishware - plates and bowls and cups (no pots/pans or mugs)
- Bedding - new sheet sets (single and queen) and pillows as well as gently used blankets.
- Cleaning products - dish soap, bathroom cleaner, glass cleaner, laundry soap
- Plastic Totes for storage.

Here is what we need for the medical clinic:

- Personal Care Items: antibacterial hand washing soap, wash cloths and hand towels (preferably new), hand or body lotion (travel size)
- Medical Supplies: hand sanitizer (travel size, med or large with pump)

We are still collecting financial donations. Please consider giving to us in this way. You can give on our Jericho Road website with the specific purpose of Ebola crisis or Sierra Leone Operational Funds. Thank you in advance.

Please keep Sierra Leone in your prayers.

Our New Ambulance

Jericho Road is humbled and excited to announce that we have purchased a fully retrofitted ambulance for the Kono District.  It is in route and will arrive in the upcoming weeks. This ambulance will play a major role during the Ebola crisis as well as after for patient transport of emergent situations. We are pleased to share this with our partner Wellbody Alliance who is working alongside us in the Kono district. Thank you to all who have made this purchase possible.

From our Founder & CMO

Hear from Dr. Glick

on our response to Ebola in Sierra Leone
& how you can get involved 

Please keep Sierra Leone, Phebian, Pastor Joshua, all the healthcare workers, and those suffering from Ebola in your thoughts and prayers. 

Good News and Bad News

Good News First

1. The Samaritan's Purse workers Dr. Kent Brantley and Nancy Writebol were discharged from Emory Hospital 2 weeks ago. They are doing well.

2. The Kono district as of August 31, 2014 has had 4 confirmed cases of Ebola, 53 contacts have been isolated, and 38 of those contacts have finished their 21 day isolation and have been released. 

3. Phebian is upbeat, doing well and is safe. 

4. The medical clinic building progresses and our mission continues.

5. We are half way to our fund raising goal of $90,000! Please donate to our "Ebola crisis fund" on our website www.jrchc.org. These funds will be used specifically for the purchase of an ambulance and a crate filled with life saving PPE.

6. Vaccine trials are being accelerated.

7. The World Health Organization has developed a 'road map' for an international response as of last week.

The Bad News

1. Ebola continues to spread with 29 newly confirmed cases as of August 31, 2014.

2. Actual cases could be 2-4 times the number of reported numbers.

3. Experts predict that the number of Ebola cases could exceed 20,000 during the course of this outbreak.

4. More than 240 healthcare professionals on the front lines of providing Ebola care have contracted the virus in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Of those, 120 of them have died.

5. One of the three Liberian doctors who contracted Ebola and was given the experimental drug ZMapp died last week.

6. More and more countries are closing their borders to the affected West African countries. As a result travel and supply lines are being significantly affected. Shipping lines are turning away exports from the affected countries.

7. The Ebola crisis is a multi-level crisis affecting not only the health care system but the social and economic systems as well.

Medical Clinic Update and Pictures

Despite the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone, our medical mission project in the Kono District continues. Phebian has returned to Kono to oversee construction. She is not providing any medical care at this time. She is upbeat and feels safe. Even though there are numerous new cases of Ebola reported throughout Sierra Leone on daily basis, to date there has been only 4 confirmed cases of Ebola in Kono. Phebian attended a training on Ebola care last week that was organized by Wellbody Alliance. Wellbody is a full functioning medical clinic that is also operating in the Kono district. They have been a key partner and great resource for us.

Updated Pictures from August 29, 2014

Front of the medical clinic

Front of the Mission House

Back of the Mission House

Hallway of Inpatient Area

Maternity Ward

Please keep Sierra Leone, Phebian, Pastor Joshua, all the healthcare workers, those suffering from Ebola, and our mission in prayer. We are helping with the Ebola crisis by purchasing an ambulance for the Kono district and by sending a crate filled with much needed PPE. You can help us by donating at www.jrchc.org and giving to the "Ebola Crisis Fund." A little goes a long way in Sierra Leone so please give if you are able to.