Check out our gala video preview!

This year at the "Her Vision, Our Mission" gala, we will be presenting a short documentary video on our now operational health center in Sierra Leone. Today, we released a short teaser! Check it out below.

If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, you may still do so here.  We look forward to seeing you there! 

Join us for the 3rd Annual Sierra Leone Gala on April 17, 2015!!

Dear Supporters,

The Health Center in Sierra Leone has been open for over a month and is seeing between 40-50 patients per day! 

Sierra Leone Health Care Team Photo

Please join us for the 3rd Annual Sierra Leone Gala on Friday, April 17 at The Adams Mark Hotel. It is because of your ongoing support that will make our clinic in Sierra Leone sustainable.

There will be a gift basket raffle, photo booth, food, music, presentation, and an original, never-seen-before video presentation that will 'take you to our health center in Sierra Leone.'

Tickets are on sale on our website at Jericho until April 7th. The cost is $500 per table of 8 OR $75 per person. Go online and order today!


Thank you,
Global Health Outreach

Another Healthy Baby is Born

The Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center has been doing great work since opening last month. They have averaged 40-50 patients per day and the team is working very well together. The nurse midwife delivered a healthy baby girl this morning. Please see this picture below of the maternity team, healthy mom and baby.

Announcing Our Sierra Leone Gala! And a New Video!

For the past several years Jericho Road has sponsored a gala each spring to support our mission in Sierra Leone. We are pleased to announce that this year's gala will take place on April 17 at 6 pm at the Adam's Mark Hotel. We are looking forward to this night of good food and good company, where we will celebrate what we have achieved this year to bring medical care to the people of Sierra Leone--notably, the opening of the Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center--and our hopes for the next. Please join us!

For more information about the gala and to purchase tickets, check out our webpage here.

We are also excited to release a new video starring our fearless Phebian Abdulai. This video was created by Hans Glick and features Phebian's moving life journey. Check it out below!

Hans will also be creating more videos featuring the Adama Martha Health Center, to be debuted at the "Her Vision, Our Mission" gala, so stay tuned! 

Sierra Leone Alliance Food Program: February 2015 Report

In the month of February, the Sierra Leone Alliance faithfully provided much-needed food to over 1,572 quarantined individuals (283 households) in the Ebola-stricken country. While Ebola continues to remain widespread in Sierra Leone, there are indications that the disease may be in retreat. At the end of the week of February 22, there were 63 new diagnosed cases in the country. This is 63 cases too many, but compared to the figures earlier this year, it appears that there is real hope that Sierra Leone will be Ebola-free by late spring. 

We are cautiously optimistic, but while these trends hold, the Sierra Leone Alliance has determined that it will continue the food program at least until the end of May. By May we will reassess if the food program is still needed. We hope it will not be, and that our brothers and sisters in Sierra Leone can start embarking towards long-term recovery after suffering the devastating effects of this terrible disease for nearly a year. 

Meanwhile, we will continue to serve Sierra Leone this way during this epidemic, through the provision of food, by the grace of God. 

As Dr. Myron Glick wrote in a recent email to many of you, our supporters, "God bless the members of each organization who are working on the ground in Sierra Leone to carry out this program. They are being the 'hands and feet' of Jesus to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world. May God be with each one and their families and encourage them in this work.

And thank you to each person who has contributed to this Food Program since October [of] 2014. Together we have made a tangible and real difference in Sierra Leone."

Opening Ceremony 2/21/15

VOTE OF THANKS

Dearest Ladies, Gentlemen, Brothers, Sisters, Friends & Honorable Guests. Good Afternoon!

On behalf of Jericho Road Community Health Center in Buffalo, NY, it is a privilege and an honor to share this moment with you today. The opening of Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center marks the culmination of tireless efforts by many whom have come before me, and a new beginning for the people who live here in Kono. It has been the dream of several visionaries to make this a reality. Phebian is our sister from Buffalo who is here to carry the flag.

I would be so wrong if I mentioned only a few names within this speech, as this effort is so much more than that. The dedication of the team in Buffalo that has helped make this happen is beyond words. It was Phebian's dream, but we made it our mission. Numerous people on the team have given generously of their time, effort, and money for this project. The support is immense. And I want each and every one of you to know that the Jericho Road family is 200 strong and is here for you until the end. And guess what, this is only the beginning. 

On the ground here in Sierra Leone, we have had many dedicated patrons. Several of you are here today. As the saying goes, "Rome was not built in a day." This place did not build itself. The success today was not without hurdles. Most of you know of the many obstacles that we faced, and what strength it took to overcome them. The bricks were not laid by the faint of heart. It took passion, love, determination, and a true pioneer to be a part of this process. and for that I am very thankful to each one of you today.

I love to tell stories and in closing, I am going to share one with you today. This is the story of the Good Samaritan. According to the Gospel of Luke (10:29-37), a traveler (who may or may not have been a Jew) is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead along the side of the road. First a Priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and Jews generally despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man. Jesus is described as telling the parable in response to the question regarding the identity of the "neighbor" who should be loved. In the Bible, these events are described as taking place none other than on Jericho Road. 

When Dr. Myron Glick started Jericho Road Family Practice in Buffalo about 18 years ago, he took this concept of 'loving your neighbor' seriously. This has been the philosophy on which we operate, to serve the least of the least, the marginalized and the most needy. To us at Jericho Road, you the people of Kono district, are our neighbors, and we are here to love you. 

Thank you to each and every one of you. Have a blessed day. 

Speech written and given by Dr. Rohith Saravanan at the Grand Opening Ceremony on 2/21/15.

Stories from Week One of Providing Healthcare in Kono

"Clinic ran smoothly as usual. We actually saw around 29 patients today, including the 3 in the fever tent. That was the main attraction today. There was some drama involved, but none of the cases met case definitions for Ebola. So, we didn't have to send anyone away. All received treatment and left feeling happy. We closed at 3 pm as planned. Staff are all in good spirit. The prayers during open and close is a very nice touch and really helps boost morale."

Dr. Rohith Saravanan (2/18/15)

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"We had a great day today - we saw 27 patients. They started queuing up early - 7:30 am when we open at 9! A few patients had fevers and had to be seen in the fever tent by team members in full personal protective equipment - a little disconcerting for the patients in a time of Ebola, but none actually had it - phew! Putting on and taking off the PPE is quite a lengthy process and so the providers seeing patients were a bit delayed by it. It caused a bit of a wait for patients and lead Sahr Albert to declare at the end of the day at our closing staff meeting - "we need another doctor!" Sahr Albert is one of the volunteer reception team members and has really taken the job seriously - a great customer focused attitude." 

Brett Lawton (2/19/15)
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"I had some fun filming two painters as they added the Jericho Road logo to the front of the clinic alongside the name of the clinic, which had been painted previously. The guys were incredibly skilled and painstakingly detail-oriented: lacking a protractor or compass with which to create a stencil for the circular logo, they made do with a ruler and a keen eye (and did a better job of it than I would have even with the proper tools). The resulting logo was icing on the cake - a symbolic stamp of approval on a clinic five-plus years in the making."

Hans Glick (2/18/15)

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