Juba Receives Health Facilities Worth 300,000 Euros The South Sudan Police Service, SSPS yesterday received 300,000 Euros worth of health facilities from Deutsche Gesellschaft for International Zusammenarbeit Gmbh, GIZ to assist communities in Juba. 29 June 2011 German Ambassador Designate Peter Felt speaking after handing over the donation [©Gurtong] By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 28th June, 2011 [Gurtong] - The South Sudan Police Service, SSPS yesterday received 300,000 Euros worth of health facilities from Deutsche Gesellschaft for International Zusammenarbeit Gmbh, GIZ to assist communities in Juba.
The handover ceremony was held at Dr. John Garang Unified Police Training Centre at Rajaf, Juba, witnessed by the German Ambassador Designate, Peter Felt and the South Sudan Inspector General of Police, IGP Gen. Acuil Tito Madut. The aid came following a request by the SSPS to establish a health facility at the training centre; the aid is to assist Southern Sudan in enhancing effective training of her national forces. The Training Centre Commander Col. Abednego Akol Anyuong explained during his delivery speech that, following the set up of the training centre early last year, trainees and the community around had been suffering from treatable diseases as; diarrhoea, typhoid, malaria among many others. “There has been lack of health facilities to provide health services for the community. This donation is a big gift to the people of South Sudan,” Abednego said. The training Centre accommodates nearly 7,000 to 8,000 trainees and staffs yearly. The donation included drugs mainly for the three diseases, photocopiers, an Ambulance, surgical facilities, beds, laboratory equipments and related materials. The Training Centre Director Maj. General Jakson Elia said that, the set up Health Centre now treats about 300 patients a week. He noted that, despite the efforts that had been put to rectify the health facilities at the centre; water still remained a challenge to sustain the population. According to him, there are only two boreholes set up at the Centre, shared by the Centre’s occupants and the community around. GIZ Southern Sudan Country Director, Dr. Manfred Van Eckert pledged further commitments in supporting the South Sudan police sector in capacity building. Meanwhile Ambassador Peter Felter described the GIZ support as significant and timely as the region is soon to be independent. He urged the South Sudan’s police to deliver an exemplary service based on high level of human dignity and respect. Posted in: Home, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
