Welcome Home!

There’s no place like home!  And now, after many years of prayer and preparation, the new Soddo PAACS apartment building is complete, and our residents have moved in to their new homes.

The finished building has 7 apartments (1 three-bedroom, 3 two-bedrooms and 3 one-bedroom apartments). These new apartments will allow the surgical residents to have a reliable source of power and water. And, since they are on the hospital’s campus, it will significantly improve their home security, including that of their families. From an educational standpoint, this will also allow us to improve the residents’ experience with night call. This will allow senior residents to take back-up call in the night and gain experience in teaching junior residents under faculty supervision in the night hours.

We want to extend our deep appreciation to everyone who gave so graciously to make this happen. We have been encouraged by everyone’s support and gifts, even in the end as we raised money to furnish each apartment. A big thank you goes to Africa Mission Healthcare Foundation for their donation that funded over a third of the project costs!

The residents are enjoying living in the same building and often eat together, sing praise music together and enjoy holidays together since they are away from their extended families.  Dr. Surafel said, “Living on-campus together gives us lots of time for fellowship and we eat many meals together.  It is also easier to see patients more quickly.”