Ibadan is an ancient town situated at about 150 km from Lagos which is part of the Oyo state, in the Youruba’s territory. The Islamic religion is almost the only creed practised in Nigeria. Christians are a minority.

The Dominican sisters of Saint Catherine are present in this place since 2002, but they very soon realised that health aid was one of the most urgent needs.

It is not sufficient to cure, we ought to educate...

The sisters have created a small clinic, making use of a place built for other buts, and have started organising meetings in the village of Ogungdade.

There are many pregnant women who come to this small clinic for delivery.

Concerning the future of your neighbour:

The work has started with great simplicity and wholeheartedness and it is now turning up to be an urgent need, especially in regards of those who are more defenceless: women and children.

And those very same people are asking for:

• A solid place they can refer to in case of illness and sorrow.

• A quiet and clean place where mothers can come to during all the time of their pregnancy and at the moment of delivery. 

• A place where sick children are taken in and cured.       

• A centre where energies and time are spent for education, hygienic and sanitary formation in order of improving life’s conditions.  

• With the help of an Italian architect we have prepared a full project concerning a small hospital that will respond to this place’s basic needs.

• There are many friends who are demonstrating Providence’s concrete intervention by a financial offering as their personal effective contribution to the realisation of this project. The works have began, but we still have a long way to go.

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