Accomplishments

In May 2007, the Duk Lost Boys Clinic was opened in Duk County, Southern Sudan by the American Care for Sudan Foundation founded by John Dau and members of the Skaneateles, New York community. The clinic continues to be maintained through private donations and substantial financial support and oversight from JDSF. This is the first medical clinic in Duk County, Southern Sudan.

• The clinic has 13 examination rooms

• The clinic is equipped with high speed internet

• The clinic is powered by two generators and solar panels which have recently been installed

• A water-well was dug and built for the village and the clinic

• Medicines are delivered by airplane to Duk County every month

Statistics: Duk Lost Boys Clinic

• The clinic is currently seeing up to 75 patients per a day with a record of 158 in one day during the visitation of medical instructors.

• Almost 200 expecting mothers were seen and evaluated in the first year of operation. These are the first women to ever receive prenatal care in Southern Sudan.

• So far 17 American doctors have visited and worked in the clinic.

• In partnership with the Himalayan Cataract Project, two Lost Boys have been trained to be the first Ophthalmic Assistants in Southern Sudan.

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