We are currently planning to expand the new clinic on a project-related basis and to in this way, to provide occasional support. This includes purchasing a robust means of transport to bring those in need from remote regions and Maasai villages to the clinic and back again. For these people, being provided with this transportation is the only way for them to receive treatment.

Your donation will allow you to make a contribution towards this meaningful purchase and to provide direct help in enabling destitute people to travel to get medical treatment. 

The project came about in cooperation with Dr Cornelia Wallner-Frisee, who has been driving forward and expanding the NGO Africa Amini Alama in Tanzania for twelve years. She gets things done in the field. In addition to setting up medical facilities, she was involved and in charge of setting up various educational and work facilities. She also arranged several sustainable water and food projects. Lastly, Dr Cornelia, as she is so affectionately called by her employees, has helped to provide security and love to the hardest-hit children by building and running an orphanage.

Thanks to her wealth of experience, our on-site contact, Dr Cornelia Wallner-Frisee, quickly realised how important it is to identify diseases at an early stage. On the basis of this, an individual, needs-based and comprehensive treatment option is the goal of the new clinic. This is made possible by combining conventional medical care with existing, traditional, naturopathic therapies. These treatments are offered free of charge to families with limited financial resources. A family that does not have the means to support themselves will have to wait a long time before they are able to pay for hospital treatment. Free access to good medical care is the only solution to saving lives and helping people stay healthy. This was motivation enough for the Saint Lucy Foundation to fund the medical infrastructure required for this in full.

‘I have worked in many medical institutions but this clinic is very special. The work environment is awesome, every team member is very courteous and helpful, everyone pulls together and works together. I love my job more than anything and am so thankful to have a place of work so close to home. It allows me to see my five-year-old son every day. Anyone can come to this clinic and be treated on the same day – even those who cannot afford it.’

‘I actually came to the clinic in Momella for a nine-week research project on healing for my master’s thesis but, like everyone else who visits this place and gets involved, I, too, without realising it, started my own small healing journey and have witnessed so many other journeys. In doing so, I realised that healing consists of so much more than just remedies and therapies. A team that welcomes you with a smile the moment you walk through their door, listens to you, gives you faith, hope and confidence, and is still thinking of you when you’re on your way home.’

‘Although Momella is very remote, I prefer working here in this beautiful clinic to working in the city as I did previously. There is a good working environment here and I can work fully independently and flexibly. I also like the harmonious, strong team spirit – everyone works side by side and loves what they do.’

‘I’m almost at a loss for words when I talk about the clinic. It’s an incredible gift! The clinic is helping so many people in this region to get healthy, particularly those who would never be able to afford treatment. We also treat serious diseases such as cancer and tropical and infectious diseases. Patients are also taught how to protect themselves from diseases. The clinic not only brings a lot of life to this region but to the whole country.’

‘The Saint Lucy Foundation Clinic offers ophthalmology, general medicine and physical therapy. Previously, we had to travel to the remote KCMC hospital in Moshi for these treatments. It often took up to ten days before seeing a doctor there for the first time. You had to pay for your own accommodation and meals. Almost nobody can afford it, which is why hardly anyone sought treatment. Thanks to the new clinic in the Maasai territory, everyone can now receive the highest standard of medical care without long waiting times. We are eternally grateful to the Saint Lucy Foundation for this.’