A New Chapter for Healthcare at Klay Health Center in Liberia
With support from you, the Healing: Global donors, and local partner Church Aid Incorporated, a new water well is bringing a vital resource directly to a health center serving more than 5,300 people in Liberia.
For two and a half years, Jamba N. Phillips has worked as the Dispenser at Klay Health Center in Liberia, helping provide care to patients who depend on the facility. During that time, one everyday necessity remained a challenge: water.
Before a new water well was constructed on the health center's grounds, staff had to walk 10 minutes across the main road to collect water for daily use. For a facility providing around-the-clock healthcare, including services for expectant mothers, obtaining water meant leaving the premises and navigating an additional safety risk.
Today, that reality has changed.
In August 2026, a new water well was constructed at Klay Health Center in Klay Town, Liberia. Funded through the generosity of Healing: Global donors and in partnership with Church Aid Incorporated (CAI), the well is now connected to the health center and fully operational.
For Jamba and her colleagues, the difference is immediate and practical.
“Everybody is happy,” Jamba said. “Even the community people. Everybody is happy.”
Behind that simple statement is a meaningful accomplishment: people who chose to invest in better healthcare conditions helped turn a desperate need into a working solution.
Jamba N. Phillips, Medical Dispenser at Klay Health Center in Liberia
Bringing Water Closer to Those Who Need It
Located in Bomi County, Klay Health Center serves 21 surrounding communities with a combined population of approximately 5,321 people. The facility provides primary healthcare services around the clock, handling an average of 500 patient consultations each month and approximately 20 to 25 monthly baby deliveries.
Reliable access to water is essential to that work. From maintaining a clean care environment to supporting services for mothers and newborns, healthcare facilities depend on a consistent water supply to meet patients' needs.
Before the new well was constructed, however, staff at Klay Health Center faced a significant obstacle: water had to be collected from a location across the main road, requiring a walk of approximately 10 minutes each way.
The challenge was more than an inconvenience. It meant healthcare workers had to leave the facility to obtain a resource essential to its daily operations, exposing them to the risks of crossing the road and adding another burden to an already demanding environment.
The new well eliminates the need for that routine journey. Water is now available on-site, allowing staff to access it more conveniently as they care for patients and manage the facility.
For Jamba, the difference is clear, particularly in the maternity ward.
“Like for the delivery area, they always come and go,” she explained. “They used to go across the road for water, but now water is here.”
A Resource That Reaches Beyond the Health Center
The benefits of the well extend beyond the healthcare workers themselves. According to Jamba, community members also appreciate having water available at the facility, and she has observed more patients coming for care.
When asked whether patient attendance had increased since water became available, her answer was immediate.
“Yes, yes, yes,” she said.
She explained that patients come from nearby towns and villages, as well as Klay itself. Her observations offer a firsthand account of the positive response to the improvement.
The project was designed to benefit patients, staff, and neighboring communities alike. By improving access to water at a facility serving thousands of people, the well addresses a practical need with implications for the broader delivery of healthcare.
Access to safe water is a fundamental part of maintaining hygienic healthcare environments and reducing the risks associated with inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene services. For a facility providing continuous care, a dependable supply is not an added convenience. It is an essential part of its ability to serve patients.
A Practical Need. A Lasting Opportunity for Change.
The story at Klay Health Center is a reminder that meaningful change does not always begin with a complicated solution. Sometimes, it begins by identifying an essential resource that is missing and bringing it where it is needed most.
As Jamba reflected on the project, she expressed gratitude to the organizations that helped make it happen.
“I thank God for them,” she said of Healing: Global and its partners. “They did extremely well by bringing high-quality water to our facility.”
Her words point to something important about this work: behind every completed project are people whose generosity helped make the outcome possible.
For Klay, that resource is now available on-site. A need identified by local healthcare workers became a funded project, and that project became a functioning solution.
Now, another opportunity awaits.
Sinje Hospital in Liberia needs a water well of its own. With the right support, donors can help bring this same kind of practical improvement to another healthcare facility and the people who depend on it.
You can make the next well possible.
Your donation to Healing: Global can help fund a water well at Sinje Hospital, bringing an essential resource closer to the healthcare workers and patients who need it. Just as you turned the vision for Klay Health Center into a reality, your generosity can turn the next need into a completed project.
Visit www.healingglobal.org/give to make a donation and bring water to Sinje Hospital.
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