New Foundations is a small Christian Mission that is registered both in the UK and Nigeria, treating over 400 patients a month, without charge. The simple intention is to demonstrate the love of Christ, and deliver quality, evidenced health care. All paid staff are locally trained Health Care Workers.

In all things to God be the Glory.

Satellite Base

The poignant unchanging view from a derelict missionary house in Onnebene, abandoned over 50 years ago.

Though we undertake satellite medical cmps in inner creeks to more isolated communities, 2012 sees the first initiative to train local health care workers to be based in a smaller outreach base.

We have been visiting a remote village called Onnebene over the past six months, a village only reachable by boat in the wet season. There have been no regular government intervention over the past four years and anecdotal reports suggest a 40% childhood mortality below 12 months.

There is no medical provision in the village.  Current treatment for a feverish child includes swabbing  in petrol, or urinating over the child. There is no local chemist and travel to the nearest medical outpost costs in travel alone £50 each way before medical costs, quite prohibitive.

There exists the skeletal frame of an unfinished government medical clinic slowly being reclaimed by the bush, in close proximity to a similarly unfinished school project, abandoned at foundation level.

An enthusiastic literate church member from the community is volunteering to undergo training at our Enekorogha clinic over the next six months. All travel and costs will be born by herself as is our practice until the end of this trial period. After this it is hoped she will be employed to deliver primary in her own community with regular support and mentoring from our senior workers. 

We envisage a second worker joing us early next year, and over the next twelve months a permanent primary care program, locally run, being established in this, most needy of areas.