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Segou welcomes $450,000 medical supplies!

On March 16, 2017, almost a year after the funding was secured,  the shipping container filled with medical supplies and equipment destined for our sister city's main Hopital Niankorofomba and Community Health Care Clinic in the Darasallam neighborhood arrived! City officials hosted a grand ceremony to celebrate the $450,000+ supplies donated through Project CURE, a Denver, Colorado USA-based non profit. Led by Segou's newly elected Mayor Nouhoum Diarra, the ceremony included representatives from the city's Sister City Committee and regional officials. You can learn more about the city's political and economic development goals and structures by visiting CPEL Segou

Segou Sister City Committee, former city councilor Sissoko,
Mayor Nouhoum Diarra, and Kalifa Toure

Segou Mayor Diarra and hospital director Dr. Sanogo accept
first box off-loaded from container.
Boxes of supplies

VFOM Bamako representative Kalifa Toure conveys message
on behalf of VFOM Richmond. 

Beds, crutches, cabinets, IV stands, and ... 

Malian officials invited to attend celebrate arrival of the
Project CURE shipment of equipment and supplies!  

BOXES, and more BOXES! 

Scales, bed frames, examination tables, mattresses, ... 
  
More bed brames, cabinets, and carts.

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