RI opened Zam Zam Clinic in response to a crisis: Critical medical facilities were closing that would leave 35,000 people without any health services. RI mobilized to build a clinic with support from US grassroots advocates and collaboration with local tribal leaders. The August 2006 opening could not have been more timely: 6,000 people arrived in the camp fleeing violence in the region.
Today, the RI Zam Zam Clinic serves 800 patients per week. The facility is run by local Sudanese doctors, medical assistants, midwives, nurses, and pharmacists - all of whom receive professional development training from RI.
