From Alaska With Love: Aid Helps African Clinic Recover From Fire

Image: Thousands of birds fill the sky above the White Nile at sunset. (Photo by Jon Waterhouse)

Submitted by Samuel Bendett

newswatch.nationalgeographic.com - January 18th, 2013 - Jon Waterhouse

A December 23rd fire in South Sudan prompted a fast, steady and miraculous aid response.

For the last four years, in the remote village of Old Fangak, South Sudan, a health-focused team of Alaskan volunteers have labored long and hard beside steadfast community members. The focus of their combined effort is the construction of a humble medical clinic. A disease called kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis), often referred to as Black Fever, has ravaged the area for decades and in 1989 Dr. Jill Seaman (featured in the January 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine) arrived in Old Fangak.

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