Health care in Piol 2007. Bol and Jok's friend Kuol at a
table. He could read the labels on the bottles. The
inspiration for the Buckeye Clinic (2007)

Installing solar panels in 2011. (2011)

Connecting the refrigerator to store vaccines. (2011)

Solar system and refrigerator funded by Upper Arlington High School students. (2011)

Solar system powered the first electric lightbulb in Piol, South Sudan. (2011)

( l.- r.)
• Original Public Health Care Unit (PHCU) built by UNICEF in 2008-09 (pre-
Buckeye Clinic) • Maternal & Child Health Unit built by the Buckeye Clinic
• Traditional thatched roof tukals constructed for staff housing (2012)

• Maternal and Child Health Unit (2012)

• Clinic Interior (2012)

( l.- r.)
• Original Public Health Care Unit is now used for vaccinations and storage
• Maternal & Child Health Unit • Patient Dorm • Staff Housing (2018)

( l.- r.)
• Maternal & Child Health Unit • Patient Dorm • Staff Housing (2018)

• Blue-roofed buildings: Staff Housing • Green building: Dining Hall • Thatched-roof tukals in distance are private dwellings outside the compound (2018)

• Staff Housing (2018)

• Dining Hall (2018)

• Kitchen (2018)

• Latrines and shower are located far edge of the compound. (2018)

• Ancillary facility operated by Tearfund, a UK Christian relief and development agency, and UNICEF (2018)

• Note absence of trees in 2013.

• Trees planted in 2014 provide ample shade by 2018.

• View of trees from back corner of compound (2018)

• A borehole (drilled well) was installed in February 2020 by Green Belt Initiative – GBI South
Sudan. It is located within the compound, to the left of the background image.

• We have contracted
with Peter Mwenda to
build a new Patient
Dorm to house patients
who need to stay over
at the Clinic.
(Spring 2020)

• Renderings of the
new Patient Dorm (2020)

• Work is progressing well on the new Patient Dorm. We are indeed fortunate to have
architect-builder Peter Mwenda to construct facilities at the Clinic. (March 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #2 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #3 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #4 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #5 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #6 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #7 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #8 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #9 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #10 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #11 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #12 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #13 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #14 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #15 (spring 2020)

• Clinic President
Steve Walker (c.)
and Bol Aweng (l.r.)
meet with
Chief Aweng Deng
and other chiefs
of Piol villiage.
(2010)

• Since June 2017, 240
children ages 0 to 5 have received 2,100
vaccinations at the Buckeye Clinic.

• A Nurse-Midwife began serving Buckeye Clinic mothers in June 2017.
Of about 240 clinic births (2017-2020), no maternal or child
newborn deaths have been reported. Complicated deliveries
such as these healthy twins have been successful.
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• At the Chief's request during the civil war, the Buckeye Clinic
distributed food 17 times, totally 221,725 pounds in Piol (2014
through 2017). the food enabled people to return to the village
after they fled when the war started. (2017)

• The Buckeye Clinic was officially upgraded from Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU)
to a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) by the Jonglei State Governor H.E. Philip Aguer on April 6, 2018.
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• The Buckeye Clinic was officially upgraded from Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU)
to a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) by the Jonglei State Governor H.E. Philip Aguer on April 6, 2018.
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