Sierra Leone has suffered many years of civil war and political instability leaving this small but densely populated country in a destitute state with frightening child mortality and virtually no health care in rural areas.

In Sierra Leone, one in six infants die at birth and 282 children per thousand die under five years of age.  Life expectancy is 34 years and one in six women die in childbirth.

The common causes of death are malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and respiratory diseases.

 Dr Nuli Lemoh, a member of the Rotary Club of Turramurra and respected Sydney paediatrician, has carried a life-long dream to build a Children's Hospital in Bo, the largest rural city in his poverty stricken and war-torn homeland.

The Turramurra Rotary Bo Hospital Committee is fundraising for the project and has purchased the land in Bo.  They are working with the Rotary Club of Bo and have received strong support from local and overseas Rotary Clubs, Rotary International and International House at Sydney University.

The first stage is a clinic/administration/educational facility with a dispensary, ward, surgery and education area.  Building will start as soon as sufficient funds have been raised.

The vision for the Bo Children's Hospital project is:

To treat, teach, train, to improve child survival and health.