Medical Health Supply: List of Accomplishments & Contributions Made by Jack O’Leary for the Past Fifteen Years

1. Instituted St. John Fisher Scholarships
Established a scholarship to educate Kenyan priests in the United States and to expose them to a working democracy. The goal was to educate and empower priests with leadership capabilities to make a difference in Kenya when they returned. As a result of the generosity of St. John Fisher College. There influence has spread over much of Eastern Africa, six of the graduates have become bishops.

2. Completed School Book Projects
The initial project sent several pallets of books collected and organized by Mary Clare Lyons and her daughters. Initially over 5000 text books were collected, sorted by class, grade-level and subject and sent to Kenyan schools.

3. Nakuru: Built a Small Church for Father Stephen
Father Steven Mbugua attended St. John Fisher College and R.I.T in the 1990s. The church that he grew up in as a child in Bahati, Kenya was a dilapidated mud walled, thatched roof structure. Despite its crumbling structure, members still went to mass there. We built a new church to replace it in 1999.

4. Bahati: Converted an English Farm House into St. John’s Cottage Hospital
An old one story English farm home of about 10,000 sq. ft. was given to Father Stephen’s parish if he could convert it into a hospital to support the community. We financed the conversion and after it was completed, a 40 foot container of medical equipment was sent to fully equip the hospital. It included a birthing center, an operating room and a ward for women and children. Recent statistics concluded that child mortality rate in the area decreased 80% since the hospital was built. These results were achieved primarily because of the sterile birthing center facilities, and the decrease of deaths due to simple infections and dysentery.

5. Equipped Tea Plantation Owned by Arch Diocese of Nairobi
A tractor and irrigation equipment was furnished to revitalize a tea plantation owned by the Diocese of Nairobi. The project was planned and managed by Arch Bishop Rapheal Ndgni , a St. John Fisher Graduate. The plantation currently employs 150 people and has expanded to include a dairy farm and vegetable fields, which furnish food for the local community. The surplus products are also sold to the finest restaurants in Nairobi supplying the diocese with much needed funds for other projects.

6. Boguma: Expanded a Hospital Run by the Little Sisters of St. Francis in Boguma, Kenya
After the hospital was finished, we sent two containers of medical equipment to fully equip the hospital.

7. Rebuilt St. Paul’s Hospital in Homa Bay, Kenya
St. Paul’s Hospital was built in Homa Bay. The hospital staff primarily cares for women and children who suffer from HIV and Aids. It is estimated that fifty percent of the population in this area of Homa Bay are HIV positive or suffer from Aids. Again a container of medical equipment to furnish the hospital was sent.

8. Industrial Chicken Coop
An industrial chicken coop was built for the Sisters of Saint Francis Novitiate. The eggs and milk help feed 60 Novitiates who live there and they sell the surplus for cash to support the Novitiate.

9. Eggerton University Multi-purpose Building
A multi-purpose building was constructed next to the university to house a kindergarten, small clinic and a Neumann Center for students.

10. Hospital Revitalizations: Reequip Approximately 20 Hospitals.
About 20 hospitals were reequipped and updated with needed supplies and equipment. First professionals ascertained what equipment hospitals required. Volunteers like Dr. Susan Croford and Nurse Sarah Brewin played key roles in completing needs analyses and inspecting tours of the facilities prior to shipping containers of equipment.

The equipment was shipped as complete rooms such as; operating rooms, dental departments, libraries, birthing centers, waiting rooms, etc. In total over sixty different departments could be shipped. A not for profit organization in North Andover , Mass named International Medical Equipment Cooperative (I.M.E.C.) collects and refurbishes used medical equipment. We purchased 20 containers from them and sent them to 20 hospitals in Kenya. The organization was founded and managed by Tom Keefe.

11. Established Distribution Warehouse to Provide Consumable Medical Supplies
A warehouse outside of Nairobi, Kenya was leased. Each month a container of consumable medical supplies was sent to the ware house. Most of the containers were purchased in Rochester, N.Y. from an organization named Intervol, which is owned and managed by Dr. Ralph Penino. Various hospital and clinics in the Nairobi area could then place orders at the ware house via the internet and then pick them up at no charge.

12. Orphanage for Handicapped Children
A Home for handicapped children was built to house 100 children. The home is dedicated to Sarah Ryan, deceased daughter in law of Jim Ryan Sr. and wife of Jim Ryan, Jr. Separate buildings were built to house a kitchen and a laundry. During recent political unrest, the site became a center for a thousand refugees who fled to the site of the orphanage. Tents, fences, blankets, food and other essentials were purchased to supply them for a period of about 14 months until it was safe to return home. The home was funded by the Ryan family, the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation of Rochester, N.Y., Mr. John Anderson and Jack O’Leary.
13. St. John the Baptist Church is Being Built
A Church, large enough to accommodate 2000 parishioners at a time, is currently being built next to the orphanage.

14. Williamsburg, Virginia: Helped Finance Two Homes for Handicapped Adults
The facilities are managed by Sister Agnes, a Little Sister of St. Francis, from Kenya. Any excess earnings are sent to Kenya to support the work of the sisters.
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