USAID. BUR. FOR AFRICA. OFC. OF CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA REGIONAL AFFAIRS
$1 MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED IN FY 74 TO ASSIST ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL IN GABON.
1974
Abstract
GRANT WAS MADE TO ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE L"HOPITAL ALBERT SCHWEITZER A LAMBARENE (AISL) FOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM (SURGER, X-RAY, LABORATORY, HOSPITAL WARD) AND OPERATING COSTS. AS OF 5/76 NO DISBURSEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE. PROGRESS IN WORKING OUT STAGED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, PRIVATE PLEDGES FOR 2/3 OPERATING COSTS UNTIL 1980, PLEDGE BY GOVT OF GABON TO COVER ANNUAL DEFICITS ALLOWED PROJECT TO START IN 1/77. ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FROM SCHWEITZER FELLOWSHIP SOUGHT FUNDS FOR LEPROSY REHABILITATION CENTER WHICH WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED. FIRST GRANT FUND TRANCHE OF $250,000 RECEIVED 3/77; FOLLOWED BY OTHERS ON REIMBURSABLE COST BASIS.
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