A-Z Health Center

Sayjilium Town

Bomi County, Liberia

An RYHF Partnership and Compassion Project

Every now and then someone with a BIG vision and extraordinary talent crosses our path.  In 2012 it was a Cuttington University Nursing School graduate, Mr. Alexander Jackson.

Alexander saw a need deep in the tropical, war-beaten “bush” of rural Bomi County.  Among 23 villages, over 5,000 families live in extreme poverty without access to health care within a walkable distance.  Without electricity and many areas inaccessible by car, maternal complications, pediatric illnesses, and health emergencies too often lead to untimely deaths.

As a graduate of RYHF, Alexander appealed to Raise Your Hand Foundation to help him launch a critically needed health center in the region.  He began establishing relationships and building trust with the village elders, leading to his launch of A-Z Health Clinic in a borrowed home in Jawajeh Town, in 2016.

From the day A-Z Health Clinic launched, Raise Your Hand Foundation has sponsored staff training and health education programs. Adopted as one of two RYHF “Compassion Projects”, in 2021 we further increased our commitment, rallying around Mr. Jackson’s mission to construct a NEW, state-of-the-art A-Z Health Care Center, designed to expand quality health care – and save lives – in the region. Construction was launched August 3, 2021 and all but the Maternity Unit are completed, with fundraising ongoing.  We are excited to announce that we started seeing patients in our new building in June 2023.