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It is under the responsibility of the Clarist Franciscan Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament who have had their mission in Gabú since 1996.
How the Centre came into being
The armed conflict from June 1998 to May 1999, which caused very serious problems for the Guinean population, mainly affected women and children. There was a high infant mortality rate due to severe malnutrition.
On that occasion, the centre was handed over to the resident religious community, the Clarist Franciscan Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament, who run it to this day as a social pastoral priority for the diocese.
It operates as an inpatient centre with ten beds, and as an outpatient centre that also benefits children with moderate malnutrition, pregnant and breastfeeding women, who receive porridge and oil from the WFP, the World Food Programme.
The aim of the centre is to prevent malnutrition and raise awareness among mothers about breastfeeding, healthy eating and hygiene, and screenings are carried out in the Tabancas of the Gabú region. The most common diseases in the region are: severe anaemia, worms, malaria, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, skin diseases and AIDS (HIV). The mothers stay with the children for an average of 15 to 60 days and are offered health education and guidance on how to prepare the children’s food using local resources.