Orkidstudio works to benefit communities through innovative architecture and construction. Drum has been a key supporter of the charity since 2014, having helped fund the design and construction of a community centre in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and a children’s home in Nakuru, Kenya, in addition to this recently completed health centre in Sachibondu.

Located in one of the most remote corners of Africa, on the Zambian border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, the Sachibondu Rural Health Centre is the only healthcare provision for tens of thousands of isolated people with many having to walk days to reach this much needed source of help.

Previously a Rural Health Centre, Sachibondu serves an immediate (those who can reach the centre on the same day as leaving their home) catchment area of over 10,000 people. Beyond that, the wider catchment area is difficult to estimate due to the extremely remote location. In many cases patients have been reported to walk or travel up to ten days from their home in order to reach the Centre. It is anticipated that this catchment area could number well in excess of 50,000 people.

In remote areas such as this, resources are scarce and buildings are typically inadequately ventilated and suffer from low light levels, even during the middle of the day. These environments can perpetuate the spread of infection and disease, but there are ways that Orkidstudio can change this.