Life-Saving Oxygen, Now on Your Doorstep: CHAL Launches Oxygen Refilling Plant in Bong County
On 20th May 2025, the Christian Health Association of Liberia — in partnership with the Rotary Club of Sinkor (RCS) — officially opened a state-of-the-art medical-grade Oxygen Refilling Plant in Meleke Town, Bong County. Strategically located along the Phebe–Gbarnga Highway between Cuttington University and Gbarnga City, the plant sits at the geographic heart of a region whose hospitals and health centres have long struggled with unreliable, expensive, and often unavailable oxygen supplies. That reality changed on the day the plant opened its doors — and with it, the clinical capacity of every facility within its reach.
Oxygen is not a luxury in a healthcare facility. It is the difference between life and death in a respiratory emergency, a complicated delivery, a trauma case, or a child with severe pneumonia. Before this plant, health facilities in the region faced two painful options: absorb the cost and logistical burden of transporting cylinders from distant suppliers, or ration a resource that should never be rationed. The new facility eliminates both. Cylinder refills are available at cost-effective rates, the plant operates daily from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with staff on hand to respond to urgent requests, and its management framework — jointly overseen by CHAL and the Rotary Club of Sinkor — prioritises quality assurance, affordability, and long-term sustainability. Between May and December 2025, the plant produced 337 cylinders, sold 336, and generated USD 5,040 in revenue, serving five hospitals including Ganta United Methodist, Phebe, and Curran Lutheran.
The plant was made possible through the generosity of multiple partners: the Rotary Foundation, District 5870 Designated Fund, Rotary Club of Sinkor, Rotary E-Club of Central Texas 5870, Rotary Clubs of Austin-North, Bastrop County, Northwest Austin, La Grange and Austin Cosmopolitan, NASSCORP, and the Christian Connection for International Health (CCIH-USA). For CHAL, this facility represents something larger than an infrastructure achievement — it is proof that a faith-based organisation committed to sustainability can build assets that serve communities long after any single donor’s funding cycle ends. With oxygen now within reach, health workers across Bong County are better equipped than ever to deliver the timely, life-saving care their patients deserve.
