Afobaka is a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname . Between 1960 and 1964, the 1913 meter-long Afobaka Dam was built on the Suriname River , creating the Brokopondo Reservoir . The Afobaka Airstrip is nearby.
3-407: Afobaka is home to a Medische Zending healthcare centre. 4°59′N 54°59′W / 4.983°N 54.983°W / 4.983; -54.983 This Suriname location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Medische Zending Medische Zending Primary Health Care Suriname , commonly known as Medische Zending ( Dutch for "medical mission") or MZ
6-494: Is a Surinamese charitable organization offering primary healthcare to remote villages in the interior of Suriname. The history of Medische Zending began on 3 October 1740 with J. Franz Reynier. Reynier, a medical doctor and missionary, and his wife came to Suriname on behalf of the Moravian Church . The purpose was not just to be a missionary, but also to provide medical health care including operations. Medische Zending
9-618: Was established in 1765 when Ludwig Christiaan Dehne, Rudolf Stoll, and Thomas Jones established a base near the Suriname River which became the first clinic. The evangelism efforts started to decline with the British seizing of the Dutch colonies during the Napoleonic Wars and ended in 1808, however the first hospital remained operational until 1817. It wasn't until 1919 when a outpatient clinic
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