The White Fathers were the first to make Jirapa, in the extreme north of Ghana, known to a wider public. Their missionary activities, beginning around 1930, yielded spectacular results with many thousands of Christian converts and laid the foundations for the development of the national clergy. The most famous was Peter Cardinal Devy, made a Cardinal by Pope John XXIII. Because of the White Father presence, medical care was provided early at Jirapa and the present hospital with 174 beds, is vital to the health of the population. From time to time, Inter Care has provided supplies to the hospital and has recently resumed regular supplies after a gap of some years.