Help Build Hope Again Medical Clinic

What would you do if you could not get medical help for your child . . . is there anything that would make you feel more powerless? The children in Kaihura, Uganda live a 45 minute car ride from the nearest medical facility - it might as well be 450 miles. Ninety-nine percent of the community has no transportation. Children die every day from curable illnesses and injuries because they do not have access to medical facilities.

Embrace Uganda and our Ugandan partner, Bringing Hope to the Family, are working together to build a Level III Medical Clinic in Kaihura. The Hope Again Medical Clinic will serve not only the village of Kaihura but the entire district of Kyenjojo. In Kyenjojo, there are approximately 450,000 people and two (2) practicing physicians.

Contrast that to America which averages one (1) physician per 276 people and the discrepancy becomes very clear!

The clinic will provide primary care services to the general population but will also allow HIV AIDS care to be provided on-site. In addition, it will make a vaccination program possible and expand diagnostic capabilities for diseases such as malaria and TB. The clinic will also provide maternity care for high risk deliveries under medical supervision as opposed to delivering in remote homes. We also hope to attract full-time physician staffing to this area which would be impossible without proper facilities.

The community of Kaihura is hard at work and the building has begun! And this is not the American type of building . . . another mental image for comparison. . . imagine that in order to build you had to carry jugs of water weighing 50+ pounds 3/4 of a mile, mix cement by hand, dig with hoes and shovels instead of backhoes, measure and level with string . . . Our Ugandan friends are willing to work hard if you invest in them!

We need your help to save these beautiful children!! Embrace Uganda has raised $65,000 of the $180,000 needed to complete the clinic! Every $1 makes a difference—Please give now!

Giving Options:

You have now the opportunity to specify a specific area of funding need for the clinic. Please click on the Naming Opportunities link to see what area you would like to support. Your name will be associated with the area and we will updated this list periodically.