There is a great need for health clinics in rural areas of Uganda. The government of Uganda has stated that all rural areas should have a health clinic but due to lack of funds this is not always possible.
A compromise has been reached
such that if an outside donor builds a clinic, then the government will staff it and
provide the necessary drugs.
We identified the Kyeeya Parish of Kamuli District as being one area in desperate need where we can help to build.
To get a flavour of the health care problems in Uganda download the elective reports of the 2 UK medical students who worked for 8 weeks in 2005 in a Kamuli Hospital & in rural health clinics in the area:
Sally's Report & Christine's Report
The Church of Uganda gave land to the community of Kyeeya to be used for development of a health clinic. We have raised enough money to build an outpatient department.
The proposal for the clinic was first written in October 2002 and CRU agreed to raise the money for the clinic in November 2004. Clare Sweasey, the fundraising project manager wanted to undertake this project as she is a nurse in Oxford so a health project is close to her heart. Clare first went to Uganda in September 2004. When she first visited Kyeeya it was a piece of land that was overgrown with grass, a couple of trees and a few animals grazing. Clare and Barbara visited the local government with the blue prints and negotiated a contract between CRU and Kamuli local government. The government agreed that if CRU raised the money for the buildings then once they are built they would finance the clinic, provide the staff, drugs and maintain the buildings. Once the contract was finalised we had a small ceremony on the land to bless the future of the clinic. We prayer walked around the land and the vicar said a prayer to bless it.
In September 2005 Clare returned to Uganda, LC V (the local councillor) had suggested that we had a groundbreaking ceremony to signify the commencement of the building work. Twelve invites were sent out and on the day of the ceremony about 500 people arrived. The ceremony was fantastic; there were lots of drumming and dancing, and of course speeches. During the ceremony vice chairperson LC V spoke and promised to give a borehole to the clinic. CRU provided drinks and the community provided 2 goats! The ground was broken, then everybody prayed and blessed the project before they dug the ground. It was very special. The community were still dancing and singing until after 6pm.
The outpatients department has 8 rooms, including a treatment room, a dispensary, a waiting area and a classroom.
The staffing quarters were completed in 2008 and the official opening of the Kyeeya Clinic outpatients took place in September 2008. Following advertisments on the local radio, Clare helped to put on the first medical and dental clinics over a 3 day period in the new building. The medical clinics alone were attended by over 300 people, although not all were sick.
Click for Clare's Report
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