Bring healthcare to 1,000+ Awake Uganda villagers

Dear Global Giving Friends I am writing to you from Lira, Uganda as Julius and I arrived two weeks ago. We are spending this week at Kristina Health Center in Awake village and spent last week with many of the 37 orphan children supported by Achon Uganda Children's Fund (AUCF). Thank you, once again, for your...

Last week, Monica, a four year-old girl with fever and chills, was carried—sweating and listless—by her mother approximately three miles from their hut in Awake village to Kristina Health Center (KHC). Upon arrival, Monica was registered and escorted to the shaded veranda outside with her mother until her name...

Thanks to our thousand plus supporters, friends at Nike and Runner's World and many other generous organizations, the dedicated work of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund team and our sister organization Love Mercy Australia, Kristina Health Center (KHC) was formally dedicated on August 25, 2012. Julius Achon's dream -...

Awake villagers await the formal dedication of Kristina Health Center on Aug. 25, 2012. Consisting of two buildings - a 10 room clinic and 4 unit living quarters, final preparations are in progress to complete the facility, bringing local healthcare for the first time to thousands. Uganda national leaders and Otuke district...

Julius and I depart this evening for the USA. We had a successful Uganda trip and highlights are as follows: Kristina Clinic activity: * Kristina Clinic and living quarters are virtually complete and look great - beyond our expectations - see attached photo * we have over a dozen qualified applications to fill the...

The fourth quarter of 2011 brought three major major accomplishments for the Achon Uganda Children's Fund and the Kristina Clinic project: 1) Kristina Clinic construction neared completion in Awake Village as both the clinic and living quarters structures were completed with doors and  windows added. Kristina Clinic...

Kristina Clinic construction in Awake village, where Julius Achon was born and raised, is progressing very well since our May visit says Julius Achon, founder of AUCF. The clinic is named after my mother Kristina who was killed in 2004 by the LRA during the civil war. She bled to death in the village as there was no...