Care for All: Build a Mobile Clinic for Rural Gulu

As construction works for the new maternity ward at our Agonga health facility are nearing completion, we are greatly excited that this is happening in no other time than this when strengthening our health facilities is so critical to creating a lasting change for pregnant mothers and their new born babies living in some of remotest regions in Uganda.

Mothers, so critical to the survival of children, are still being lost to preventable conditions. Eighteen mothers die every day in Uganda.

Similarly, newborns are vulnerable and comprise a large proportion of under-five deaths. Most infant deaths happen in the first day or week of life because of poor care at the time of birth & can be avoided. They are caused by preventable diseases and conditions such as hypertensive disorders, infections, heavy blood loss after birth, malaria, pneumonia or diarrhea.

For both mothers and their infants, poor quality of care at childbirth, inequitable health services and inadequate family-care practices contribute significantly to their deaths and this is something we want to challenge in Gulu. However, we are still short of partners like you to enable the maternity ward acquire the necessary equipment and vital supplies.

And with every dollar you give, you choose to challenge child & maternal mortality too. Please be a partner in ensuring that mothers in Gulu and their new born babies don't die during child birth. It takes team work. That's why we are counting on you!

Links:

• www.karincommunity.org
• https://web.facebook.com/KCIUganda/
• https://twitter.com/KCIU_Uganda

Giving life to architecture carries the responsibility to sustain life for many people - the people who design it, build it, use it, own it - and responsibility to the earth, too. When we approach design by engaging our network of stakeholders, we can change the world. By October 2020, our new maternity unit under construction in Agonga, Uganda had reached the roofing stage, bringing hope to mothers in Agonga - it’s one shinning example of how this design ecosystem can work.

Located in Gulu district, Agonga is an impoverished, rural area in Northern Uganda, home to more than 20,000 people with limited access to health care. This region’s existing maternity ward is part of an existing health facility built more than 60 years ago. Its limited rooms serve as a place to give birth and receive pre and post natal care.

Yet Agonga’s women are considered lucky to score a bed at the facility. the population in Gulu district has grown, and the ward cannot accommodate nearly half of its expectant mothers who travel to the facility - most often long distances on the back of motorcycle taxi - to give birth.

Statistics indicate that Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most dangerous places on earth to be pregnant and give birth. Complications from childbirth, poor nutrition, infections, cross contamination, limited access to care, malaria, HIV and AIDS impact health outcomes for mothers and their children in this part of the world.

To improve Agonga’s delivery of health and reduce infant and maternal deaths, Karin community Initiatives Uganda is making tremendous progress with the construction of a sustainable maternity ward in Agonga village - Gulu district Northern Uganda. However, furthering the challenge of a sustainable facility: Agonga does not have a reliable source of electricity and vital maternity equipment. To be part of this life changing work for Agonga’s mothers and their new born babies, please make your donation here.

Links:

• Global Giving project link
• Organisation website