Physical Health Uganda Project #46265

Donate for Clinic Medicine & Staff @ Uganda Clinic

by Outreach Uganda

Project Report | Dec 9, 2024
Meeting with Nurses & Clinic Management Committee

By Carol Davis | President

Carol with Nurses & Clinic Management Committee

The Agwata community clinic is managed by a clinic management committee which consists of seven to eight community members as required by Uganda law including a representative from each of the five villages served by the clinic. I try to meet with both the nurses and this committee each time I go to Uganda. I can hear firsthand from them issues they are facing and how we can be most helpful to the community.

At our last meeting, they explained how important the funding from this project is to the clinic. They once again explained how often, our clinic might be the only clinic in the area which has any medicines. This means many patients might travel on foot for five or six kilometres or more to reach our clinic for treatment. They also pointed out that our clinic treats many students from the Agwata school which is located across the road from the clinic.

The most needed medicines continue to be those which treat malaria and the malaria test strips which show if a patient has malaria. In addition, there are quite a few other important and much needed medicines for young children as well as pregnant mothers. The last few years, we have not had enough donations to fund the full amount of the medicines they have requested.

Having a clinic stocked with medicines and within a walkable distance for patients has saved many lives, especially for young children under the age of five, as compared to those times prior to 2013 when the Agwata clinic was built.

We thank you so much for your donations to this project which continues to save lives year after year! If you know others that might like to join in this effort, please share this project report with them!

With gratefulness for your steadfast support!

Carol Davis,

President

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Aug 12, 2024
Volunteer Team Brings Clinic Supplies in June

By Carol Davis | President

Apr 26, 2024
Agwata Clinic Will Soon Have Its Own Water Well!

By Carol Davis | President

Water Well Being Dug at Clinic - March 2024

Last month, work began on a water well at the Agwata clinic. This will be a very welcome addition! The well will be able to provide water for cleaning the clinic, and water for patients coming to the clinic after walking a long distance to reach the clinic. And the maternity patients will be very excited because up to now, they or their labor attendant assisting them had to fetch their own water from the bore hole by the school. The new well will make life easier for everyone!

And another good point to note is that this well is being funded by a community member, not Outreach Uganda! We were encouraged to see this because it is very positive to see that the existence of the clinic is not dependent solely on funding from Outreach Uganda. Its very existence helps encourage participation and involvement from others in the community. Other examples of help from others include the many vaccinations and special services teams that visit the clinic from the district and provide free services to those coming to the clinic.

This way, we can use our funding to concentrate on helping with the highest priority items like contributing towards paying the nurses and especially contributing for the most important medicines such as the medicines to treat malaria and test strips for detecting malaria.

Our support is entirely dependent on extra donations from our donors and funding from this project. We and the Agwata Community are truly grateful for the gift of health you have given the 5000 people living in this remote area of northern Uganda!

Please share this project report with at least one person you know who has a passion for helping with life saving health projects like our clinic!

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