Help Ugandan Youth Earn Nursing Certifications

Greetings to the GlobalGiving Family,

Like most parts of the world Uganda is also faced with the COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Currently the country is confronting the second  wave of the pandemic. The country is in a total lockdown since the 19th of June 2021 for an anticipated 42 days when a review will be caried out. All schools and other educational institutions were closed and students sent home. Mayanja Memorial Medical Training Institute where students supported by GlobalGiving are enrolled is closed. Students are in their respecive homes and continue to recieve  weekly assignments online. The COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted the training of students and we are looking forwards to increased vaccinations to stabilise the situations. On the positive side students who were supported by GlobalGiving but are now registered nurses are on the frontline fighting the epidemic. In future reports I will compile their experiences.

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about closure of institutions in most countries globally now for a whole year. In Uganda the varous trainning institutions are being opened in a a phased manner starting with candidate/finalist classes. Mayanja Memorial Hospital Foundation supports students who are enrolled for programmes in Nursing and Midwifely at Mayanja Memorial Medical Training Institute in Mbarara City of South-Western Uganda. The Institute is currently hosting continuing students in their final semester and will be receiving new students in 2 weeks time. The process of selecting students to benefit from funds received from GlobalGiving was interrupted by the pandemic. We plan to start the exercise of identifying students to benefit from GlobalGiving Support as soon as most of the students are at the institute. The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the incomes of households of most families and this will lead to many students failing to complete their programmes due to financial constraints.

The Foundation extends thanks to the GlobalGiving Family for all the support extended to needy students in enabling them to earn a certificate.