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Empowering African Villagers to Become Self-Sustaining, One Village at a Time
Major Kironde Fund Project for 2023: Build a new medical clinic for Dr. Paul Mugambe or purchase his existing facility from the landlord, who keeps raising his rent.
About Dr. Paul Mugambe, (pronounced Moo-gom’-bay) The doctor runs a small, truly nonprofit, Clinic and Hospice Care Facility in Mityana, Uganda. He has worked with us since our founding. In past years we have provided funding for various projects to improve safety and patient conditions. He is a critical partner in our efforts to educate and keep the community healthy and therefore productive.
Dr. Mugambe takes in patients that cannot pay bribes. In local hospitals staff are underpaid, if at all, and due to a lack of supervision patients must pay a bribe to be seen by a physician. Because of this, paying his rent is burdensome and the landlord is constantly gouging him for more and more money. He needs a facility of his own to continue to do the good work.
Outreach & Education: Dr. Mugambe and the Kironde Fund have engaged the help of Ugandan artist Emma Manyumba to make signs and posters in several different Ugandan dialects to help the doctor communicate and educate people about the symptoms and treatment for many common illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and respiratory diseases. These illnesses are easily treatable, but if you do not know you have these illnesses, they can be fatal. Dr. Mugambe has also started a palliative care program for the thousands of villagers who have cancer.
Kironde Fund 2023 Financial Goal: It is the Kironde Fund’s goal to raise $140,000 for this facility or build a new facility for Dr. Mugambe. We are thankful for several generous folks who will be matching new donations. Visit our Donate page to help out.
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Why We Continue Staying the Course
Because we have built trust with the folks of Kigalama, they are convinced that we are genuinely interested in changing the social and economic dynamic. This has given them a belief that there is hope for the future; they can improve their living conditions. Our main concern, child drudgery, was addressed to the Kigalama folks that take care of the orphaned and vulnerable children in the area. It was clear that lack of income was the main reason that young children have to work so hard carrying water, finding and lugging firewood and other chores. The older children leave the farm and go to the cities looking for work leaving the chores to younger children that are normally delegated to the older children.
We met with Samuel Tusuubira of the Kigalama Children's Initiative and the wonderful people of Kigalama Uganda who take in and raise orphaned children. We have 84+ families with an average of 4 children each, or about 350 children who are now fed, clothed and nurtured.
Kironde Education & Health Fund, Inc. is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization.
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