Kristina Achuma Medical Clinic
Artists impression of the Kristina Clinic
We are currently fundraising to build a locally run clinic in Awake village with our partner,
Achon Uganda Children's Fund. The Kristina clinic, named after founder Julius Achon's mother who was shot and killed by the LRA, will service approximately 20 000 people. Otuke County is 42 miles from Lira, the site of the nearest healthcare facility. The vast majority of Otuke residents cannot afford transportation to Lira or the care offered there. As such, every day people in this region suffer, and in some cases die needlessly because they do not have access to routine, preventative health care or emergency medical attention. Our biggest fundraiser for the year, the Sutherland to Surf on the 24th of July 2011, raised over $60,00 for this project.
Construction of the clinic is well under way. The first building under construction is the living quarters, consisting of four units to house clinic staff. Housing is required due to the remote location of the village and lack of other suitable housing in the village. The clinic itself will contain four diagnosis/treatment rooms, a diagnostic laboratory, a supply storage room, medication storage and dispensary room, a waiting room that will also serve as a classroom and a covered veranda.
The medical clinic will be modelled after the Engeye Clinic built near Masaka, Uganda in 2007. We plan to complete the clinic in 2011 at an estimated budget of $90,000. Our clinic will provide primary medical care including triage and appropriate treatment, disease testing, inoculation, medication dispensing and education. Our staff will be comprised of Ugandan MDs and RNs as well as a general manager and staff augmented by periodic visits from US-based doctors and nurses. We plan to establish extensive partnerships to create a set of best practices for developing access to appropriate medical care in rural Africa with the likes of Ugandan Ministry of Health, Engeye Clinic, Uganda Cares (HIV/AIDs testing), Life water International, Medical Teams International and other local and international aid organizations.
These are some of our children who have sponsors. (L-R) Walter 10, Ben 9, Lilian 9, Julius 7, Monica 7, Nancy 11.
These children receive their school fees, equipment, uniforms, clothing, nutrition and medical supplies all thanks to generous sponsors.
Cents for Seeds//
The Cents for Seeds project is a micro loan donation given to women in Orum County.
Changing lives in 3 simple steps!
1. A small $25 donation is given which purchases 10kgs of A grade seeds. This 10kg loan will yield approximately 100kg of food.
2. The recipient of these seeds then plants, and harvests them, in order to eat, sell, and store these seeds for the future.
3. The initial principle of 10kgs is re-paid to the Love Mercy Foundation, who then gives this loan on to the next family!
In this way, a simple one off donation is used multiple times over, with many families receiving a much needed injection of capital to help rebuild their lives that have been affected by war.
Three of the 107 women in the village of Baa who participated in the first round of Cents for Seeds Micro-Loans - 2010.
The second round of Cents for Seeds loans have been distributed to a total of 547 women in Baa and Orum county, in April 2011.