Saving Lives!
Opening Bukomolo Clinic was exciting especially knowing that the delay gaps of access to medical facility, and access to physicians were solved. However, as time go-by there is increasing demand of helping sick people and pregnant women to reach faster at the clinic. We are therefore modifying our services to equip our medical staff with the quickest and affordable mobility …
These girls are working hard to learn to make reusable pads. It is a routine for them to gather with the Chief (Grace Nakajje) who not only trains them but also talks into their lives. Indeed, their life is pathetic. They suffer shame as a result of poor menstrual hygiene management. Boys and older men scorn these girls, making them …
Today marks the second year of operation of Bukomolo Clinic. We are indebted to the Almighty God for this far he has brought us, and to all our partners who pray, give ideas, material, and money to support our operation. We celebrate; the many lives saved – treated 4,805 patients, registered 76 mothers on antenatal care and 22 babies born. …
Lakeri Kageni is 26 years old and a mother of two children. Her first child was born in November 2017 and the second in January 2019, both safely delivered at Bukomolo Clinic. This means Lakeri has given birth to her two children within 14 months. At our clinic, we are registering many mothers of conditions similar to Lakeri. Tradition in …
Daniel O’Brien noted how trees are important in a hospital setting. That they don’t only give beauty but they provide healing in so many ways.
This woman brought her baby at our clinic in Bukomolo critically ill. She said she was treating the baby from her home with tablets she bought from a drug shop in the trading centre near her home. When asked the type of tablets she used, she could not explain and she didn’t know its name. When our physician tested the …
Women in her village call her “Commander”. Not that she works in the army or police force. But it is because she takes the lead in connecting women to work. At Bukomolo Clinic, we call her Mama Joe. Joe is her son whom she gave birth to, last year at the clinic. Mama Joe’s home is in Kautukwi village near …
Whenever it comes to 8th March of every year, the whole World switches to women. In Uganda, it’s a day to hear voice of women on radio stations, to watch women on television and to read about women in news papers who are making difference in the country. It is also a day for married men to stay home with …
Emma and David are brothers but born from different mothers. They live in Bukomolo village. Emma is 16 and David 15 years old. Their father has three other women in addition to their mothers. Emma and David are the eldest children. Because of the polygamous condition of their family, these boys are the bread winners. Their father spends most of …
The overwhelming cases of diarrhea in Bukomolo community are raising concern. The month of February alone, about 75% of daily patients’ visits at Bukomolo Clinic suffered from diarrhea and they were mainly children between 02-15 years. The clinic has set up a free routine de-warming exercise and the local leaders have joined to mobilize their communities to bring children. So …