2008 has been a great year for IMF. What started as an informal collection of projects under the umbrella of International Hospital has now been well organised under the Uganda registered NGO International Medical Foundation – with clear lines of reporting and accountability. When we look at all that we are doing and what is being achieved in various far flung corners of Uganda, as well as at International Hospital, we are very proud of the work we do.
We are also very happy to have strong partnerships with committed and dedicated people and other reputable organisations such as VSO, Hands of Help, Simon Friend, HIPS, Target TB, Civil Society Fund, Percuity and of course Suubi Trust, who are our key partners in raising awareness, keeping people informed and bringing together other groups to fund raise and support the various projects in our portfolio.
The beauty of all of this is that together we achieve a significant impact for very little cost. Consider all the projects which we are now carrying out.
In Kampala:
- Hope Ward at International Hospital for the treatment of complex conditions for the destitute
- TB project carrying out the first validation in East Africa for MOTs diagnosis of TB (a low cost method of culturing TB)
- Touch Namuwongo Project providing voluntary counselling, testing and treatment for HIV and TB
- Open Heart Surgery programme at IHK
- Cancer treatment programme at IHK.
In the East of Uganda (Jinja):
- Community based healthcare project.
- Royal Vanten Flower farm community HIV project providing counselling, testing and treatment.
In the West of Uganda:
- Kasesse Cobalt Co community HIV project providing testing, counselling and treatment.
In the North of Uganda:
- Gulu Clinic – carrying out a limited amount of charity treatment
- Lira Clinic – carrying out charity treatment and a HIV counselling and testing project
- Pader Clinic – providing free treatment and the rehabilitation of a government health centre.
All of these projects use the infrastructure, expertise and corporate capacity of International Hospital and International Medical Centres and therefore do not have to sustain the high establishment and capital costs which would otherwise be involved.
I would particularly like to thank Kevin and his team, Helen Lay from VSO who keeps our finances organised and Jemimah Kiboss the programme coordinator who keeps tabs on all the projects.
We are grateful to every one of our supporters, without whom much of the above simply wouldn’t have been possible. Thank you for all that you have helped to achieve in 2008 and our best wishes to you and your loved ones for 2009.
Regards,
Ian Clarke
CEO International Hospital.
