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Rose’s Journey

July 10, 2009 by Kevin

Rose

Target: £12,500.00
Raised so far: £5,926.00

Almost £6,000 received so far and some more pledged, please help if you can.

In 1989, as a young girl, Rose Nanyonga was forced to leave her family’s village in Uganda.  She was alone and, as a female in Uganda without family protection, she had little hope. At the root of her forced departure was her unwillingness to take part in child sacrifice.  This witchcraft ritual, common in sections of rural Uganda, had driven a wedge between Rose and her family.

Upon leaving her village Rose began a 52 kilometer journey that would take her from her home village of Bamunanika to Kiwoko.  Amidst the hopelessness of this journey she found Ian and Robbie Clarke, Irish citizens working to establish better medical care in Uganda.  This encounter with the Clarke’s would forever alter the direction of Rose’s life.  Under their care, Rose would once again be part of a family.  She also began a career in nursing which would lead to her working as Director of Clinical Operations at International Hospital Kampala (IHK) in Uganda.  Today Rose balances responsibilities with IHK, a Ph.D program at Yale University, and assistance to numerous organizations including Narrow Road where she serves as a board member.  On July 11, 2009, with the support and company of many, Rose will walk the same 52 kilometers from Bamunanika to Kiwoko.

Rose Nanyonga Clarke is one of those very special people; an absolute pleasure to meet, work with and to be around. I first met her about 3 years ago in Kampala when working together as Directors at International Hospital.

Rose has set herself quite a challenge this summer, hoping to raise more than £12,500 to help support Hope Ward and to establish a scholarship fund to support students at the Nursing School.

You can read more about this and give your support by visiting her fund raising page on Justgiving.

Please give her your support, every little helps…

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Posted in Fund Raising, Hope Ward | Tagged Rose Nanyonga Clarke | 4 Comments

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  1. on April 16, 2009 at 7:45 pm Rose

    Hi Kevin, someone at Yale gave me five hundred dollars this morning. It was so random, I went into the meeting to talk about possible opportunities for collaboration (Yale school of medicine, Yale school of public health, and Yale school of nursing with IHK). One of the ladies had seen the write up on face book of all places and came with her check book. I have never met her before! She just said, I believe in nursing, I cannot go to Africa but I know you can and handed me a check.

    I am really thrilled. My goal is high but this is very encouraging. I see that my brother has started us off at Just giving. Thank you Sean and thank you everyone.

    Much love

    Rose


  2. on June 17, 2009 at 2:16 pm Susan Nuwatamba Nsaba

    Rose,
    iam so thrilled with what you are doing for Hope ward and IHK generally.i stumbled on your site as iam looking for sponsorship for my niece Kogire(6months) recently diagonised at Mulago with a VSD and needs surgery. certainly we cant afford India so looking at cheaper alternatives. how does someone get to Hwan sung? or anyone who can help? wish you luck in your endevours and your studies as well!
    regrads
    ‘susan


  3. on July 3, 2009 at 9:52 am JULIET NANYONJO

    keep it up gal we really appreciate your efforts.

    prospective student.


  4. on July 7, 2009 at 4:42 pm Robbie Clarke

    So proud to have you as my daughter. July 11th will be an incredibly emotional day for the Clarkes



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