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Affordability, Rationing and Aid

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Business of Health Care, Primary Healthcare, tagged , , , , , , on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Over the last few weeks I’ve been reviewing the cost and affordability of our Community Based healthcare services, which are often given free or at a heavily subsidised, low cost to the patient. During this review, it has become obvious that if we want these programmes to be sustainable then we will have to ration [...]

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Building the Maternity Theatre in Lira: Week 13

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, tagged on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

It’s Week 13 and the team is making good progress. The TB Lab now has its roof on and work has started on the internal structure.   The Theatre Block is taking shape, the internal layout is now very evident and the walls are ready for the windows.     The full picture set can [...]

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Suubi Trust Annual Returns

Posted in Cancer Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Since it was registered on July 2nd 2007, Suubi Trust has raised just over £200,000 to help support the work of International Medical Foundation, an NGO providing healthcare services to the financially disadvantaged in Uganda. Our key focus at this time is raising funds to build a maternity theatre at Charis Health Centre in Lira, [...]

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Jackie and Gary Raise Funds for Charis Theatre

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, tagged , on November 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been a bit slow in posting this one, sorry. Jackie and Gary are nurses working with Dr. Richard in the UK. They recently got married and instead of presents, asked their friends to give donations to Suubi Trust for the theatre build at Charis in Lira. They raised over 4 million shillings (about £1,000). [...]

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We’ve Started the Build!

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, tagged on October 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Over the last year we have been raising funds to help build a maternity theatre at the Charis clinic in Lira, north Uganda. I am really pleased to announce that we have now started the build!!! The site is being cleared and levelled, ready for the foundations. Here’s what the site looked like before we [...]

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New Life Church, Supporting Mothers in Lira

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Sponsors, tagged , , , on October 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve just come back from a few days in Menorca with Alan and Lyn. On Sunday I was able to give church members an update on our plans for Maternal Care at the Charis health centre in Lira. I mentioned how we are hoping to create a Safe Motherhood programme at a cost of £75 [...]

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Scooby-Doo money

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, tagged , , , on July 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

New Life Church in Menorca recently donated another £300 to help support the development of a theatre and maternity services at our clinic in Lira, northern Uganda. Last year when I was with Alan and Lyn in Menorca they asked me to say something about our work in Lira, which Pamela followed up with on [...]

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People Reached in 2010

Posted in Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Charis - IMC Lira, Pader Clinic, Cancer Care, Physiotherapy, International Medical Foundation, Heart Surgery, Touch Namuwongo, Aldo Project on March 16, 2011 | Comments Off

We recently reviewed progress for International Medical Foundation over 2010 and are pleased to note the following data: 5,592 people were counselled and tested for HIV 1,644 were enrolled on our treatment programmes for those living with HIV 19 patients received treatment each month for Cancer 9 received open heart surgery 244 were admitted onto [...]

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UK Aid as a share of National Income

Posted in Hope Ward, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, Touch Namuwongo, Business of Health Care, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In the last few weeks there’s been a lot of discussion about UK overseas aid. (on Twitter #AidReview) DFID has just completed a thorough review of all the programmes that it supports and has announced some changes planned for the next few years. Essentially the UK Government is committed to sharing up to 0.7% of [...]

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Advent: Day 22 Charis – IMC (Lira)

Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2010 | Comments Off

Over the last 3 years, I’ve had the great pleasure of watching our work in Lira grow and reach more and more of the people in that community with an ever-increasing range of services. Earlier this year we relocated to a facility owned by Charis, represented by Dr. Joel at the far left in the [...]

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