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Tom: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Remember Tom from the last report? Tom is known as one of our Hope rascals – he is a bright boy and plays on our computers and mobile phones whenever he visits and gets a chance! We are pleased to note that after completing several months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, tests confirm that his disease [...]

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Richard: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This handsome young man consented to relate his story – Richard comes from the North of Uganda and struggled to travel south to Kampala for treatment, a day’s journey away. He is one of many young people who have seen great suffering across the North, following the atrocities of the LRA war, but he has [...]

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BB: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, tagged on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

‘BB’ was found by a good Samaritan – ‘BB’ was just 14 yrs old, desperately trying to care for all his younger siblings in the West of Uganda Kagondo district. His mother had just died and father imprisoned in Luzira high security jail. Carers noticed a rapidly growing mass on his back. This proved to [...]

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Faith: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, Sponsors on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

NB. Express written consent has been obtained by patients or guardians and to protect our clients, real names are ONLY used when the children and their guardians actively request

Faith 12 yrs, when she first arrived at Hope Ward Cancer Clinic in July 2009:

We hardly had a smile from Faith for many weeks when she [...]

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Bosco’s Story: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Lira Clinic, tagged , on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Bosco is from Lira, married and has five children.  Bosco and his wife have AIDS.  He has been sick for the past two years.  He used to work as a cyclist providing lifts for fares (bicycle boda boda) and had a small ’shamba’ for small scale farming.  However he had to give up both activities [...]

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Judith Nagujja: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Judith is a young teenager who had a “soft tissue cancer” (fibrosarcoma) diagnosed at a different centre when she was 15yrs. Her family come from the West of Uganda, a day’s journey from the hospital and are villagers who can barely afford any medical care. Unfortunately, the tumour recurred and it was removed but recurred [...]

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Kuvuka Cafe supports Cancer Care Fund

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, Suubi Trust, tagged , , on January 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »

UPDATE:
Kuvuka has matched donations from its Customers
making a total raised so far of £806.
We are very grateful for all you’ve given.
Sean Clarke 18/01/10
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Kuvuka cafe is raising money for Suubi Trust to give cancer care to patients who would be without hope otherwise.

Kuvuka Cafe is approaching its 3rd birthday at the end of December, what [...]

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Hope Ward Fun Run 2009 “I’m running for Hope”

Posted in Fund Raising, Hope Ward, tagged , , on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sunday November 15th 2009 saw over 300 runners gathered at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala to take part in the Hope Ward Fun Run. Many were taking the opportunity to preview the 10km course for the following week’s MTN marathon.
The day was an enormous success with UGX 3,320,000 (GBP 1,072) raised through generous donations [...]

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Hope Ward Cancer Care: Teshome Sosina

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sosina is 27 yrs and from an Eritrean-Ethiopian background. She fled her country during the war in the early 2000s and lost contact with all her family – she still wonders if they are alive or dead.

Sosina arrived in Uganda, a refugee with no family, no home and no job.
Due to difficulty in accessing healthcare, [...]

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Hope Ward Cancer Care: Mariana

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Mariana is a 49yr old Congolese refugee. In 2008, during the war, her family were caught in the crossfire, in northern Congo. Mariana’s husband was killed but she fled with her brother and 4 children to a UN camp, in the west of Uganda (Nakivaly camp).

Sadly, the story is yet again, of a 2 year [...]

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