By Clodagh: Kasese is in the West of Uganda and this programme is operating in communities on the shores of Lake George. All three of the communities being served, which have an approximate total population of 10,000, suffer from extreme poverty. This is mainly due to their near sole dependence on small-scale fishing, the produce [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kasese’
Communities Being Served – KCCL, HIPS and IMF
Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged Clodagh, Hamukungu, HIPS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Kasese, KCCL, Lake George, Poverty, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, USAID on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
KCCL, HIPS and IMF Project in Kasese – Case Study 1
Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged AIDS, Carolyne, Clodagh, HIPS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, International Hospital Kampala, Kasese, KCCL, USAID on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I recently posted a project update about our community HIV/AIDS programme in Kasese, W. Uganda and some friends asked for more information, which I will provide in a number of posts over the next week. Let me start by thanking Clodagh who helped to prepare this information during her visit last year. Perhaps the best [...]
IMF Working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited: Update
Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged AIDS, Health, HIPS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Kasese, KCCL, Uganda, USAID on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Carolyne for this update: International Medical Foundation has been working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited since October 2006 to provide basic health services to the poor living in three communities close to the KCCL facility in Kasese, West Uganda; Muhokya, Kahendero and Hamukungu. This programme has been supported by Health Initiatives For The [...]
Health Day at St. Mark’s, Kasese
Posted in International Medical Foundation, tagged An African Dream, Kasese, St. Mark's on August 15, 2011 | Comments Off
The IMF team based in Kasese recently performed a Health Day for the pupils, parents and caregivers at St. Mark’s Primary School, which is supported by the UK based charity, An African Dream, AAD. Zainabu, an IMF Nurse Counsellor (in the photo above), met with 104 parents and caregivers before the event to explain what [...]
IMF Working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited
Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged HIV/AIDS, Kasese, KCCL, TB on April 14, 2011 | Comments Off
For three years International Medical Foundation has been working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited to provide basic health services to the poor living in three communities close to the KCCL facility in Kasese, West Uganda. This programme has been supported by Health Initiatives For The Private Sector, a USAID funded project. Together we have provided [...]


