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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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Makindye Division, Kampala

Posted in Dr. Ian Clarke, International Medical Foundation, Makindye Division, tagged , , , on April 15, 2011 | Comments Off

In May Dr. Ian Clarke will become the Mayor of Makindye Division, Kampala. International Medical Foundation and supporters such as Suubi Trust now have a fantastic opportunity to work with the Mayor and the Ministry of Health to help bring quality health services to a local population of more than 500,000. Our initial focus will [...]

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UK Aid as a share of National Income

Posted in Business of Health Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, Yer Yotkom, 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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Advent: Day 10 Dr. Richard

Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2010 | Comments Off

This is Dr. Richard as many of us will remember him, enjoying being with the kids on Hope Ward. He made a huge difference in his time with us as a voluteer with VSO. There are more photos of him on the VSO website here. Even after their VSO stint was finished, Richard and Patricia [...]

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Advent: Day 5 Judith Nyesigire

Posted in Advent, Staff, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2010 | Comments Off

This photo is from June 2008, before I came to work full-time in Uganda. Judith, in the middle, worked with the communities in and around Jinja, helping to train and support the community health volunteers. We had a very interesting day watching her interact with these volunteers and teaching them to tell others about HIV/AIDS. [...]

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Charis IMC Lira: part 4 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , on October 2, 2010 | Comments Off

By Clea Meynell: IMG recognises that the success of this initiative wholly depends on a number of key partnerships and ongoing collaborations to leverage resources and support. These are as follows: Ongoing partnerships There are three ongoing collaborations which form the basis of this initiative. The first relates to the unique set-up which exists between [...]

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Charis IMC Lira: part 3 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , on October 1, 2010 | Comments Off

By: Clea Meynell The target population will be the communities surrounding Charis IMC. Initially the idea is to extend service provision to all residents within Ojwina and Central Divisions in Lira Municipality, thereby covering 62,100 (59%) of Lira Municipality residents. Charis IMC is located in Bar Ogole Parish of Ojwina Division. This document shows a [...]

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Charis IMC Lira: part 2 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2010 | Comments Off

By: Clea Meynell Proposed approach Senior level staff at International Medical Group (IMG) are in the process of developing a model of healthcare that is closely aligned with the district level services, ensuring cross-sector collaboration and capacity building as well as clear coordination with government and NGO services currently on offer in the District. Central [...]

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