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Introduction Sometimes programmes do not go according to plan, regardless of best intentions or the significant needs that we are trying to address. After almost 2 years we have, regretfully, decided to withdraw from our partnership with the District Health Office in Pader. Pader Health Centre: A public-private-partnership established in October 2008 by International Medical [...]

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Ageno Susan

We recently received the following patient case story from our team at the Pader Clinic. Patient benefits: to narrate a brief story of a 8 year from Olwir-Nguu village, Acoro parish roughly 5km from Pader HC was brought in by her mother, so weak and pale and could barely sit-up. She was diagnosed with severe [...]

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Many will have heard of the oddly named Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the 20 year civil war they fought in Northern Uganda. Notorious for abducting 25,000 children to fight as soldiers, countless atrocities were committed leaving deep scars on the communities. During this time there was a total breakdown in health care, education, farming, [...]

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Joseph, one of our patients at Pader

Suubi Trust is working with International Medical Foundation to fund their work at a health clinic in Pader, one of the areas ravished by the LRA. The clinic has treated 2,396 charity patients since October 2008. The following is just one of many stories telling how this clinic is making an impact: Joseph Opiyo Joseph, [...]

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Trade Aid UK Continues Its Support

We are very pleased to announce the receipt of a further £6,000 from Trade Aid UK to help support our Health Centre in Pader, Northern Uganda, which has treated, free of charge, 1,652 patients since last October (as at mid-May). Click here to read more about Trade Aid UK.

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Trade Aid UK

Trade Aid UK has donated £6,000 to support the Pader Clinic. Trade Aid UK seeks to help eliminate the effects of world poverty through sustainable commercial trade.  By providing a top quality sugar product, it aims to give consumers a new choice for this most basic of commodities. At the same time, customers can be [...]

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Trade Aid UK Supports Pader Clinic

Last year Simon and Judy Friend pledged to help raise funds for our new clinic at Pader. In 2008 they raised £25,000 to help refurbish and equip the clinic, ready for its opening in October. In the first 4 months, 566 patients received treatment free of charge. It costs about £5 to treat each patient [...]

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