In May 2012, a group of five international volunteers spent time laying
bricks to build the walls for a clinic at the school. With our Second
Special Tour of Uganda, The Hope for Africa Children’s Village hopes to
see the clinic completed, stocked, and a nurse paid for 1 year!
This 10 day group placement, to be held in December 2012, will offer an
intimate experience with no more than 9 other volunteers. Volunteers
will get to know their peers and hosts well, experience a new culture,
help complete the rural medical clinic, and go on amazing wildlife
safari.
The Hope for Africa Children’s Village was founded in 2007. Currently
over 450 children aged 3 to 15 attend classes for just a few dollars per
term. Classroom buildings, desks, an office block, teacher’s quarters,
and a borehole have been generously donated throughout these past 4
years. The school runs its own farm providing meals to students and
teachers, and a small income to pay teacher salaries from the sale of
extra produce. The next logical step in the development of the school is
a medical clinic.
Many local elderly and sick people are unable to reach town to see a
doctor because of distance and transport costs. Rural health services
mean more people have their health issues assessed and managed, creating
a healthier population, increased production, and reduced mortality
rates.
Combined with the organization’s existing public health outreach
program, the clinic will be a central health service for the children
who attend the school and the 4,500 youth and adults living in the
surrounding villages. Clinical officers will provide health assessments,
blood tests, counselling and education.
Join Us
Participants will raise funds to enable the building and outfitting of a
small clinic on the grounds of a local primary school. The foundation
and walls were built earlier this year by our first volunteer group. The
clinic will be completed with the help of this Second Special Tour of
Uganda!
To find out more about this project and how you can become involved go to: http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/uganda_tour/
