Medical & Health Programs 10 October 2008

October 1st through October 9th, 2008
Vivian Glyck, founder of Just Like My Child arrived on October 1st, 2008 along with some of the foundations board members and donors to see how several major projects were moving forward at the Bishop Asili Hospital.

The moment Vivian reached the hospital in Luweero District, …

 HIV/AIDS, Medical & Health Programs 15 September 2008

September 15th, 2008Uganda Health Marketing Group came to Bishop Asili Health Clinic today using entertainment as a means by which to educate the community about various issues such as malaria prevention, HIV prevention, family planning and safe drinking water.
By mid morning their was a huge crowd of community members …

 HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Medical & Health Programs, Volunteer Spotlight 8 August 2008

August 8th, 2008(Left: Allen of the Community Outreach Team Right: Patient of BA clinic)Nicholyn and I spent the morning with John and Allen of The Bishop Asili Community Outreach Team practicing asking the survey questions for the Mosquito Net Baseline survey. After interviewing several people we discovered that a few …

 Malaria, Medical & Health Programs 4 August 2008

August 4th, 2008
Today, I sat in on one of the many of Nicholyn’s meeting with the Bishop Asili Community Outreach Group over the last month. They spent the afternoon discussing the next steps for planning the mosquito net distribution. They spoke about the importance of pre-testing the questions that they …

 Medical & Health Programs 24 July 2008

July 24th, 2008
The Bishop Asili HIV Community Outreach Team goes out every Tuesday and Thursday to support vulnerable people in communities that are deep in the bush. Without their help these people would have no support and might go for months suffering from disease without seeing a doctor. Unfortunately, this …