Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise, Volunteer Spotlight 15 October 2008

Maria is the care taker of the guest house that I live in on the Bishop Asili Hospital compound.
She is employed by the sisters at Bishop Asili Hospital. She has several children and an ex husband that doesn’t help her to take care of them. She recently became inspired to …

 Daily Life, Volunteer Spotlight 28 August 2008

August 28th, 2008Nicholyn Chang left Uganda today. She will spend a few days in Dubai with friends before heading to Malaysia for a few weeks to see her family and friends there. After, she will head back to San Diego to start her final year of graduate school at the …

 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 …

 Volunteer Spotlight 4 August 2008

August 4th, 2008 (Left to right: Nyangoma Rachael, Mary Goss)Our good friend Doctor Jude has gone …

 Volunteer Spotlight 26 July 2008

July 26th, 2008Today we had a going away party for Dr. Jude because he is going to Gulu in the northern part of Uganda for his residency for one year before returning to Bishop Asili to serve as a doctor for at least three years. Our lovely melting pot of …