Welcome to
Friends of Kagando
(Charity Commission No.1100302)
The UK based support charity for Kagando Hospital and Rural Development Centre
Kasese District - Western Uganda
KAGANDO Rural Development Centre (KARUDEC) is a health care and education project managed by the Church of Uganda based around Kagando Hospital (250 beds).
Kagando lies in the South-Eastern foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains on a small West-facing hill looking out across a fertile valley, 20 km from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and 5 km North of the Equator. On the other side the hill looks out towards the Western Rift Valley with the nearby Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Kizinga Channel linking Lake George and Lake Edward.
Friends of Kagando, is a UK based charitable trust (Number 1100302) set up in 2003 and managed by a board of Trustees who are past long-term workers at Kagando or regular visitors. The charity aims to support Kagando by raising funds and sending equipment and to encourage friends and colleagues working there by correspondence and visits from people with clinical, technical, management, educational, pastoral and fund-raising expertise. Administration costs are low. Transfers of accountable funds are direct to the leadership in Kagando. It maintains a newsletter mailing list and is always looking for partners and volunteers to support what we believe has become a 'centre of excellence' in Rural Uganda.
Navigate key pages on this site using the green tabs above. Within each page, hyperlinks to sections on the page or elsewhere are also usually text in green
STOP PRESS Details on News Page
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Typhoid awareness and prevention High numbers with late complications of typhoid are still being admitted. A multi-targeted campaign is planned. (Go straight to Typhoid page)
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New specialists Dr Asinja Kapuru, (Obstetrics and Gynaecology), and Dr Omech Bernard, (General Physician part-time), join Dr Robert Olupot the Specialist Surgeon.
Doctors Kapuru (left), Bernard (centre) and Robert (right)
Specialists at Kagando Hospital
Dr Kapuru is the Medical Director (w.e.f.May 2011)
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Fistula operations for women damaged during childbirth: Kagando is on course to perform more than 400 operatons in 2011, the largest number in any centre in Uganda. Goto News Page
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Electricity still a problem Goto News Page
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The Operating Theatre Extension Project approaches internal finishing stage. Goto News Page
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Diagnostic Imaging Department The new ultrasound scanner and the Xray are fully functioning, though electricity supply is an occasional problem for Xrays Goto News Page
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Budget deficit still rising Goto News Page
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Containers - Bulk and heavy items We need to change our method of sending containers of equipment and large donated items to Kagando. Goto News Page
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Dr Rachel Pagnamenta 'Friends' Volunteer, completes her six months at Kagando Read her blog
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Volunteers needed The Leadership in Kagando still welcomes volunteers with skills, committment, initiative and drive. Contact 'Friends of Kagando' for advice and liaison with Kagando Goto News Page
For details Go to News Page
Recently added to or updated on this site...
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Latest Friends of Kagando Newsletters Go to Newsletters Page
Volunteer Blogs: Go to Newsletters Page
David (Urologist) and Helen Lyth (Teacher) from August 2009 to present
Rachel Pagnamenta (Resident Doctor - Paediatrics) from January to July 2011
Simon (Visiting Resident Doctor Support) and Ann (Teacher) June 2011 and previous
Jeffrey and Angela van Gangelen - Surgery and Physiotherapy volunteers June to October 2010
N.B. This project is affiliated with Friends of Kagando. It now has its own website on: www.sandfilteraid.co.uk (click on green to go to this site)
DONATIONS to Friends of Kagando
Full details of methods, including 0N-LINE are on the Contact Us/Donate Page
Donations are holding up well will some welcome surprises and generous regular commitments. However in relation to the needs the Trustees are aware that income must increase if we are to ensure survival of the Kagando project. The mix of location in a historically deprived district, close to the border with DR Congo, in a rural, though gradually urbanising environment is strategically important. Its traditions of Christian commitment, nurse training, quality of service and resident and visiting specialists make it one of the better hospitals within Uganda.
We prefer donations to be made to General Funds so that the Trustees are free to assign funds where they believe the need is greatest or the donation will be most effective. However we always honour preferences expressed by donors. There is a list of some of the currently open 'designated' funds, with a short summary of each at the bottom of the 'Contact Us / Donate' page.
... The 'Alternative Gift' fund-raising initiative is still active. A gift to an understanding friend or relative becomes a donation to the Kagando community by providing capital for KARUCOM, Kagando's Microfinance project.
This Website was last edited on: 27/02/2012
