Welcome to 'Friends of Kagando' The UK based support charity for

Kagando Hospital and Rural Development Centre

Kasese District - Western Uganda

(charity commissioners No.1100302)

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 Elisabeth National Park and the Kizinga Channel linking Lake George and Lake Edward.

Friends of Kagando, set up in 2003,is a UK based charity (Number 1100302) with past long-term workers at Kagando and regular visitors as Trustees.  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 to support what we believe has become a 'centre of excellence' in Rural Uganda.

 

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Read the LATEST Newsletters by clicking on green text below:

From 'The Friends of Kagando'

From the Directors of KARUDEC

From one of the Doctors (Sigrid Leilech)

or go via the 'Links, News and Views' tab at the top of the page.

NEW SECTION - Dental Health - click here

or go via table of departments on 'Hospital'page

 

  *NEW* This Website now accepts DONATIONS ON-LINE - Click Here

CLICK HERE to go to Subscription and other forms download

 

If you join our mailing list we will send you a copy of a 20 minute DVD 'Window on Kagando' to give you a flavour of this amazing place.

 

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You can contact us directly

by email: admin@friendsofkagando.org.uk

 or on-line: subscription/donation (inc.on-line) forms available from the 'Join the Friends' page

or by post: 'Friends of Kagando', Fox House, Ashford Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GL50 2QZ, UK

 

This Website was last  edited on:  05/02/2009