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The first hospital in East Africa, Mengo Hospital
was opened in 1897, in Kampala, Uganda, by the Church Missionary Society. Over 110 years this hospital has grown from a 12 bed clinic to a 350 bed medical facility, serving both urban and semi-rural populations, and has been widely known in sub-Saharan Africa for its medical care and dedicated staff. It has expanded, through donations from interest groups, to provide specialized care clinics
in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, tuberculosis, AIDS, and dentistry. In addition to patient care, Mengo Hospital is the home to a school of nursing and midwifery for 250 students, laboratory technology course for 90 students, and a school of ultrasound and radiology technology.

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Friends of Mengo Hospital (Canada)
Admiral's Walk
Postal Outlet Box 56017
Victoria, BC V9A 7P4
CANADA

E-MAIL:
administrator@mengofriends.ca

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	Children With HIV/AIDS: The Saturday Club The Saturday Club is an Outreach program initiated several years ago for children with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers, who are often JaJas (grandmothers) who care for many orphans. The goal is to improve and normalize the quality of life for these children by providing medical monitoring and treatment, and psycho/social support. As these families are generally marginalized, all the children receive school uniforms, shoes and socks, a backpack and school supplies, thus facilitating their admission to local primary schools. When finances permit, JaJas and caregivers are provided with a 20lb bag of corn meal, 10lb of dried beans and a bottle of cooking oil. Part of the purpose of the Saturday Club is to provide the children and their caregivers with formal instruction on health and hygiene issues, on nutrition and on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. After a simple lunch, the group has time for play, games and socializing. There are a few age appropriate toys (trucks and dolls) and some soccer balls for the older boys. A recent addition is the playground equipment consisting of swings, monkey bars, a slide and a merry-go-round. The Saturday Club Program is totally dependent on financial donations and the generosity of spirit and dedication of the staff of the Counselling and Homecare HIV/AIDS Clinic. With continued support from our Friends, the Saturday Club could increase the membership and expand its scope. Disabled Children: The OT Department and Guluddene The Occupational Therapy Department is an independent self funding department which was established in 1985 as a day school for children with learning disabilities and/or multiple handicaps. In 1990 the Mengo school expanded to include a “sister day school” at Guluddene that is in a relatively isolated position some 30 miles north of Kampala. More Independence Early in 2000 it was decided that a boarding opportunity should be introduced at Guluddene so that some of the older children could learn to become more independent. The first boarding pupils attended the school in 2003, and there are now 16 boarders and 12 day pupils. The program at Guluddene is designed and run by an Occupational Therapist and focuses on activities of daily living and independent living skills.