Uganda Clinic Project

03/12/2025

03/12/2025

"Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have" ~ Jim Rohn

In a season of thanksgiving, as we reflect on all that we have, it’s important to remember the impact we can make by helping others. Every day, patients in Uganda are denied health care simply because they are unable to pay for their treatment upfront. Join us in our vision as we seek to build a hospital for those who may not otherwise receive care.

Aaron and I will be meeting the team in person later this month and are looking forward to continuing this work. If you’d like to join us, tax deductible donations for the building project can be made at:

https://mvcommunity.churchcenter.com/giving/to/uganda-medical-clinic

Thank you for considering partnering with us!

19/11/2025

Patient profile:

Recently, as Dr. Rinah was making rounds with the other young doctors in training, they came across a young girl with sickle cell disease - a disorder of the red blood cells resulting in severe pain and serious complications. Unfortunately, the young girl was abandoned by her mother at just two years of age due to her medical condition, and the father - who had three other wives - was not interested in caring for her either. Her grandmother stepped in to care for her and did so until she succumbed to old age 3 years ago. Since then, the young girl has been moving from one relatives house to another with no stable place to call home.

She was brought into the hospital by a stepsister due to severe pain from her condition, however the stepsister had other children to care for and had to leave her on her own. To make matters worse, the family was not able to afford basic necessities for the hospital stay such as medication for pain, or even food (these are not automatically provided as they are in American hospitals). Dr. Rinah had compassion on this family and gave them money to buy food. But when she returned that evening, they were gone.

We probably won’t ever know the ending to the young girls heart wrenching story, but it’s an apt reminder of the reason a free clinic in Uganda is so desperately needed. Thanks for walking with us as we work towards this goal!

09/10/2025

Team spotlight 🌟

Rinah is a 26 year medical student in Kampala, Uganda. 🇺🇬 She meets with us monthly to help plan next steps and diligently takes notes as our team secretary ✍🏻 She is in her fifth and final year of medical school before transitioning to residency. And while she hasn’t yet committed to a specialty, we know she will succeed at whatever she puts her mind to. 🏥 Her heart is to reach the rural areas of Uganda with medical care, bringing those patients who require higher levels of care back to the future clinic in Ishaka (her hometown) for further intervention. ❤️It is important to her that cost is not a barrier to medical treatment as she has seen how this can effect patients first hand during her medical training. 🩺

Pray for Rinah as she works hard to complete her final year of medical school, and for the team as we begin planning for the clinic in Ishaka.

09/10/2025

Hi friends! If you made it to our update page, welcome! Our goal is to provide regular updates as we work with the team in Uganda to build a clinic in Ishaka.

In Uganda, you cannot receive medical care if you are unable to pay (or if your ability to pay is unknown). The purpose of the clinic we are working to build in Uganda is to reach those most in need and provide low or no cost care.

In total, the project is estimated to cost $100,000 - $150,000. If you’d like to make a tax deductible donation, you can go to the link below:

https://mvcommunity.churchcenter.com/giving/to/uganda-medical-clinic

Please let us know if you have any questions. We’re excited to start this journey together 🇺🇬 🏥 ❤️

Use our online form to make a donation to Mountain View Community Church (MVCC).