Health is an challenge for
pupils and their families
In January, a family from North London gave £1,000 to provide every child at the schools a mosquito net - a great example of how a little money can prevent so much unnecessary disease
Health projects
Wherever in the world we live, health is the top priority for families. Of course, rural Uganda has particular challenges with Malaria, Tuberculosis, Typhoid and HIV.
Simple, low-cost interventions such as clean water, innoculations and mosquito nets can make a dramatic difference.
Health projects fit into the wider CHIFCOD vision for important practical reasons.
Children were missing school either because they were unwell themselves or because a family member needed looking after. This was sufficiently frequent to disrupt their learning.
Therefore it was decided that the health projects should support not just the children attending the schools, but their wider families.
This has an important additional benefit ... when children are old enough to work in the fields, families are under great econimic pressure to keep them out of school. This significantly shortens their years of education and perpetuates the cycle of under-educated parents and under-educated children holding back development of the community. But, when the child's attendance at school provides a healthcare facility for the family, the child is making an important contribution to the family by their work at school instead of their work in the fields.
When you sponsor a child at one of the schools, you are helping the child and their wider family as well as helping to create an educated community that will be able to solve future problems without outside help.
CHIFCOD Child and Family Health Programme
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CHIFCOD Children's Clinic
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Children waiting for lunch at Rutenga