September Newsletter

Dear Friends of Kisiizi Hospital-Uganda,

We are delighted to share with you the latest issue of the Kisiizi Hospital Newsletter, highlighting some of the key developments, achievements, partnerships, and stories from our continuing journey of service.

We invite you to take a few moments to read the newsletter, celebrate these milestones with us, and see the difference that your partnership and support continue to make.

Also, plan to be part of this year's Friends' Day on 3rd October.....Details are in the Newsletter!

Thank you for walking this journey with Kisiizi Hospital.

Warm regards,

Dr. Henry Lukabwe
Medical Superintendent
Church of Uganda Kisiizi Hospital

HELLO EMPOWER-ERS! 10,000 girls!

It was such a joy to be back in Uganda this summer, to visit Empower and to catch up with friends! Whilst there Monica and I celebrated reaching 10,000 women and girls with pad packs! That’s 40,000 pads made and given out and 10,000 women able to have safe, comfortable periods for the next 3 years.

Back in the Emergency Department: an update from nurse Leah Prairie

Three months into a three-year term of volunteer service, registered nurse Leah Prairie is settling back into clinical work in Kisiizi’s Emergency Department, alongside teaching, research support, and community life around the hospital. One recent highlight: Blessing, a baby found abandoned shortly after birth and nursed back to health at Kisiizi after arriving critically ill, is now nearly four months old, growing and much loved by staff and neighbours alike.

Welcome, Dr Viola: a new full-time physician joins Kisiizi

Thank you to everyone who prayed and stood with Kisiizi through the physician shortage in Internal Medicine earlier this year — Dr Viola has now joined the hospital as a new full-time physician, restoring cover to the department. This also allows Kisiizi to resume training interns in this area. More about Dr Viola to follow.

Empower milestone: nearly 11,000 girls reached

The Empower menstrual-health programme has now reached nearly 11,000 girls across schools near Kisiizi — up from just over 4,000 — through reusable pad packs sewn by local tailors, paired with menstrual health education in the classroom.

Friends of Kisiizi Day — Saturday 3 October 2026

Friends of Kisiizi invites all supporters to a get-together at Brookside Church, Earley, Reading (RG6 7HG), 10am–4pm — hearing updates from Kisiizi and praying together for its future. No need to book: just bring a packed lunch, and refreshments are provided. Dr Medard Bitekyerezo (“Dr Biteks”), the Board’s new Chairman of Governors, is hoped to attend as Guest of Honour.

Advance notice: the hospital’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations are scheduled for 21–23 January 2028, in Kisiizi.

Malnutrition Project: July report from the nutrition team

Community follow-up visits, health education and play therapy for malnourished children, alongside the income-generating farm projects — chickens, dairy, fish and garden — that help fund their care.

Empower update: 9,975 pad packs and counting

Kisiizi Hospital has fully embraced Empower, bringing medical staff and counsellors to educate girls about menstrual health — with visitors from around the world joining outreach visits alongside the team.

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Empower Kisiizi · Update from Heather

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Newsletter: Easter greetings from the wards

The Medical Superintendent’s Easter message, an NSSF employer compliance award, a four-day urology camp that treated 44 patients, maternity ward upgrades, a new chronic-disease (NCD) clinic, and patient stories from the wards — the latest in a running series of newsletters sent to supporters.

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Kisiizi Hospital Newsletter · April 2026

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Dr Helen Allott receives an MBE

Chair of Trustees for Kisiizi Partners and a 36-year NHS veteran, Dr Helen — who first visited Kisiizi in 1999 — and her husband Alan were both recognised in the New Year Honours for their work with disadvantaged children abroad. Their charity has funded a new surgical ward.

Baby Angel: a story of hope

An abandoned newborn, found under a pile of wood in a nearby forest, was brought to the Special Care Baby Unit and nursed back to health. She was later welcomed permanently into a family — and, staff hope, will grow up knowing she was loved by the whole Kisiizi community.

Laura at Kisiizi Mission Hospital

A first-time visitor to Africa spent two months at Kisiizi over a summer — arriving via Rwanda’s rolling hills and banana plantations, and made welcome by hospital staff and the guest house from day one.