The aims of the charity Medcare are to ensure health equalities for sick, vulnerable, deprived children in the developing world through medical and social care and provide them with the knowledge that they are loved by others and by God. The main focus of our work is a dedicated children's medical centre, called Wellspring situated in Uganda in in the village of Kamutuuza, 60 miles south of Kampala, serving half a million children within a 20 mile radius of the centre.
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For many children in Uganda health care is often unobtainable, unaffordable and/or inaccessible. We can only continue to provide this life saving care with your help.
Wellspring provides health and social care to children under the age of 18 years living within a 20 mile radius of the centre, of which there are half a million children.
Medcare’s present projects aim to provide improved medical and social care to disabled, marginalized children in rural Uganda.
On Monday July 10th, Mike Taylor (Medcare chairman), Pauline Hutchinson (Trustee), Beccy Hough (Medcare sponsor and volunteer) and Amelia Hough, aged 14 years (Medcare volunteer) set off for Uganda via Doha, Qatar. Following long delays on arrival in Entebbe airport and lost luggage, we eventually found our driver and set off for Masaka. By this time, we were travelling in the dark – not a journey for the faint hearted! Despite this we arrived safely at our hotel on the Tuesday evenin...