Festive greetings from REACH Bwindi, We’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge, big thank you to all our supporters. As 2023 draws to a close we’re pleased to bring you news from REACH Bwindi and Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH). Over the past year we have granted £26,000 to BCH. This money was…

This week we hear from Namaara Michael, who provides outreach services to the communities in the villages in the catchment area of BCH. ‘My name is Namaara Michael and I am a community nurse at Bwindi Community Hospital. I have worked at the hospital since July 2019. Prior to starting work I studied at Uganda…

This week we hear from one of of the community team nurses, Mugarura Geoffrey. My name is Mugarura Geoffrey. I am a volunteer community nurse at Bwindi Community Hospital. I have worked at BCH for almost 2 years My job involves giving immunisations and screening for malnutrition in children under 5 years as part of…

This week we hear from Akampurira Susan who is in her first post after finishing nursing school. ‘My name is Akampurira Susan. I am married with one baby boy. I come from Buhoma. I am an enrolled nurse and I have worked at Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) for one year and nine months. This is…

This week we hear from Maneno Jackie who has been working at BCH for the last five years. ‘My name is Maneno Jackie. I am not married (yet!) but I am hoping to get married soon! I am from North West Uganda, at the Albert Nile. I have been an enrolled nurse at Bwindi Community…

The BCH paediatric nurses continue to provide top quality paediatric in-patient care, where malnutrition admissions have fallen over the years thanks to a combination of education for in-patient and high- quality preventative community care. Neonatal care has also improved dramatically; live discharges were 87.5% just a few years ago, rising to 98.7% of live babies…

We are enormously thankful to the knitters of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch who have between them knitted over 1200 hats for the neonatal and maternity unit at Bwindi Community Hospital. Bwindi Community Hospital is the only hospital in the district which is able to provide specialist newborn care. The neonatal unit admits premature and other unwell…

This month we will be hearing from staff from the paediatric ward at BCH. First from Mugarura Robert who has been a paediatric nurse for the last 8 years. My name is Mugarura Robert. I am married with two children and I am a native of Bwindi. I have served Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) as…

Thanks to Judith Carrier who has continued to support BCH for many years through the royalties from her book ‘Managing Long-term Conditions and Chronic Illness in Primary Care’. The 3rd edition is out!