Looking for a unique Christmas present? Want to spread the word to family and friends about the amazing work of Bwindi Community Hospital? We’ve created a gift card for you to send, with the donation supporting the work of the community outreach team at the hospital. The recipient of the card will be ‘twinned’ with…
The transformative power of community peer support in mental health care
In October 2022, Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) launched a groundbreaking peer supportsystem to strengthen care for individuals living with Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use(MNS) disorders. The initiative began modestly—covering five sub-counties and working through15 dedicated peer supporters. These peers, many of whom had personal experiences with mentalhealth challenges, were trained to provide psychoeducation, psychological first…
Gender Based violence and how the community team at BCH is aiding recovery
Gender Based Violence is a significant problem in Uganda. The National Survey on Violence in Uganda (Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2021) reported that 95% of women had experienced physical and/or sexual violence. In 2021, Seven in ten women who had suffered sexual violence neither sought help nor told anyone (Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2018). Globally,…
Positive news from Youth Friendly Services
In July last year the Community team at BCH decided to embark on a goal of decentralising services designed to address some of the health needs of teenagers and younger adults from the hospital to at least 5 outreach centres. The hope was that this would improve access to healthcare, particularly for those for whom…
Some more news from the Community Team
In previous blog posts we have shared with you updates on the Community Team’s work providing Youth Friendly Services and reducing malaria cases in the local community. Another really important part of the work of the Community Team is ensuring that children in the local communities are vaccinated against preventable disease. According to the Ugandan…
Bwindi Books 📚
Bringing Bwindi alive for children everywhere – we present to you …. Bwindi Books! When Trustee, Holly Tyson, was volunteering at Bwindi Community Hospital, she wrote stories for her small children, and drew pictures inspired by their surroundings. Now at home in the UK, they serve as a way to keep the memories alive for…
Youth friendly services
The Community Team at BCH have been working to enhance their services for teens and young adults. We would like to share their latest report with you which explains the importance of these services and how they have been bringing them to the most remote and hard to reach villages around BCH. ‘Youth Friendly services…
News from the BCH Community Outreach team
Malaria Control in Kanyashande Village. Over the next few weeks we would like to share with you a series of stories from the Community Team at BCH about their most recent successes and challenges within the rural villages in the catchment area of Bwindi Community hospital. First we go to Kanyashande Village to hear about…
Breaking News from Sight4Bwindi
Sight4Bwindi have been awarded a £100,000 International Development Grant! Read more about this exciting achievement in their latest news letter below.
Happy 21st Birthday BCH and an Introduction to the Twinning Project!
We would like to offer a huge thank-you to all supporters as we celebrate the end of our 20 Peak Challenge! In 2003 Dr Scott Kellerman set up a clinic under a tree to provide healthcare to a neglected local hunter-gatherer community called the Batwa who had been displaced from their ancestral home. However, it…
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