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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£277.7K
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Spending
£372.4K
- Charity no. 104586
- Date registered. 05/01/2016
Public benefits
Friends of Kiwoko Hospital was established to relieve poverty and sickness of the inhabitants of Uganda who are in need as a result of natural disaster or who by reason of their social, economic, medical and health conditions are in need of assistance. A Hospital has been set up in Kiwoko, Luwero Uganda with our assistance and the Hospital benefits
the people in the Luwero district of Uganda, and beyond, by providing medical care at affordable levels. In addition there is a Good Samaritan fund which treats those who cannot afford to pay anything. The evidence of the benefits is that in the year to 30 June 2015 7,814 patients were admitted, and 59,116 patients were treated as out patients. The population in the catchment area, who are largely subsistence level farmers, is over 500,000 people. The hospital has 200 beds and a staff of over 400. Friends of Kiwoko provides approximately 35% of the ongoing running costs of the Hospital, runs the website providing information regarding the work of the Hospital and provides medical equipment and assistance (non-financial) in the co-ordination of a number of visits by volunteers from Northern Ireland who deliver training to the hospital staff in Kiwoko. Aside from the Hospital no other individuals or organisations receive any benefit from Friends of Kiwoko and we are not aware of any harm arising from the purpose. The beneficiaries are the people in the Luwero district of Uganda and beyond as many patients travel great distances to attend the Hospital due to its reputation.
What your organisation does
Friends of Kiwoko provides information to donors regarding the work of the Hospital by sending out newsletters and updates from the Hospital, running the website and holding meetings at least once a year which are addressed, when possible by those returning from the hospital or currently working in the hospital. Friends of Kiwoko provides medical
equipment and assistance (non-financial) in the co-ordination of a number of visits by volunteers from Northern Ireland who deliver training to the hospital staff in Kiwoko.
The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Overseas/developing countries
- Unemployed/low income
How the charity works
- Medical/health/sickness
- Overseas aid/famine relief
- Relief of poverty