East Africa NGO

Moses Kyarisima is a former Community Health Officer at the Bwindi Community Hospital in SW Uganda. Nowadays he’s a medical entrepreneur, delivering mobile obstetric and other medical scans by motorcycle to pregnant women and others.

I was in Uganda recently and sat down with Moses to talk about how he identified and met a need to deliver medical care to women in the villages, far from the city. I also learned how this self-made man...

Pastor John Ramey calls Mother Theresa one of his heroes. Ramey is president of Aslan Child Rescue Ministries and travels the world to support partners on the ground in difficult and far off places. Like the saintly Mother Theresa, Pastor Ramey finds joy in being alongside struggling mission workers, women and children bringing relief in the form of supplies or prayer support.

I recently had a conversation with John and we...

Maker Marial is a former Lost Boy of Sudan who came of age during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1987-2005). His family and village were attacked, friends and relatives killed…and he began a years-long process  to rebuild his shattered life.

He has written a memoir of his experience. It is shocking, it is amazing and wonderful. Listen as he talks about the incredible events in his life and how relationships helped open doors.

The coffee industry is booming in Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa. Farmers in Uganda are turning to a dynamic cash crop that is gaining attention worldwide. You can call it "black gold."

Joshua Rukundo is executive director of Kigezi Coffee Development Academy. He organizes coffee farmers in Southwest Uganda to help increase production and quality of Ugandan coffee. 

In our conversation he tells us ...

Daisy Masika is a teacher and a mother of five. Her life and the lives of her children were shattered when their husband and father, Charles, was murdered in 2019. She continues to work but the needs of the family are overwhelming this now-single mother. Listen to her story of strength and perseverance in this podcast. 

Help Daisy honor her fallen husband by supporting the education of their children. A GoFundMe page for ...

The coronavirus pandemic continues to make lives miserable for people around the world. In Uganda, a new lockdown has again impacted livelihoods. How soon before a full recovery is underway?

In this podcast, Patrick returns to Walter Wwesisgye, a health reporter with NTV Uganda, a leading TV broadcast channel, for an update on  how the East African nation is coping with coronavirus.

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Friends of Ruwenzori has supported the work of the Kitojo Integrated Development Association, or KIDA, in Western Uganda since 2004. KIDA was organized to bring HIV prevention, health care and education closer to villages and parishes in Kabarole District. 

Today KIDA operates a private hospital with a new children's work and a vocational school to help young people develop job skills.

In this podcast Patrick...

The novel coronavirus has impacted people around the world. In Uganda, the government ordered strict lockdown measures in March to slow infection rates and death.

In this podcast, Patrick speaks with Walter Mwesigye, a health reporter with NTV Uganda, a leading TV broadcast channel, about the coronavirus in Uganda.

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Dr. Abraham Masereka is a young Ugandan whose medical career is underway. Having completed his formal medical training in 2019 despite severe financial hardship, Dr. Abraham has raised his status by serving his community at a regional referral hospital in Western Uganda. Listen as he talks about the skills he has learned and how he looks forward to providing more medical services to villagers.

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Dr. Scott and Carol Kellermann have worked in SW Uganda for about 20 years, providing medical services for the Batwa Pygmies. 

The Batwa were the inhabitants of an ancient rainforest until the 1990s when the Ugandan government evicted them in order to establish a national park for the mountain gorilla. The park is now a World Heritage Site. 

From field medical clinics with drip lines hanging from tree limbs to a 1...

Introducing "East Africa NGO" podcast. A look at non-governmental organizations and projects operating in East Africa. Hosted by Patrick Hill, president and founder of Team in Faith (teaminfaith.org), the podcast will share experiences, insight and anecdotes from the field in some of the poorest communities on the African continent.