We took delivery of the van. We hired an outstanding team (I’ll introduce you to them soon!). We adopted three distressed villages (more about those later). And we met some beautiful, precious people. During the 16 days Dennis Pumford and I spent in Uganda, we were smacked in the face with three...
Now that Christmas is in the rear view mirror, it’s time look forward to the New Year. But speaking of rear view mirrors, I hope that one week from today, I’ll be glancing in the rear view mirror of our newly-equipped mobile medical clinic as our...
We could not have done it without you. Because of your support and prayers, our team is about to begin medical education and treatments in the forgotten villages of the Bundibugo Region of Uganda. January 1, 2018 marks the beginning of an epic journey that will save and extend...
You met Beatrice a couple of newsletters ago. She’s a mom who lives in a village in western Uganda that Google Maps can’t find. She struggles to stay alive and to give her kids a fighting chance at health and success. Here is what she is...
It’s easy to make a huge difference in the lives of many this Christmas. We are counting down the days until our master medical team drives across the creeks and over the muddy hills into the primitive villages of the Bundibugyo Region for the very...
I wish you could have been with me last week. You couldn’t have stopped smiling for a very long time. Every summer, a bunch of medical students from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, Washington, travel to a developing country and serve in a rural...
Here is some big news: We purchased a 4-wheel drive van! Our website Ourganda.org is live! Photos of our van are on our new website. See if you can find them! We purchased the van in Japan and are having it shipped to Mombasa, Kenya, and on to Uganda. The van was...
I had to check my glasses the first time I visited Nyakasohe, a zero-income village in western Uganda near the Congo border. Was I dreaming? Had I fallen into a time machine? The only hint that the year wasn’t A.D. 121 was an occasional tin...
Our plan is as simple as 1-2-3. Hire a master medical team. Send them out to remote villages in a mobile medical clinic. Save lives. While the plan is simple (not to mention exciting), the execution of it is a bit complicated. There are a thousand i’s that...
Say both words out loud: Uganda. Ourganda. The people who live there are precious. We care. We become their brothers, sisters, friends, and partners so that they aren’t alone. When we think Uganda, we think Ourganda.The entire country is about the size of Oregon. The scenery is...