"I just treated a woman who, over the years, buried her husband and eight of her children." Dr. Paul Emmans served as one of three physicians from the U.S. and U.K. during our latest mission trip to Uganda (which unfortunately was last summer, thanks to the...
It’s hard to believe that these boys are twins. Read on and you will understand why the Ourganda medical teams are going to war with this debilitating disease. When two discoveries recently hit us, one right after the other, we knew it was time to...
The sun is brick-oven hot. The young nurse is halfway to the village when he pauses for a rest and sends us an update on Messenger: “Today, I am hiking again in our villages deep, doing some work in Buhulha, Busu, Bundikalebha, and Bundighoma parishes.” Download...
Why is that woman standing at the hospital gate with some luggage by her side? What is she holding in her arms? What is she doing there? Download the Newsletter PDF below to read more...
Problem One “Not a chance,” Joseph, our driver, informed us. “We can’t do the video call without Vincent and we are not allowed to pick him up.” It looked like we had to cancel our video call with the care team. Vincent, our ministry coordinator, has...
2020 March - Newsletter ...
Let’s pile on. Let’s make this go big! Act 1: Kylie and Clara started the ball rolling by donating their birthday money. They convinced some friends to get involved. They bought some beautiful water bottles and encouraged people to start saving their coins to help kids...
Ourganda has three sacred cows, each of them almost as untouchable and sacred as the Ark of the Covenant. But first, let me explain how Ourganda is different. (We are not better than other nonprofits, just different.) Download the Newsletter PDF below to read more...
Our team felt like Napoleon after Waterloo. They had been rejected, verbally assaulted, and told to take their unwelcome mobile clinic elsewhere. What just happened? they wondered. What do we do now? Download the Newsletter PDF below to read more...
Was it the wind that spread the news? No one in the village uses (or has heard of) Facebook. Phones are few and primitive. And most of the people have never traveled in a car. Yet the word spread, and three more women began to ask,...