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Physician General Practice Mission Trip in Uganda
Medical Doctor Volunteer Opportunity in Uganda
Mission Statement:
Catholic Medical Mission Board works collaboratively to provide quality healthcare programs and services, without discrimination, to people in need around the world.
Length of Commitment: 1 year
Volunteer Site: Missionaries of the Poor-Kampala, Uganda
Description:
Description: The Missionaries of the Poor has a monastery at Mutundwe, Kampala in which 80 young men are in formation. They are serving the Good Shepherd Home with 300+ homeless, destitute, orphaned and handicapped residents at Mengo-Kisenyi, and Bethlehem Home with 150+ handicapped children at Busega. They also have a medical dispensary serving the slum neighborhood of Mengo-Kisenyi which is open to the public daily, averaging about 50 patients (another one is to open at Busega soon). Food packages are given out daily to 35 slum dwellers and/or internally displaced persons (IDP). There are various health issues, e.g., Malaria, Typhoid, HIV, Tuberculosis, Skin Diseases (primarily from outpatients within the slums of Mengo-Kisenyi, a community of over 10,000 families many of whom are IDP’s & Refugees from war-torn countries like the Sudan, DRC, Somalia, etc.). Within the Homes themselves are residents with varied physical and/or mental disabilities, e.g. crippled, blind, deaf, down syndrome, epileptic, cerebral palsy, diabetic, high blood pressure, heart condition, etc. For more information about the Missionaries of the Poor-Uganda, please visit their website at http://missionariesofthepoor.org/missions/africa/uganda/kampala/index.htm.
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Profession:
Physician
Specialty:
General Practice
Region:
Africa
Country:
Uganda
Starting date:
2012-Feb-16
Ending date:
2015-Feb-16
Posted:
2012-Feb-16
Paid Opportunity:
Volunteer