Hope Clinic Lukuli's work with children and with their parents of guardians has had several mentions
The Stay Alive programme for Lifeskills in 9 year olds was featured at one of the first HIV Implementers conferences (Mexico) and was developed in Kenya to address a community-level curriculum. Working with Reach the Children, and Until There's A Cure, Hope Clinic Lukuli implemented this programme in the Lukuli and adjoining parishes to reach over 2,400 children, their parents and teachers
The corporate sponsorship by Aggreko has covered three awards, including the sponsorship of a employment costs for a midwife and paying the fees for laboratory tests for youth with suspected STDs. Aggreko also received workplace HIV training from our staff and provided leaflets in English, Swahili and the local Luganda language that covered in pictures and simple text the issues of HIV transmission, the counselling session, what ARVs involve, care for those with HIV, positive living for individuals, and reducing stigma. These are available at the Aggreko power generation sites in Uganda and at our clinic and in the community.
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Aggreko making one of their donations
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The Right to Play is fundamental
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We were very pleased to host a kids art club which developed the children's creative skills and worked as a therapeutic tool to tell their home stories and then to take home information about hygiene, diet or gardening. The art club developed batik printing, each child preparing their own wax and dyes, and receiving scholastic materials from the sale of the cards. The tutor of the class, John, was a trader in arts and the pictures he prepared and is now hailed in the village as 'Teacher' due to this project. He and the children prepared the Nutrition Board in the clinic that is used to inform the guardians and expectant mothers.
Right to Play uses the best practices of sport and play, as it continues to enhance life skills such as leadership, discipline, fair play and conflict resolution. Ultimately, children who possess crucial life skills will serve as catalysts for healthier, happier and more peaceful communities. Hope Clinic Lukuli has been a host off Right to Play in Makindye since 2008
Our openness to work with all sections of the community has been reported upon by CCIH in the context of respecting the religious views of the staff and the community and the individual's right to information and an informed choice. For family planning, the women we interviewed noted that they and their household rather than their place of worship faced the burden of their family growing too quickly or larger than they could manage.
Our staff also share their knowledge through a radio show hosted by the Straight Talk Foundation which also publishes the newspaper we distribure at the clinic [The link shows an example, page 4 has the radio show].
