Building Bonds with
Bricks
BMCF is seeking financial support for
building a permanent home for the BMCF Medical Centre in Kasese, Uganda.
Costs
for the new outpatient/administration and maternity buildings are $450,000.
Help fund new clinic facilities. The Centre helps
reduce the high maternal and child mortality, treats HIV/AIDS patients and
helps prevent the transfer of the HIV virus to newborn babies.
We are starting with the construction of the maternity
building, at $200,000 and the administrative facility at $250,000. Each brick
costs $2 for mortar and brick.
After completing these buildings, we
plan to start building the general ward and the operating theater.
Bishop Masereka Medical Centre was started in 2005, in response to the many health concerns of the people of Kasese. Currently the
clinic is offering a wide range of health services which include, but are not
limited to, HIV testing and counseling, general medical care, community health
education and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
Since 2005, the clinic has been operating in rented premises
which were not designed to be a hospital. The current space can only
accommodate up to 17 inpatients. Due to the increasing number of patients and
the increasing rent dues, the management seeks to have a well-planned medical
centre of its own. In 2008 BMCF acquired land where construction has
started; The phase one construction of the outpatient facility and the
maternity building is expected to cost $450,000. Construction seems to be
moving at a low pace because of inadequate funds.