Help Us Bring Essential Healthcare to Communities

Aim

Help Shalom Medical Clinic expand its community outreach, bringing essential healthcare, screening and health education to communities

Help Us Bring Essential Healthcare to Communities in Northern Uganda

Campaign: Shalom Community Healthcare Outreach – Expanding Access, Building Healthier Communities

Fundraising target: £1,000

Shalom Medical Clinic is a locally established, AHPC-licensed healthcare facility in Kitgum Municipality, Northern Uganda. Since opening in June 2023, the clinic has been committed to providing accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to individuals and families in the community.

Guided by our motto, “Living healthier together,” we believe that access to healthcare should not be limited by a person's financial circumstances or where they live. Our work is centred on providing medical care, promoting disease prevention, supporting early diagnosis and helping individuals and families make informed decisions about their health.

At the clinic, we provide a range of services, including general medical consultations, maternal and child healthcare, laboratory investigations, ultrasound services, minor surgical procedures and other essential healthcare services. We also make efforts to support people who may struggle to meet the cost of accessing medical care.

As we continue this work, we recognise that there are many people beyond the immediate reach of our clinic who also need accessible healthcare.

Why we want to expand our outreach

Across Northern Uganda, many communities continue to experience barriers to accessing routine healthcare. For some families, reaching a health facility involves considerable travel, transport costs and time away from their daily responsibilities. Others may only seek medical attention when an illness has become more serious.

Preventable and manageable conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes can remain undetected for long periods when people have limited opportunities for routine screening. There is also a continuing need for health education, maternal and child health promotion, early identification of illness and appropriate referral.

We believe healthcare should not only be available within the walls of a health facility. It should also reach people in the communities where they live.

This is why we want to build on the work already being done at Shalom Medical Clinic by expanding our community healthcare outreach activities. Rather than treating outreach as a one-off event, our ambition is to develop a more structured and sustainable programme that allows us to take essential healthcare services closer to underserved communities.

Importantly, the clinic will continue operating and serving its regular patients while outreach activities are organised in selected communities.

What we plan to do

Through the Shalom Community Healthcare Outreach initiative, we aim to take a team of healthcare workers and essential medical supplies into selected communities in Kitgum and the surrounding areas.

The planned activities will include:

• Free or subsidised medical consultations: Providing basic medical assessments and guidance for community members who may otherwise struggle to access routine healthcare.

• Blood pressure screening: Identifying people who may have raised blood pressure and advising them on appropriate follow-up.

• Diabetes screening: Offering basic screening to support early identification of people who may need further assessment and care.

• Malaria and other locally relevant health assessments: Supporting early recognition of common health problems and guiding people towards appropriate treatment or referral.

• Maternal and child health promotion: Sharing practical information on maternal health, child wellbeing, immunisation and the importance of timely healthcare.

• Health education: Raising awareness about disease prevention, healthy living, early recognition of illness and when to seek medical attention.

• Referral and follow-up guidance: Helping individuals identified with concerning health findings understand where and how to access further assessment and care.

The specific services offered at each outreach location will depend on community needs, available resources and the clinical requirements identified by the healthcare team.

We plan to organise the outreach in the coming weeks, with dates and locations determined by community needs, available resources and logistical arrangements. 

Why your support matters

Our initial fundraising target is £500. Although this is a modest amount, it can help us meet some of the essential costs involved in taking healthcare services for this upcoming outreach 

Your contribution will help provide medicines and medical consumables, support basic screening activities, facilitate the movement of healthcare workers and supplies, and meet other practical requirements for delivering outreach services.

We have developed the following proposed budget to guide the use of funds:

Budget item

Proposed allocation

Essential medicines

£300

Medical consumables and screening supplies

£175

Community mobilisation and transport

£175

Outreach logistics and implementation

£150

Medical team transport and meals

£100

Health education materials

£40

Contingency

£60

Total

£1,000

Our fundraising target of £1,000 will support the implementation of the two-day community medical outreach on 28th and 29th November 2026.

The funds will be allocated towards:

• Essential medicines (£300): To provide treatment for common medical conditions identified during consultations.

• Medical consumables and screening supplies (£175): To support consultations, basic health screening and other essential clinical activities.

• Community mobilisation and transport (£175): To facilitate community mobilisation and access to the selected outreach locations.

• Outreach logistics and implementation (£150): To support coordination and other practical requirements during the two days.

• Medical team transport and meals (£100): To contribute towards facilitating the participation of healthcare personnel delivering the services.

• Health education materials (£40): To support community health education and awareness activities.

• Contingency (£60): To provide flexibility for unforeseen essential implementation costs.

Total fundraising target: £1,000.

Every contribution will help us bring essential healthcare closer to underserved communities in Northern Uganda. The scale of services and number of people reached will depend on the resources mobilised and the availability of personnel and supplies.

Building something sustainable

Our vision goes beyond a single community visit. We want to build on Shalom Medical Clinic's existing healthcare services and develop a community outreach programme that can grow over time.

We also want to strengthen links between community-level healthcare activities and appropriate health facilities so that people identified during outreach can receive further assessment, treatment and follow-up where needed.

We believe that meaningful improvements in community health come from consistent efforts, local involvement and collaboration. Support from individuals, organisations and well-wishers can help us take practical steps towards this goal.

How you can help

We are inviting friends, well-wishers, healthcare professionals and people who believe in accessible healthcare to support this initiative.

Every contribution, regardless of size, will make a difference. A donation of £5, £10, £20 or £50 can help us move closer to our initial target of £1,000. If you are unable to donate, sharing this campaign with others would also be greatly appreciated.

By supporting this campaign, you are helping an established local healthcare facility extend its work beyond the clinic and reach people who may otherwise have limited opportunities to access essential healthcare.

Together, we can take healthcare closer to the people who need it.

Thank you for believing in our work and for being part of our commitment to healthier communities.

Shalom Medical Clinic
Living healthier together.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made