Update from MAD HQ: Aidchild project in Mpigi

Mad Foundation supported an Aidchild project in Mpigi throughout 2006 for the expansion of an outpatient clinic for children living with HIV . With the help of UK volunteers from Madventurer and the expertise of Aidchild we assisted in renovating an old building for use as accommodation and eventually as consulting and treatment rooms. Mpigi is the head town of Mpigi district in which 42,300 people reside. It is a rural area where agriculture is the main source of income; the centre, where the project is based, is located at the top of a hill a short walk from the town.

AidChild Uganda is an organisation seeking to provide care, nurturing and education to some of Uganda's most destitute orphans suffering with the HIV/AIDS virus. So far there are two centres providing inpatient care to children suffering with the virus; however AidChild recognise that there are many children within the country suffering with HIV/AIDS who, whilst having the support of their family don't have the access or money for the necessary medication. Thus, the development of this outpatient clinic. The three rooms converted will initially serve as living accommodation for the nurses working in the outpatient centre, with the view to be used as consultation rooms for the clinic on expansion in the future.