Dear Friends,
I am so excited to share the progress of the Uganda Bukobero team! Despite the pandemic, the team has moved forward tremendously on the health center plans.
After weeks of nail-biting planning (Uganda is still in a partial lock-down), I was able to travel this past July and meet the team in Mbale. Wayne Chang, our construction consultant, was also able to fly in from Ethiopia where he had just completed a placement with Doctors without Borders. Talk about timing!
Present were Simon Ochen, our structural engineer, Tom Orech, our architect, Wayne Chang, Lillian Namugaya, architect, David Wamuwaya, future Clinic Director, myself, and our onsite coordinator and general wizard at getting things done, Fred Peter Musaka Maira, Secretary of the CBO. Together we:
- Redesigned the building so it will have a covered, open-air second floor for vaccination clinics and health education.
- Found a clean, stream-fed water source – no need to drill a well!
- Completed site-planning, made arrangements for soil testing, plus more.
We expect to grade the site in the next two weeks, complete the foundation by the end of October 2021, and begin construction of the facility after the rainy season, in January or February 2022. Look for updated drawings in the next communication!
Sheila