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On his final days in Uganda, Geoff reflects on meetings with new partners, Programme Board progress, and visits to Mbale, Mbarara and Masaka — including identifying land for a future Mildmay health centre alongside palliative care partners. It’s a hopeful, practical glimpse of how relationships, local leadership and careful planning are shaping Mildmay Uganda’s next chapter.

Our CEO Geoff Coleman shares progress from Mbale: productive meetings with JOY Health Centre and Deliverance Church Mbale, who are gifting land for a new health centre. Site access is in hand; next step is drafting plans to define the plot size and specifications. This careful partnership work is shaping the pilot with local leaders.

USAID, once the world’s largest bilateral donor, has been effectively dismantled, leaving millions without vital support and slashing funds for global health programmes. With the Global Fund also facing deep cuts, organisations like Mildmay are stepping up. Our new Uganda Health Programme will rebuild and expand care, but we need your support to make it possible.

We were delighted to welcome Dr Joseph Mwaka from the Mildmay Institute of Health Sciences in Uganda—the first-ever visitor from Mildmay Uganda to our UK hospital. His visit marks a long-overdue moment of connection between our two organisations. As we look ahead to new health projects in Uganda, we hope this signals the beginning of a deeper, ongoing exchange.

In 2020-21, the Universal Child Sponsorship Fund supported 127 orphans and vulnerable children/youth (OVCY) with formal education, while...

Today, our parent charity, Mildmay UK, is launching a new special appeal to raise funds for much-needed PPE for our Mildmay teams in Africa