Friends Of East Africa Foundation

Programs: The foundation's sole purpose is to raise funds for basic human needs in the areas of healthcare and education for the people of east africa, with a focus on uganda. Grants to hope medical clinics uganda totaled $263,237 for continued hospital construction and equipment acquisition for the ruth gaylord hospital that began operations on march 21, 2013. Hope medical clinics uganda furthers the foundation's goals of meeting basic healthcare needs for the people of uganda. Hope medical clinics uganda's ruth gaylord hospital is a general hospital with special attention given to maternal and pediatric care due to the high maternal and infant mortality rates in uganda. The ruth gaylord hospital maganjo's total patient visits grew by 20. 59% in 2017 compared to 2016, increasing from 14,134 to 17,044 visits. Most of the growth was in the outpatient department, which increased from 10,808 in 2016 to 13,031 in 2017. Expanding services of the hospital:a. Increased the availability of the gynecologist from "on call status" to posted office hours four days a week. B. Hired a pediatrician with office hours three days a week. C. Introduced physiotherapy services, with office hours three days a week and available daily on call. Acquisition of a chemistry analyzer:the foea foundation funded the acquisition of a chemistry analyzer for routine chemistry tests needed for lfts, rfts, lipid profile, hba1c, etc. Addition of the gary s. Holmes center:the foundation funded the construction of a new building that provides additional space for gynecological consultation and physiotherapy and allowed the relocation of the dental office was relocated to the middle floor of the new center that in turn permitted the creation of a consultation room for the pediatrician in the bisanz outpatient centre of excellence. More specialist consultation rooms will be established on the middle floor of the gary holmes center, along with a boardroom, a staff meeting room and the x-ray imaging room. Community service: a. The hospital still maintains its consultation fees at 3,000 uganda shillings (less than $1) for children up to 12 years and 4,000 for everyone else older than 13 years. B. It still performs blood slide for malaria tests free of charge. This ensures that someone suffering from malaria can get a diagnosis done at very minimal cost. In 2017 7,765 free malaria tests (an average of 647 per month) were administered, 22. 24% of which had malaria parasites detected. C. The hospital's free immunization program also grew, offering 6,162 free vaccine doses (an average of 514 per month) in 2017, compared to 5,460 in 2016. D. The hospital's free community services received a boost through two new partnerships that commenced in 2017::"through partnership with the university of minnesota medical school, their professors and medical residents (interns) offered 55 free surgeries undertaken during two visits to the hospital in february and october. They performed hernia repairs, operated upon lumps and bumps on or under the skin and other conditions. "in partnership with respectacle, a wisconsin based organization, the foundation sent 500 free pairs of recycled glasses matched to the precise prescription needs of the hospital's eye patients.

the foundation provided $91,813 in scholarship support for ugandan students located both in the u. S. And in uganda.