Galilee Community General Hospital

GALILEE COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL

www.galileeroyalfreehospital.org

PROJECT CODE: UPA/MLTV/02

Background	Galilee Community General Hospital was started up in 2008 in the slum areas of Lubaga Division, 5 km from the capital Kampala. The establishment of Galilee was due to lack of health services in the area as people had to travel long distances to the public hospitals. The hospital currently has a capacity of up to forty inpatient beds. It is registered by the Medical board council of Uganda with a practicing License
Aim	To become a regional leader (East Africa) and international partner in holistic health care provision, combining excellent clinical services with community based services, research, education and advocacy..
Activities	Consultation Major and Minor surgeries Pediatrics Gynecology Dental Care Orthopedics Maternity Family Planning HIV testing and Counseling mmunization Outreaches Mobilization Physiotherapy Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centre Tuberculosis screening and Testing
Volunteer task	Working with the health Team Helping on-medical personnel basing on skills possessed by volunteer Engage in patient home visits Provide hand in immunization Ensuring patient care is maintained Early childhood growth & development lessons Represent hospital in seminars and trainings HIV counseling and testing HIV sensitization and awareness in schools Participate and coordinate village Outreaches Registration and assessment of new beneficiaries Follow up on activities Administrative/office work
Volunteer qualities	Volunteers with medical background and administrative skills Volunteers with medical background and administrative skills
Working hours	The volunteers are required to be at the hospital by 08.00 and work will finish at 17.00 from Monday to Friday but community outreaches may be conducted on selected days
Transport	From UPA Guesthouse/Nansana to Galilee community general hospital, it is 7 kms and it costs 15,000 Ugandan shillings (to and from) by a hired motorcycle (Boda Boda) or 12,000 Ugandan shillings (to and from) by public means
Accommodation	Volunteers can stay at UPA Guest house although Galilee community general hospital can arrange with different families to host its volunteers near the project. The volunteer can also be placed near UPA Guesthouse in a host family.
Comments from UPA	Galilee hospital can provide good experience to the volunteer both in medical and administrative skills.
Communication	The medium of communication amongst staff, volunteers and administrators at Galilee community general hospital is English. Though majority of the clients speak little English and can only ably express themselves in local languages, the local staff is always helping in translation.
Past Volunteers	Germany, Netherlands ,Japan, Finland,Wales,Mexico,England

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About UPA

Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) is a voluntary non-governmental organisation registered with the National NGO Board (ref. S5914/114). UPA aims atpromoting community based development,intercultural co-operation and youth participation through voluntary work.

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Uganda Pioneers Association,

8 miles Hoima Road, Ocheing Zone

Nansana, Wakiso District - Uganda

P.O.Box 25973 Kampala,Uganda

info@ugandapioneers.org

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