Kabale Christian Care

WHAT WE DO

WE BRING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED

According to the 2017, Lancet Commission report, only 11% of people in Uganda have access to pain relief medicines and palliative care. This means that 89% of people suffering with a chronic, life-limiting illness endure pain, psychological distress and social loneliness. To help with the overwhelming gap, KCC began to bring palliative care to remote, rural areas in South Western Uganda.

Our efforts to meet the need fall into one of four primary categories:

Clinical Palliative Care

A specialized type of health care that aims to prevent and relieve health related suffering while improving the quality of life for patients and their families. “You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we cannot only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die” (Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of palliative care).

Palliative care can help with:

Easing pain and other distressing symptoms
Coping with the illness
Addressing emotional, practical and spiritual concerns
Affirming life and regarding dying as a normal process
Offering a support system for the family.

Cancer Treatment Support

In Uganda, only 1 in 4 people diagnosed with cancer receive treatment at Uganda’s Cancer Institute in Kampala (located 8 hours from Kabale). A smaller cancer institute is located 3 hours from Kabale in Mbarara City. Many cannot afford transport, food, accommodation and medications to receive cancer treatment since the average person makes $2/day. Because of the great need, KCC supports 10 patients and their caregivers to receive cancer therapy.

Psychosocial Support

Social workers and counselors provide psychosocial care to the patient and caregivers to provide bereavement counseling and discuss various issues (ie depression, anxiety, loss) that they might be feeling. In addition, the social department ensures every patient has a legal written will, which brings peace and a sense of security to the patient and family. After a loss, the team continues to follow up with the family for months to years to come.

Raising Awareness

Raising awareness is important because it helps people understand how palliative care can improve the quality of life for those in need. Awareness has been raised through the following:

Radio talk shows
Church health talks
Speaking at rotary/rotaract club and a medical University
Distributing posters in the local language
Training village volunteers who provide care to their community
Celebrating the annual World Hospice and Palliative Care day while inviting a news station to create a story

Contact

U.S.
PO Box 4135,
Bellflower, CA 90706
kabalechristiancare@gmail.com
You can write a cheque payable to Kabale Christian Care and mail it to the above P.O.Box or click here to donate online.

Uganda
PO Box 774 Kabale, Uganda
kabalechristiancare@gmail.com

Legal

U.S.
Kabale Christian Care is a religious, charitable, non-profit corporation in the State of California. Kabale Christian Care is a 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions are tax deductible in accordance with IRS rules and regulations.

Uganda
Kabale Christian Care is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Uganda.

Contributions

Contributions to Kabale Christian Care (KCC) are made with the understanding that KCC has control and administration over the use of all the donated funds. All gifts are used as restricted.

In the unlikely event that a project becomes overfunded, your gift will be applied to a project where most needed.