FIMRC : Project Bumwalukani

Bumwalukani: The Needs of the Community

Following the success of its projects in India and Costa Rica, FIMRC has partnered with the Arlington Academy of Hope to establish a health clinic serving the community of Bumwalukani, Uganda.  The Arlington Academy of Hope (AAH) is a nonprofit organization aimed at enriching the lives of children in rural Uganda by providing access to high quality, well-rounded education within their village communities.  Such education is dependent upon the health of its students and teachers, and this partnership will allow FIMRC to administer basic healthcare to the 300 hundred students and teachers that attend the school, as well as serve the needs of the surrounding region.

Although the clinic was constructed in an effort to meet the health and nutritional needs of the school, the severe lack of medical care in the surrounding region makes the clinic an essential resource for the community at large.  Standing at the foot of Mount Elgon, 150 miles east of the bustling capital city of Kampala, which, according to the Ministry of Health, has the highest prevalence of HIV infection in Uganda, the dispersed rural community around the clinic is comprised of approximately 10,000 to 15,000 inhabitants with an average annual income of 200 dollars.

The most rampant medical issues plaguing this population are readily treatable with preventative measures, education initiatives and continuous healthcare monitoring.  FIMRC’s goals for this project are simple: staff the clinic on AAH’s grounds with medical professionals, as well as endow it with supplies in order to operate as a complete medical facility.  Through the joint efforts of AAH and FIMRC, the clinic will play a central role in providing long term primary medical care to the entire community of Bumwalukani.