Country: Uganda

Hannah Forbes

Supporting children with disabilities in Uganda

What’s it like … taking the step of a medical elective?

Stephen, an NHS surgical trainee, took a year out to enhance his surgical skills and engage in gospel work

Stephen, Linda, Joel, Oliver and Timothy Park

Serving in Uganda

Becca Jones

Providing medical care in the neonatal unit at Kiwoko Hospital, Uganda

What’s it like…choosing mission for your medical elective

The single thing that impacted me most during my paediatric nursing training – both professionally and spiritually – was the month I spent at Kiwoko Hospital, a mission hospital in Uganda.

'Oh no, please not again!’ Scovia had already suffered the loss of three premature babies. ‘What if my husband gets a new wife because I failed to produce a child? Am I truly cursed as my neighbour claims? Who will care for me when I am old?’