When people look and talk so unlike me, it is easy to think of them as different. And it is harder to keep constant the thought that we have exactly the same motivations and goals for life: health, safety, freedom from want, peace. And we… Read More
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My Journey Back To Gulu
We have a guest blogger today! Sharon, our executive-director is in Gulu as we speak visiting our partners and seeing first hand all the amazing work they are doing. She is a pro at this as she has traveled to Uganda many times. I am… Read More
No Radiation Treatment For Cancer Patients In Uganda
Earlier in the month, the only radiation machine in Uganda broke beyond repair. The machine was being used at Mulago Hospital which is located in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Mulago receives about 44,000 referrals to its cancer center each year, and almost 75% of… Read More
Top Ten Things To Know About Lacor Hospital
Readers, Today I am excited share with you the top ten things I think are really important for you to know about Lacor Hospital. Lacor is one of the institutions we help support that is doing extraordinary work in Gulu, Uganda. There are so many incredible people… Read More
An Ambulance For Lacor Hospital
It is with a grateful heart that I inform you that Social Promise’s 2015 end-of-year campaign was a success. We asked for help and once again you, our generous donors, answered. In early November we launched our campaign. The goal? To raise $40,000 to purchase an… Read More
Top 10 Things You Should Know About Social Promise
10. We are a volunteer-run nonprofit organization. None of the money we receive from donors is used to pay employee salaries. 9. We partner with well-established Ugandan organizations that provide health or educational resources to impoverished communities. Our current partners are St. Jude Children’s Home… Read More
Lacor Hospital Makes It Possible For Mothers To Deliver Their Babies Safely
I remember giving birth to my first child like it was yesterday. I spent the first two evenings in the hospital frightened of my new role as a mother and greedily absorbing every bit of advice and information the nurses and doctors would give me.… Read More
Malaria Is Once Again Killing In Uganda
In 2009, President Obama re-funded the Global Health Initiative, started by President Bush in 2005, to reduce the burden of diseases and promote healthy living for communities all over the world. An important component of this program was the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). PMI was… Read More
Remembering Dr. Matthew Lukwiya of Lacor Hospital
Written 19/6/2015 It was a great honor for me to have supper this evening with Margaret Lukwiya, the wife of the late Dr. Matthew Lukwiya. Dr. Matthew, which is how he was known to his patients, lost his life in his fight to contain the… Read More
Home Again, Home Again
My trip to Uganda was short. I missed my children and husband desperately, and in this sense, it was just the right amount of time. I had the opportunity to meet extraordinary people and learn more about this community than I could have learned in… Read More