Hello everyone!
I will be spending 4 weeks in Mbale, Uganda in January of 2019 as part of my pediatrics training. I'll be working with the organization ATLAS International - a responsible non-profit that works with the existing infrastructure and medical clinics to improve healthcare in Uganda. It was founded by Dr. Lisa Umphrey, a pediatrician, who does a great job providing jobs and resources in the area. They also support ethical volunteerism and host trainees like me. Please consider helping me raise money to contribute to this wonderful organization. To be clear, this is money that goes directly to ATLAS and the work it does - it does NOT support my travel costs, which I'm paying for separately. Please check out their website at http://www.atlas-international.org, and consider donating to help me reach my fundraising goal of $500
Even a few dollars can go quite far to provide healthcare in Uganda:
• 33¢ = a course of amoxicillin for a baby with pneumonia
• 50¢ = a full topical treatment for a child with a fungal rash
• $1 = tea and lunch for a health worker working hard all day at a clinic
• $2 = a full course of malaria treatment for an adult or child
• $3 = transport cost for a highly trained health worker to travel to a rural village for outreach services
• $5 = enough kerosene to light a delivery room at night for 2 weeks
• $10 = the cost of a mosquito net to prevent malaria for 2 years
• $12 = rain boots, rain coats and a water bottle needed by outreach workers to reach their rural communities
• $200 = monthly drug costs of a rural clinic open 2 days per week
