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Earlier this year fundraising had stalled and we did not have enough funds to complete the hydro project. The trustees had to consider alternative ways of achieving the original aim of the project, which was to provide Kagando Hospital with reliable, affordable electricity to ensure patient safety, protection of electrical [...]

This was the first real live Supporters Day since the pandemic and was a resounding success.  Our guests of honour were Canon Uzziah, Executive director of Kagando Hospital, and his wife Penninah whose two week visit fortunately coincided with some lovely warm October weather! It was our first Supporters’ [...]

Dr Oliver Penney, one of the Trustees at The Friends of Kagando is about to cycle 66 miles (including rather challenging 5000ft climb) to raise money for the C100 fund. This is a Friends of Kagando fund that subsidises the fees paid for children who are admitted to hospital. It [...]

Dear Friends of Kagando, Change happens….and often it is unexpected, sometimes unwanted, yet it is a constant feature of life and for anything to develop, change must happen. So, as we are emerging from the effects of the pandemic which no-one expected to happen 3 years ago what have we [...]

One woman and a dog went to…… walk 100 km over November 2023 to raise money for C100. I managed to complete this challenge, mostly I was dry, only twice getting very wet. Some lovely sunny days with glorious Autumn colours around. C100 is a scheme to subsidise the fees [...]

We have just been reviewing the reliability of the mains electricity supply at Kagando. There were 42 days in the last year when there was no mains electricity. That is over 10% of the year. That is the equivalent of 6 minutes an hour without electricity every hour of every [...]

Thanks to regular donations from some of our supporters, a team at Kagando, led by Jethro, made 24 sand filters to distribute to local communities and trained them on how to use them. The sand filters will help provide clean water to some of the most vulnerable families in the [...]