Welcome
Friends of Kagando is a UK based charitable trust set up in 2003 and managed by a board of Trustees who are past long-term workers at Kagando or regular visitors.
The charity aims to support Kagando Hospital by raising funds, sending equipment and encouraging friends and colleagues working there by correspondence and visits.
The Friends of Kagando also provides support from people with clinical, technical, management, educational, pastoral and fund-raising expertise. A number of the Friends have previously had some involvement in Kagando Hospital through participating in a medical elective, building work, schools work and other charitable projects.
7th largest regional hospital in Uganda
Over 350,000 people rely on Kagando for their healthcare
Infant mortality rates now the lowest in East Africa
About Us
Electives and Visits
Kagando offers great opportunities for students to experience medicine in an African setting. Students from all over the world studying medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy have spent elective periods at the hospital, and qualified volunteers are also welcome.
News and Updates
Update on Lorna’s sponsored trek
Lorna Williams from Herefordshire is about to embark on a challenging expedition in Uganda. She will be cycling for 13 days then trekking for 8 days to reach the top of Peak Marguerita in the Rwenzori mountains, very close to [...]
Chairman’s letter, Feb 2024 (click at bottom to see 2nd page!)
Click to view the PDF.
Visit of Canon Uzziah and Penninah
We were delighted to welcome Canon Uzziah, Executive director of Kagando Hospital, and his wife Penninah to the UK in October. They had a busy two weeks, visiting friends in Derby, Hereford and Guildford then down to London for some [...]
Help support Lorna with fundraising
Please support Lorna - she lives near us and is planning to undertake this challenge for C100 in March 2024. Dr Oli Penney "Based in Herefordshire, I have recently retired from a lifetime in nursing, throughout my career I [...]
Solar Power Project
As it became clear that we did not have the funds to complete a Hydro-electric scheme at Kagando we began to look at alternatives. We now well on the way to installing a solar power system at the hospital, funded entirely by existing donations, which should be up and running by mid 2024.