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
A letter from the new chair of Friends of Kagando
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 [...]
Elizabeth’s 100Km Fundraiser for C100
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 [...]
What 10% really means
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 [...]
Friends of Kagando supporters help provide clean water to local households
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 [...]
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.