1400 Mosquito nets delivered to Buziika, waiting for distribution.
One of the 1,400 mosquito nets.
Starting to unpack the nets.
Before distributing the nets, we did "training" in the form of a skit. Here, we introduce the dreaded mosquito (Jeannie Mills, in the white skirt), for our skit in Buziika.
The mosquito tries to attack!
and is stopped by the treated net.
What a performance... I smell Oscar!
Watching the skit in Buziika prior to getting the nets.
The new generator for the Buziika Medical clinic.
Distributing mosquito nets at Masesse.
About 200 nets were distributed in this village.
One of the pharmacies where we buy supplies. Much of the medicine is made in the US and Europe, but is much cheaper in Uganda.
Betty Luzira (on the left) is head of outpatients at the Jinja Children's Hospital. Here she's helping to pick up one of the orders of medicine.
A better picture of Betty, counting out supplies. Betty made all the decisions as to what medicine and medical supplies to buy.
More counting and preparing.
Totaling the bill. We bought just over $4000 in supplies for the Jinja Children's Hospital, and also brought many medical supplies with us from the US.
One of the orders of medicine for the children's hospital, ready to be picked up
Some of the medicine, loaded and ready to go.
Gate to Jinja Children's Hospital
Unloading some of the trunks of medical supplies we brought from the US.
Loading up the some of the US medical supplies.
Unloaded from the trunk, and outside the hospital's only storage closet.
More trunks being delivered.
Betty, standing in the 6' x 8' closet, the only place for supplies in the entire hospital.
Betty explaining what some of the supplies she bought will be used for.
One of the waiting areas in the hospital.
One of the wards in the children's hospital. Mothers always stay with their children to care for them, because no food is provided by the hospital.
Another ward
The children's hospital usually has 125-150 patients at any one time.
One of the children at the hospital
Even with all of the medicine we brought,
this children's hospital still loses up to three children a day.
As bad as that figure is, it's a huge improvement from the death rate before we started bringing the medicine years ago (when they were losing twelve to fifteen children per day).
No words needed...
Mary Ann, with young Richard, who died the day after this picture was taken (TB, AIDS, anemia, massive fluid buildup in his lungs).
Putting on our malaria skit at Kayunga.
Mosquito net distribution at Kayunga.
We limited the nets to three per family, so that everyone who wanted nets got at least a few.
Rain didn't slow down the distribution at all.
Many of the villagers dressed in their finest, just because we were coming.
A total of 1,400 nets & $10,000 in medical supplies were distributed. No way of knowing how many lives were saved, but best guess by Uganda medical personnel is in the low thousands.
