Guiding Light Orphans, Inc,
$24,155
Saved on 8 projects and calls
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Mission
We support HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers with basic healthcare in rural Uganda.What We Do
GLO has four core programs which include:- Bi annual Medical camps held in the remote area of Masindi District serving nearly 4,000 patients with prevention education and services such as vaccinations for different diseases, family planning, screening and treatment for general diseases, epilepsy clinics, dental services, cervical cancer screening, eye care, voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, antenatal care, nutritional counseling and vitamin-A supplementation.
- Community health worker program: GLO recruits, trains and supports CHW's who find patients who live in hard to reach areas and then link them to our care programs.
-Epilepsy intervention: We support children and adults who have been affected by the epileptic epidemic with education, counseling, treatment, and basic psychosocial care
- Medical clinic: GLO will operate its Medical clinic by Using a comprehensive, community-based approach through our local community health workers who will focus on improving the interface between the community and the health systems, provide ambulatory primary care, foster maternal, newborn, and child health, reproductive health, family planning, sanitation and hygiene initiatives, and controlling malaria, TB, HIV, and other childhood illnesses across all life cycles in a coordinated manner at all levels of care.