healing changes everything
Yesterday, two explosions hit the city of Kampala in Uganda. You read about it here.
Our hospital in Mbale was not directly affected by the blast. However, your prayers are requested for the people of Uganda as they deal with this terrible catastrophe.
We’ll keep you posted if we hear more information about this from Uganda.
CURE Uganda was pleased to host members of the Affero Project recently in Mbale. Lucas Parry and others from the Affero Project met with Derek Johnson and the entire staff of CURE Uganda to collect stories and video of the work we are doing to report back to their community. Derek blogged last week about their visit, and our friends at the Affero Project confirmed that the trip was a success with everyone arriving home safely. As Rob Harvey, one of the founders of the Affero Project, wrote:
They witnessed young mothers perched everywhere, cradling frail babies with painfully swollen heads. They saw firsthand the expert care being given to these children and the caring counseling for their mothers. What amazing work!
You can read the entire post on the Affero Project blog here.
All through this month, we are focusing on the work of our Uganda hospital. We asked Derek Johnson, the hospital’s executive director, if he’d like to write something for the blog. He kindly obliged us…
A few days ago, we were hosting a group from The Affero Project. As I spoke about the groundbreaking work accomplished at the hospital, I told the story of a young boy, 14 years of age, named Oscar, who suffers from a brain tumor. Oscar and his father came here a couple of weeks ago without a lot of hope.
As I described this case, I reflected back on some of our success stories for children with brain tumors. In any country in the world, a brain tumor diagnosis brings thoughts of despair and hopelessness. For many of us, a death sentence is the first thing to come to mind. Dr. Mugamba, our hospital’s medical director, and his colleagues are doing groundbreaking and important work in the treatment of hydrocephalus, but it’s no more remarkable than the four dozen tumors they’ll operate on this year.
Here’s a story about Eunice from Uganda.
You can help CURE reach other children like Eunice by going here.
A few months ago, we posted a brief story about then 9-year-old Patience. Here’s more about this inspiring little girl….
Whenever 10-year-old Patience comes to CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda for a checkup, she brings a smile to the faces of the hospital staff.
Around the halls, wards and operating rooms, Patience is known as a “living testimony.” Longtime hospital employees still look at this healthy, happy girl with amazement.
They recall how nearly 10 years ago her terrified parents arrived, carrying a tiny baby with a huge head. They had no idea what was wrong. Thankfully, they had come to the right hospital.
Read the rest of this entry »
Throughout Uganda, there are thousands of children who are alive today because of a miracle that took place at our hospital in Mbale. Through the miracle of specialty surgery, these children were rescued from their physical disability and given a chance to grow up healthy.
All through this month, CURE is highlighting the work of CURE Uganda.
Go here to meet one of these miracles.
Please check the blog for more updates throughout the month……
Here is a story about Justine from Uganda.
Topista stands in the doorway of her home, watching her 4-year-old daughter, Justine, play with her siblings. Although she knows she needs to get dinner started, she lingers just a bit longer to say a prayer of thanks for the life God has given to her daughter.
Topista wasn’t always this happy. Back in 2005, the contented life she had known as a wife and mom living in eastern Uganda had completely fallen apart.
Ironically, her troubles started with a happy event: the birth of a seemingly healthy Justine. After two months, however, Topista noticed her daughter’s head appeared to be bigger than it should be.
Topista and her husband took Justine to doctors and traditional healers, but they didn’t offer much hope. Meanwhile, Justine’s head kept getting bigger. Read the rest of this entry »
As we head into the Easter weekend, we’d like to share a story we just received from Derek Johnson, our executive director in Uganda:
For the past two weeks, a visiting plastic surgeon, Dr. Philip Metz, has provided cleft lip and palate surgeries to patients at the CURE Uganda hospital. One of these patients was a baby named Alice.
Baby Alice
I sat down with the mother of Alice after her daughter’s surgery and talked with her about what it meant for her to see her child’s life transformed. We talked about life in her village and the labor and toil required to live off of the land.
As she looked at me with watery eyes, she stated that although this surgery, and their experience at CURE, won’t solve all of their problems, “her baby has been given a second chance” at life.
As Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, stories like Alice’s remind us of the reason why He died and rose again. His resurrection has given many people a hope for a “second chance” at life. No matter who we are or what we’ve done, the powerful message of Jesus’ love for us all can transform any life.
We wish you all a Happy Easter.
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