Churches raise cash to help Uganda hospital

Posted on March 16, 2007

Kind-hearted Eaton Bray folk have raised more than £2,000 to help a hospital in Uganda.

Local physiotherapist Rebecca Baldock returned to St Mary's Church as part of her annual holiday to pick up a cheque for the Kagando Hospital.

During 2006 the congregations of St Mary's and All Saints Dagnall collected £5,291 between them.

Rebecca said that because of the support offered by the churches the hospital - close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo - has now been equipped with basic equipment, including a blood pressure monitor.

A path has also been built thanks to donations, which means wheelchairs and patients with crutches can now move between surgical wards and the physiotherapy department.

During her talk Rebecca also highlighted the hope that the hospital brought to local people, and stressed how grateful the community was for the churches' fundraising efforts.

Source: Dunstable Gazette, 14 March 2007