On the Ground with VPI in Papoli, Uganda: Immunization
Immunization A special dispatch from VPI’s community partners in Papoli, Uganda By Emmanuel Ofumbi We receive mothers every Tuesday who bring children for immunization and these children are immunized against communicable diseases like polio, tetanus, Tuberculosis etc. The mothers are also given Tetanus toxoid and girls of 9-15 years given HPV to prevent them from cervical […]
On the Ground with VPI in Papoli, Uganda: The Safe House
The Safe House A special dispatch from VPI’s community partners in Papoli, Uganda By Emmanuel Ofumbi The safe house is one of the strategic objectives offered by the ROBERT H . COOLEY Pediatric clinic of Papoli Community Development Foundation. This is a place where the most unprivileged children below 5 years who are also either HIV […]
Addressing COVID-19 in Haiti
Thanks to a grant from the Allegany Franciscan Ministries, a program for COVID-19 education and vaccinations has begun in the mountains of NE Haiti. Led by Dr. Miles Cherenfant, a dedicated team is working hard to reach, educate, and vaccinate those in outlying areas, bringing lifesaving care. You can help! Your donations will help us […]
Reach Out Your Hand
Village Partners International Responds to Request for Famine Aid Uganda has been experiencing a prolonged drought and the repercussions of three seasons of crop failure have resulted in the worst food shortage in 37 years. In some parts of western Uganda, villagers are feeling hopeless and resorting to desperate means. “Famine is real here in […]
Love is all there is…
In Papoli, Uganda, villagers are benefiting from a partnership that includes community volunteers, health care professionals, day care and nutrition specialists, administrators and support from Village Partners International and other organizations. For the past twelve years, the Papoli Community Development Foundation has been the instrument for enormous change in an area where poverty, sickness, lack of access to clean water and malnutrition were commonplace.
Second Annual KIDS HELPING KIDS A Huge Success!
On a sunny July day, Village Partners International brought Tampa Bay kids together to race, hula hoop, craft, and play. They sat in circles for folk stories, waited excitedly to get their faces painted, slurped down icy cold snow cones, and packed surgical gauze for future medical mission trips. “I came across the event online […]