Illness is universal but access to healthcare is not
Grace Community Health and Wellness Organization is a registered 501(c) 3 non profit organization, established on June 10, 2020, when Uganda and the world at large was being confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our resolve is to rise above this health crisis and focus on improving the overall accessibility, affordability, and availability of basic healthcare and wellness services in rural communities
Our initiative journey began in 2019, by carrying out a needs assessment and deep ground research on how to improve
access to compassionate, high-quality, healthcare in the rural community
that was already experiencing poverty.
Who we are:
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Grace Community Health and Wellness Organization (GCHAWO) · A community-based health and wellness organization that focuses on promoting healthcare in rural communities in Uganda. · Located in Kalungu district Uganda, East Africa; about 130km from Kampala · Established in 2020 · Currently serves more than 200 individuals Grace-CHAWO is a registered 501(c) 3 non profit organization in Uganda and in the USA with an EIN 85-3963930. The clinic’s founder, Grace Nassanga, RN/BSN originally from Uganda and now lives in the Greater Boston area, where she is a Nurse and practices health care. |
To provide healthcare wellness for people living in rural communities in Uganda, by enabling timely access to basic health care services.
To provide access to health care services and empower community members to take charge of their health and well-being.
Values
- Compassion
- Respect
- Dignity
- Commitment
- Humility
- Trust
- Integrity
To bring basic health care services closer to people living in rural communities.
To sensitize community members about infectious diseases and preventative measures.
To provide maternity services to expectant mothers and newborns.
To provide emergency transportation means to well-equipped regional /referral health care facilities.
To Partner, collaborate and work closely with Health Care Workers in rural Health centers to extend health care services.
To educate rural residents with the aim of enabling them to understand health information and instructions from health providers.
Strengthen networking and partnership building with Health stakeholders and organizations in providing basic health care services.
To work with the Government MDAs and international Partners to boost access to free primary health care by the poor rural communities.
To collaborate with local, national, and international health care providers in educating, counseling rural residents on ways of managing diseases.
To examine and address the health needs of the rural community from which other communities can benchmark.
About the
FOUNDER.
Grace is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner in the United States who is passionate about promoting health and wellness as well as making a difference in people’s lives regardless of their background. Having grown up in Masaka District (Uganda), Grace occasionally visited her home village in Lwannume where the Grace-CHAWO initiative is established. Growing up, she witnessed people in her community living in intense poverty, which challenged many rural residents to access basic healthcare services.
Grace shares many stories where she witnessed neighbors and friends in her village losing loved ones to preventable illnesses due to limited access to basic health-care services. With her background as a health-care worker, Grace felt a deep sense of commitment to make a difference in rural communities by promoting health and wellness particularly to the less privileged.
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Has been donated this year to our
Children Health Program.
Meet
The Team Behind GRACE-CHAWO.
Henry Ssegujja
Maria Nakkazi
Grace Nassanga, RN/BsN
Dr. Kennedy Ndamba
Mrs. Jane Etish-Andrews
We sensitize
rural residents!
We educate rural residents with the aim of enabling them to understand health information and instructions from health providers.
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Why you should donate to us
Your financial support helps us bridge the gap between the actual cost of providing quality health-care services to rural communities and the income Grace-CHAWO receives from grants and fee payments. Most importantly, your support allows us to honor our commitment to keeping our services affordable and accessible for everyone in our community who needs then.
Please consider a gift or a donation to help support Grace-CHAWO’s mission to improve access and provide health care to the medically underserved rural communities. Your generosity is truly appreciated!
Programs & Services
- We provide remote clinical services to rural residents via live video calls, voice calls and
txt messages. - We connect with healthcare workers and health specialists around the world to increase
access to high quality and specialty healthcare services.
Prevention of diseases decreases the burden of dealing with the disease itself.
Free general physical exams
Free health screenings and routine vaccination services
Free Counselling services
Free Well-Child visits
Family planning services
Oral Health
Infectious disease prevention and control
Outpatient services
Mental health and counseling
Home care
Health Literature
is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.
It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults.
Vaccinations are an important form of primary prevention. That means they can protect people from getting sick.
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Our Contacts
P.O Box 1351
Masaka, Uganda
+256 782808137
20 Circuit Ave
Newton, MA 02461
United States
+17819851314
info@gracecommunityhealth.org
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