Dear <$firstname$>:

We recently returned from another trip to Uganda and we are excited to share with you news of the great progress we are making to improve health care infrastructure, set up education opportunities for young girls, provide mobile health units and transportation to help those living in rural remote places, and so much more!!

Each time we visit Uganda, the mission and need of Just Like My Child becomes clearer and clearer to me.

Tolstoy said:

“I shall not eat my bread until everyone
has a piece of their own.”

Today in Africa, and particularly in the districts that we are serving in rural Uganda, it’s not just an issue of “bread” that we must ensure everyone has access to, but it’s the broader resources we take for granted that we can and must share:

Education, Technology, Medicines, Health Care, Economic Development, Access to Media and Most Importantly, Hope.

Because we are committed to bringing  holistic solutions to this geographic area of 48 villages and 600,000 people, Just Like My Child is beginning to become known as a “partner” within the community, not just another organization coming in to deliver funds or resources and then move on without sustainable follow through.

We are working in partnership with the people, engaging in solutions that are conceived of and implemented by the people who best understand the challenges facing them.

With Warmest Regards,
Vivian Glyck

Founder and Executive Director
Just Like My Child Foundation

LETTER FROM FOUNDER

OUR HOLISTIC MODEL

REHEMA'S STORY

THE DOCTOR IS IN

JUST LIKE MY CHILD HEROES

Rehema's story
When we visited Uganda in December, 2006, Rehema’s house had just fallen down from the rains, she and her two adolescent children were sleeping on the mud floor of a neighbor's house, she was suffering from advanced stages of HIV, and she had no means to pay for her children to go to school.


Her dreams of becoming a teacher were hopelessly gone. When we tried to talk to her, she was so ashamed of her condition, she would only kneel on the ground and wouldn’t look us in the eye as she spoke to us.

Rehema's sons stand on the remains of her house after the rains.

Through the good work of the Bishop Asili Hospital together with the assistance of Just Like My Child, Rehema’s son is now in vocational school.
She is receiving treatment for opportunistic infections and feels well enough to earn some extra funds by weaving mats and making purses.

Through our work, she had her first CD4 test when we were there in June, 2007. The CD4 machine which runs on electricity is consistently working because we were able to purchase an electricity generator for the hospital.

The hope of receiving anti-retroviral treatment (ARVs) is now definitely on the horizon for her, and we can be assured she will receive the home visits and care from hospital HIV social workers because we have been able to provide funding for bicycles and scooters to reach her deep in the village.

Best of all, a flicker of hope can be seen in her eyes and we got to see her beautiful, radiant smile many times. 

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What I love most about the work that we are accomplishing is that we are getting to work directly with people of extraordinary courage. And it’s here that our “holistic” approach makes the most sense because in the rural Ugandan environment, you can’t solve the core issues of poverty by addressing just one issue.  

The Doctor is IN!
Through the gracious support of Dr. Grant and Sheri Stevens of Marina Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles, JLMC has been able to fund the salary of the first full time physician that the Bishop Asili Hospital has ever had!

The amazing thing about Dr. Dennis Buluma is that his circumstances growing up were not so different than the villagers he serves. He grew up deep in a rural village. His mother left his father when she discovered that he was a polygamist. Dennis and his siblings grew up in poverty with their grandmother while the mother went out to work so that she could send her children to school. The key difference for Dr. Buluma is that he got to see the world through an educated lense and he has committed himself to sharing his talent and skills with his Ugandan people.

HIV/AIDs Prevention in Uganda Requires a Surgical Suite – Video

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JLMC Heroes
Just Like My Child supporter, Laura Luxemburg, traveled with us to Uganda in June of this year.

While she was there, she witnessed the death of an asthmatic baby due to lack of oxygen equipment at The Bishop Asili Hospital – equipment that only cost several hundred dollars.

She was so moved by the immediate need that she funded the equipment purchase on the spot along with many other essential hospital items. She also listened intently as many of the essential community educators discussed how lack of transportation severely hinders their ability to reach people deep in the villages who need the most attention.

She responded immediately by funding the purchase of five bicycles and a motorbike AND she helped us find a donor to sponsor the purchase of a second motorbike.

Thank you, Laura. You are definitely a JLMC hero!
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