Help Improve Quality of Life in Uganda

Send medicines to help children and their families

Posted 2009.03.06
By Harmony Trevino

Past Shipments:

2010.09.29 – Send Two More Medicine Packages to Uganda
2009.04.10 – Send a Shipment of Pharmaceuticals

Uganda has been through several humanitarian crises including civil conflict, food crisis, a flood, refugee influx, persistent droughts, human trafficking, and a HIV/AIDS pandemic. This has left the people in Uganda in great need of resources, including medical resources to help with the major effects these crises have had on the overall health of the nation.

Giving Children hope is planning to send pharmaceuticals to aid the country’s clinics.

Partners

World Vision

Updates & Visuals

Updates:

Medicines Leave for Uganda

Giving Children Hope, in partnership with World Vision, have shipped two packages of pharmaceutical to communities in Uganda that have limited access to medical resources. These medicines will help with the major effects these crises have had on the overall health of the nation. Thank you for continuing to support communities in need!

2010.09.25 by Harmony Trevino

Pharmaceuticals Leave for Uganda

Medicines will help aid Uganda’s clinics. These clinics serve thousands of people who have little or no access to health care.

2009.04.13 by Harmony Trevino

Health Care and Human Slavery

APHA Reports on the Health Implications of Human Slavery

Human trafficking is a global public health issue. Health issues are ignored until they are critical or life-threatening. Dirty and crowded living conditions, coupled with poor nutrition, cause health conditions such as scabies, tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.

Chronic back, hearing and vision problems may occur from working in dangerous agriculture, sweatshop or construction conditions. Long-term untreated issues such as cardiovascular or respiratory problems, diabetes or cancer may be present. Bruises, scars and other signs of physical abuse and torture may be visible.

Sexually transmitted infections, human papillomavirus, pelvic inflammatory disease, permanent damage to reproductive organs, and HIV/AIDS are often the result of forced prostitution. Victims may be coerced, or in desperation to escape their pain, willingly succumb to drug use.

Victims of trafficking often endure brutal conditions that may result in psychological trauma, such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder, disorientation, confusion, phobias and panic attacks. They may suffer feelings of helplessness, shame, humiliation, denial, disbelief or culture shock from being in a strange country.

Malnourishment may be present especially in child victims, as are dental issues. Additionally, children denied social, moral and spiritual development may suffer growth and developmental problems.

2009.03.16 by Harmony Trevino