Through generous and caring donors, the Kellermann Foundation funded twenty new computers for the Bishop’s Primary School computer lab.The computers will help prepare students to continue to secondary school and perhaps one day attend university. The school has already put the computers to use with the precious students pi...
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November 6, 2018 was yet another exciting day in the history of the Batwa Development Program as we hosted the US Ambassador to Uganda, Her Excellency Deborah Malac. She was received by the BDP staff, Pierre Travis (Peace Corps Volunteer) and Rev. Elizabeth Kamara (Bwindi Community Hospital Administrator). The Ambassador had a w...
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Construction of the new nursing skills lab has begun! The lab will provide 9,000 square feet of teaching space in a two-story building. The photo below shows the groundbreaking with the beautiful rainforest in the background. Thank you to all of our supporters who are making this dream a reality!
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The new EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) team of undergraduate students at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has begun work with Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH). This semester, the team will strive to improve data compatibility between the information technology systems at BCH and a national Uganda government ...
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Not only are the locally-hired builders one step closer to finishing the new maternity ward in Nyakatare, the expecting mothers in the region are several steps closer to the invaluable prenatal care they desperately need. Often it can take two days walking through the rainforest to reach Bwindi Community Hospital. Once the mater...
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