In photo: Rev. Elizabeth prays with a child who broke his leg, while his father looks on Reverend Akandinda Elizabeth Kamara: BCH Chaplain The new Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) chaplain, Reverend Akandinda Elizabeth Kamara, took up her post in January 2016. Rev. Elizabeth, married to Arihaihi Obadiah Kamara and blessed with t...
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On his most recent visit to Uganda, Dr. Scott Kellermann spoke at Uganda Nursing School Bwindi. Here is his account of the time there: October 16, 2015: I have been asked to give the welcome address at UNSB today. Ninety bright-eyed students with well-pressed uniforms, iPads in hand, sit upright in the conference hall. For 30 of...
Continue ReadingThe owner of Volcanoes Safaris Bwindi Lodge recently opened a new coffee shop in Nkwenda, just up the mountain from Bwindi Community Hospital, to give back to the community, and he teamed up with BCH to staff it. This new venture, sponsored by Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust, recruits and trains disadvantaged locals, such as...
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Don Fultz of California was a founding board member of the Kellermann Foundation. He passed away in 2014. In October 2015, Scott Kellermann led a memorial service for Don on the grounds of Bwindi Community Hospital, including a reading of Micah 6:6-8. Scott stated to Georgeann Russell, Don’s widow, “Don certainly exemplified...
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Report of the fourth annual Fistula-Gynecology Camp at Bwindi Community Hospital Submitted by Dr. Verena Geissbühler In October 2015, the fourth annual Fistula-Gynecology Camp took place at Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH). In these annual one-week camps, 18 to 25 women who have been diagnosed with obstetric fistula and/or pelvi...
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