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1 child in 7 dies before age 5 In Mbarara alone, 13,000 children under 5 die each year - thousands more ages 6 to 12 Over 60% die from malaria, dysentery and pneumonia Children can be saved if hospitalization is available (more…) Not involved yet? Click here to help!

A child is treated at the newly opened hospital

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Holy Innocents Children's Hospital Phase 1 Now Open!

Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, the first dedicated children’s hospital in Uganda, opened its doors on July 4, 2009! Fifty dignitaries and partners attended. Eighty children from four local schools celebrated the occasion by presenting a poem and two songs about the hospital.

Mbarara children recite a poem, sing songs to commemorate hospital opening. More pictures here!

Mbarara Archbishop Paul Bakyenga blessed the facilities. Guests toured the outpatient department, administration building and 60-bed in-patient wing, with all medical and administrative staff of the new hospital present.

HI Mbarara Chairman Dr. Placid Mihayo thanked the Mbarara community and HI board in San Diego for their tireless efforts to achieve this historical milestone. A local Rotary club presented the hospital with a gift of ten wheelchairs. Mbarara mayor Wilson Tumwine and District Resident Commissioner Clement Kandole spoke, pledging their support for the hospital.

Mbarara Archdiocese Chancellor Fr. Bonaventure Turyomumazima said that hearing the speeches and seeing the hospital open and ready to begin saving Mbarara’s children was “a very emotional experience. Unbelievable. So beautiful….”

What We’re Doing:

We’re building a children’s hospital!

Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital Uganda, Inc. is working to bring better health to all children of Mbarara, Uganda and its surrounding villages through better medical care and prevention. We’re non-profit, non-sectarian and non-political, with only one focus: better health for a better life for children in one small part of the world. One hundred percent of our time and effort is focused on achieving this objective via our fundraising and training activities to support the building, staffing and operation of a children’s hospital in Mbarara, Uganda. (more...)

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