Healthcare and education Kibaale Community Center
Rakai, Uganda
The Kibaale Center leads various community development programs including microcredit lending initiatives, clean water projects, and sustainable agricultural systems in the Rakai region of Uganda.
Wellness Advocate Gabriella Shury spends six months out of the year in Uganda as the Sponsorship Coordinator for the Kibaale Community Center headed by the nonprofit Kuwasha International Development Society. Gabriella and her mother, Silvia, teamed up with leader Dena McCaffree, raising money and product donations to benefit the Kibaale Community Center which operates five schools and a healthcare clinic.
The Kibaale Health Clinic is the second-busiest clinic in the district of Rakai.
Funds raised allowed the Health Clinic to purchase five months’ worth of supplies and medication.
Students attending the Kibaale School, and their family members, are able to receive treatment at the Kibaale Community Center Clinic at no cost because of the school’s sponsorship program. Members of the community that are not personally involved in the Kibaale School are also able to receive care at the clinic at a small cost.
