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We have teamed up with Food for the Hungry - a charity working in Uganda - and 9 folk from York.  We are going to Uganda this summer to help build a simple health centre in Kyoga, a village with no healthcare of any sort at the moment nearer than 15km away.  When finished next summer, the government will staff it.  It's part of a plan to build a network of centres so noone has to walk more than 7km to reach one.

Food for the Hungry has supported a 10 year plan for Kyoga and the York group has been part of it for the last 4 years during which they have helped the villagers to extend their school.  Two blocks of teachers accommodation has been built plus 4 additional classrooms over this period.  They have been out for 3 weeks each summer, with the building work led by Keith Blanshard, who recently retired as General Manager at Yorkon, part of Shepherd Group.

We're all doing a sponsored walk on 16th April as one of a series of events to raise money for the building materials, expected to cost £16k.  We're funding our own travel.

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Please do dig deep and support us so we can dig good foundations in Kyoga! 

NB Please ignore the Women of Action label - it's a former page belonging to Food for the Hungry that we have borrowed!