The Rains Come to Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda - The rains have come to central Uganda. This is good.
But it also means the menace of malaria will return as well. This is the experience of Rossette Kemigish, school nurse at the United Methodist-related orphanage and primary school known as Humble Place in Mukono District, about 30 kilometers outside Kampala.

Last year, she treated 279 children for malaria in a school with fewer than 200 students. It's a persistent challenge to stay ahead of the mosquito-borne disease in this humid, wet climate.
She explains that the school administrators are attentive to her suggestions for environmental improvements that minimize the opportunity for mosquitoes to breed in standing water or the rain catchment tanks the school uses to supplement its water supply.

OASIS OF HOPE in TIME OF NEED (KENYA)

As a sign of hope there was rain more than half the days John and Fran Denham from Maysville, Kentucky USA came to Kenya. This was in preparation of the recipe that John and Fran were preparing not only for UMC in Kenya but the community that lives with us, “Clean and safe water for better health.” Every day from 24th February 2006, we visited churches and invited members of the community as John and Fran talked and demonstrated of the importance of clean and safe water.

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