It’s April! Here are the top ten things you should know about St. Jude Children’s Home
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For the second installment of our new Top Ten series, here are the things we want you to know about Lacor Hospital.
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We’re starting a new tradition of sending you a monthly "Top Ten" list of the most important things you should know about people, places, and events related to your work in northern Uganda.
For our first installment, we want you to know these ten things about Social Promise.
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At Lacor Hospital, blood is in high demand. “We are facing a severe shortage. The supply we get from the regional blood bank is not even a quarter of what we use within the hospital,” says Richard Ojara, a Laboratory Technician at the Lacor.
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Lacor Hospital provides free cancer treatment to children and at subsidized rates to all other patients.
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As you already know, pregnant women and children under the age of five receive treatment for free.
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Today we celebrate the tireless work of nurses around the globe and the contributions they make to the community.
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This Sunday, May 8th, we celebrate Mother's Day. On this day, we honor not only you, our special friends and dedicated supporters, but we honor these hardworking mothers across the globe.
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There are 554 beds at Lacor Hospital and its three peripheral health centers. Each of these beds tells a story.
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It was inevitable. Uganda resisted an outbreak as long as possible, having a significantly lower number of positive cases than neighboring countries. But COVID-19 has crossed the gates of Lacor Hospital despite the protective measures that have been in place since last February.
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Did you know that 60% of employment in Uganda is in agriculture? Much of this work is subsistence agriculture.
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St. Jude Children's Home is at the forefront of caring for children with special needs in Northern Uganda.
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You have made quality neonatal care a priority at Lacor Hospital by donating to the construction of a new neonatal unit.
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Today is World Water Day. On this day, we celebrate a necessity that is easily taken for granted-clean drinking water.
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This past Wednesday, World AIDS Day, we reflected on a pandemic that began to ravage the world 40 years ago.
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It was inevitable. Uganda resisted an outbreak as long as possible, having a significantly lower number of positive cases than neighboring countries.
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In 2015, the United Nations created 17 goals to tackle climate change, fight inequalities, and eradicate extreme poverty. These 17 Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved by 2030 and ensure no country is left behind.
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As you might imagine, it hasn’t been easy. Life at St. Jude’s has been re-organized several times in recent months, in response to the various needs of these children who were already living with the ongoing stress that naturally arises from being an orphan or living with a difficult disability.
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