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Day 8: A Visit To The Lagoon
Day 8: A Visit To The Lagoon

We started the day by visiting Comboni Samaritans. Comboni Samaritans was originally a religious group of people who sold art to help HIV-positive women. It has since grown and is now run by the Comboni sisters. They have also set up a medical center and an education center.

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Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise Youth, Uganda, Lacor HospitalSarah McGeeJune 22, 2024
Day 7: A Day Of Playing And Learning
Day 7: A Day Of Playing And Learning

We started today by visiting Gulu market. This massive market has people selling all kinds of items.

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Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise Youth, Uganda, Lacor Hospital, St. Jude Children's HomeSarah McGeeJune 22, 2024
 Remembering the LRA at Lukodi Memorial Center
 Remembering the LRA at Lukodi Memorial Center

Northern Uganda still feels the effects of a brutal conflict waged by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Led by the notorious Joseph Kony, this rebel group terrorized the region for over two decades, abducting children, committing atrocities, and displacing millions. 

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Uganda2024, AcholiSarah McGeeJune 21, 2024
Day 6: Acholi Cultural Experiences
Day 6: Acholi Cultural Experiences

The Acholi are a group that people in other countries may not know about. We can help teach the world who they are by learning about them and their traditions.

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Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise Youth, Uganda, AcholiSarah McGeeJune 20, 2024
A Second Chance At Life For New Babies At St. Jude Children's Home
A Second Chance At Life For New Babies At St. Jude Children's Home

St. Jude Children's Home is committed to providing a safe haven for vulnerable children, offering them love, care, and the promise of a better future. We visited today and discovered that several new babies were recently welcomed, each with a unique and heart-wrenching story.

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St. Jude Children's Home, Uganda2024, UgandaSarah McGeeJune 19, 2024
Day 5: Visiting St. Jude Children's Home
Day 5: Visiting St. Jude Children's Home

Today, we visited St. Jude’s Children’s Home, just a few steps from Lacor Hospital. St. Jude’s provides a safe and welcoming place to vulnerable children in Gulu and beyond!

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Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise Youth, Uganda, St. Jude Children's HomeSarah McGeeJune 19, 2024
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Our Trip To Uganda
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Our Trip To Uganda

We have a large group going on our journey with us this year

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Top Ten, St. Jude Children's Home, Uganda, Malaria, Lacor HospitalSarah McGeeJune 18, 2024
Day 4: Getting Acquainted With Lacor Hospital
Day 4: Getting Acquainted With Lacor Hospital

Today we visited Lacor Hospital

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Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise Youth, Lacor Hospital, UgandaSarah McGeeJune 18, 2024
Day 3: Arriving in Gulu
Day 3: Arriving in Gulu

Happy 15th Birthday to Ava and Lily Quintanilla! We were so excited to spend their birthday with them in Uganda!

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Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise Youth, UgandaSarah McGeeJune 17, 2024
Day 2: Our First Full Day
Day 2: Our First Full Day

The night of Sunday, June 15th, after arriving, we slept comfortably under sheer mosquito nets. We awoke from the Precious Guest House in Entebbe

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Uganda, Uganda2024, Social Promise Youth, EducationSarah McGeeJune 16, 2024
Day 1: We Have Arrived
Day 1: We Have Arrived

We spent our day traveling to Entebbe, Uganda. We started at New York’s JFK airport, where we caught a six-hour flight to Amsterdam.

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Uganda, Uganda2024, Education, Social Promise YouthSarah McGeeJune 16, 2024
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Nurses In Uganda
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Nurses In Uganda

Nurses face challenges, including high workloads and low nurse-to-patient ratios. Despite these adversities, they persevere, tirelessly serving their patients.

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Top Ten, Uganda, Lacor HospitalSarah McGeeMay 13, 2024
A Mother-To-Be's Fight Against Malaria
A Mother-To-Be's Fight Against Malaria

Today, the world observes Malaria Day under the theme "Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World." Not only does malaria kill, but it perpetuates a vicious cycle of inequity.

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Uganda, Lacor Hospital, MalariaSarah McGeeApril 25, 2024
Yusuf Abbas: The Taxi Driver Saving Lives
Yusuf Abbas: The Taxi Driver Saving Lives

He was rushed into the operating theater and underwent a successful surgery that changed the trajectory of his life.

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Uganda, Lacor HospitalSarah McGeeApril 8, 2024
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Malaria
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Malaria

April 25 is World Malaria Day

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Top Ten, St. Jude Children's Home, Lacor Hospital, UgandaSarah McGeeApril 1, 2024
The Top Ten Most Influential Women In Ugandan History
The Top Ten Most Influential Women In Ugandan History

In celebration of Women's History Month, we embark on a journey through the rich tapestry of Ugandan history.

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Top Ten, UgandaSarah McGeeMarch 4, 2024
The Top Ten Good Works Made Possible by Your Donations in 2023
The Top Ten Good Works Made Possible by Your Donations in 2023

Your support is a powerful investment in these children's education, health, and the future.

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Top Ten, St. Jude Children's Home, Uganda, Lacor HospitalSarah McGeeFebruary 2, 2024
The Top Ten Reasons To Become A Social Promise Advocate
The Top Ten Reasons To Become A Social Promise Advocate

Your support is a powerful investment in these children's education, health, and the future.

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Top Ten, St. Jude Children's Home, UgandaSarah McGeeJanuary 2, 2024
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Gastroschisis
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Gastroschisis

Lacor has emerged as a vital center for gastroschisis care, extending its expertise beyond borders to significantly impact Uganda.

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Top Ten, Lacor HospitalSarah McGeeDecember 1, 2023
World Kindness Day 2023
World Kindness Day 2023

Wishing you a World Kindness Day filled with joy, gratitude, and the knowledge that your kindness is changing lives.

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Uganda, Learning, KindnessSarah McGeeNovember 13, 2023
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Beans and posho is a very traditional and nutritious meal in northern Uganda with lots of protein! 🍴 

Food prepared at St. Jude Children's Home partially comes from the farm 🌾 that Social Promise supports, which gives jobs to local young people.
Help us raise money for the new Neonatal Clinic at Lacor Hospital in Gulu, Uganda! 

Your donations will go towards an intensive care room for the critically ill and premature babies, 6 incubators, CPAP machine, IV pumps to administer medicines, and
$240 can make the difference between life and death 💚 

You can help add a #neonatal clinic to Lacor Hospital by donating at the link in bio

#lacorhospital #neonatalnurse #neonatalcare #donate #midwife #helpingbabies #empowering #ugandan #stmarysla
We only partner with longstanding, reputable, effective Ugandan #nonprofits. 🩺📚

How do we pick our partners? 

We find that they are already doing extraordinary work addressing problems in access to healthcare and education in their communities.
Your contributions really do make a tangible difference. 💚 We make sure of it.

You built the primary school at St. Jude Primary School, supported the creation of Consolation Home for children with special needs, championed the transition to a full-
Can you believe there were 10,000 births at Lacor Hospital in 2018-19?! 💚

Help us raise money for the new #Neonatal Center to provide monitoring stations for sick babies, kangaroo mother care room, a duty station for nurses and clinicians, and more

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