Congratulations To Our First Grads!
Cleaning and making villages safe and healthy has been a huge focus for us in the months we've been in Uganda. Training the villagers about safe water, good hygiene, proper nutrition, disease prevention and basic first-aid is part of the holistic approach to saving lives.
We have been privileged to be invited into so many areas to train the residents. In Manafwa, we graduated 42 Emergency Responders after over 100 hours of training. The last week of April, we graduated a class of 27 'Train the Trainers '... those who are now ready to go out and train up other villages in basic healthcare and disease prevention.
There have been many amazing testimonies from this class already.
Meet Mukhwana Joshua. He is in senior 5 in Mbale Town. He has gone through the training with his parents, both pastors of a church in Mbale Town. A week or so after he had completed his training, a fellow student was injured with a compound fracture of the femur while playing futbol during school. Just as improper, life threatening measures were about to be taken by school officials, Joshu took control of the scene and applied his newly acquired first aid principals, possibly saving the boys' leg and probably his life. School officials were so impressed, they let him move to the hospital with the injured friend AND paid his transport home. A very big deal in Uganda! He has become the official medical responder at his school.
This is just one of many stories shared that we were thrilled to hear about. So far we have received word of three precious lives being saved and many more helped as a direct result of our responders quick actions. We continue to monitor the grads and have consistent refresher courses and advanced training. Providing all of them with proper backpacks filled with first aid supplies is something we're still trying to work out.
