The Mustard Seed

Mrs. Nora Nakabugo Mukiibi, a trained Nurse /Midwife at Mengo Hospital, has a heart for the people in the surrounding areas. Of their generation, brothers and sisters, she is the only one left near the Clinic. She is now 91 years and has told me now and again that her strength to walk there is little. But she still oversees much of what is going on. She would walk miles to supervise the building, and a day to day activities. She worked with the Medical Personnel sent there.

Unfortunately, the little we had managed to bring it to a recognised operating medical facility with a few beds, a microscope for blood samples, a stethoscope, and others, disappeared with the last personnel there.

Nora's is asking you all to make this dream come true while she is here. Like the Mustard seed that is so little, yet grows into a large tree that creates a big shade and home to many birds, as well many more seeds, this is their dream. Its come a long way since. But nothing of substance or value is formed overnight.

Update as in 2016

I am the Administrator of this blog, Jessica Nakawombe. Los Angeles, California.
Email:  conquerer772000-afro@yahoo.com

Mrs. Nora Mukiibi contacted me about this Project in 1998 and asked me to look for sponsors and well wishers. Because of expensive land phone lines then and she did not have one as well, we lost contact.

However, in 2007 she contacted me again with her mobile phone. It has been a tough road but we have made a great impact with the limited funds and communication. We managed to finish one building and the Clinic was opened. It got Govt. clearance about four years back . The Clinic functions on a average.

The few equipment was stolen. But the patients are diagnosed and helped in any way. Unfortunately, the little we had managed to bring it to a recognised operating medical facility with a few beds, a microscope for blood samples, a stethoscope, and others, disappeared with the last personnel there.

Her sister, Mrs. Julayina N. Kato, another one of the dreamers for this Project lives far but her input has also helped.
Nora's is asking you all to make this dream come true while she is here.

Right now the road looks bright.

We have a new Medical Worker, Elizabeth Ssanyu and she is eager to expand the services. 
A co Administrator, Sara Mukiibi who travels coordinates as needed.
Email:  muksara01@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0772631520 or +256772631520

Foundation of Kisumba Memorial Health Centre, Nvule

This was renamed Kisumba Health Clinic, Nvule

As of 2011

As of 2009

By Feb. 2010

So much needs to
be done

Diligent Mrs. Norah Nakabugo Mukiibi has waited since the 70s. She is in her 90s now.

At least somewhere to treat
 people

Inside the Clinic

A patient's bed

Foundation of Kisumba Memorial Health Centre, Nvule

This is a Health Clinic founded in the 90s by a few women of Agali Awamu Group. It is affiliated to St. Luke's Church, Nvule in Uganda. One of them  is Mrs. Nora Nakabugo Mukiibi of Kawumba, in Mawokota County, Buganda in Uganda.  They used to walk to Bulunda Church of Uganda which their father, Kezironi Ssekawaabe, and mother, Yuniya Nakiwala founded, for years until they finallly founded their own Church near them, St. Luke's Nvule, Church of Uganda. These stalwart women belonged to the Women's group called "Agali Awamu" (loosely translated, United we stand). In the 90s they saw a great need for the sick in their community to get treatment within a reachable location. So they started fund raising to build. They chose a name Kisumba, after the dedication of an orthopeadic surgeon, the first in East Africa, Nora's brother, David Kisumba, who died in a car accident in 1979 at 45 years during the curfew era of Idi Amin he had imposed on Kampala. Kisumba was Nora's younger brother who had dedicated himself to helping the disadavantaged and vulnerable in his home area where he had grown up. Prof. Kisumba used to go on Saturdays and hold a Mobile Clinic, at times with  a volunteer Nurse, to diagnose and treat the sick. Others he referred to nearby Dipensaries and hospitals like Buwama and Mitala Maria, Nkozi even Masaka, and Mulago.

It has not been an easy road for this project as you can see. After some funds in 2009, were they able to put in windows and doors. Then they were able to get a doctor and nurses to start using the facility. The road is still long ahead.
Nora said, "I am so glad that we are able to get some treatment at this Health Centre. I am not able to move so freely since I am older now, and weak, it is your responsibility to see it through. It is 17 year since the project started."
Mrs. Nora Mukiibi is in her 90s now. She trained as a Nurse at Mengo Nursing School in the 60s, but did not practice for she got married soon after and became a full time housewife.



This is the blogspot of Kisumba Memorial Health Centre at Nvule, in Mawokota County in Buganda, Uganda.