Eagles Wings

Eagles Wings organised and participated in a number of medical camps in remote rural communities in 2018, particularly in the North West Nile region of Uganda towards Congo and South Sudan. This region has seen much conflict over the years and many of the communities are displaced. Over 1 million refugees from South Sudan live in camps in the north of Uganda supported by UN but the local population struggles for basic amenities.

Shocked at the lack of basic affordable and available health care, it was decided to take our Doctors, Nurses and Volunteers into local villages and set up one to three day camps where we can process about 200 people in one day. Some of these are under trees and shade, as there are no suitable places to set up.

In November 2018 we actually managed to see 762 people (580 adults and 182 children) in three days. Two UK GPs and one Ugandan Doctor were able to  process all of them, giving them a free consultation, medical check up and free drugs all supplied by Eagles Wings supporters.

During the day we have opportunity to give seminars on health topics such as living with HIV, clean water, healthy eating, high blood pressure, diarrhoea, TB and using the skills of our specialist Doctors. For example, Dr Wilkey was able to conduct seminars on sickle cell and Dr Douglas on diabetes. While people wait we have engaged local groups to lead singing, dancing and drama for the crowds, and as it gets dark to show films using our mobile PA and projection equipment.

Smaller outreaches from our medical centre in Nebbi, Uganda take place throughout the year and we conducted 12 such mini-camps in 2018 going to places who do not have access to a Doctor. At these we do standard tests such as blood pressure, testing for STDs, HIV, malaria, Hepatitis, typhoid and cholera.