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The Project for Procurement of Vehicles for Improvement in Access to
Medical and Education Services for Vulnerable People
1. Project Detail
Organisation |
Missionaries of the Poor |
Amount of funding |
US$ 123,000 |
Signatory |
Fr. Henry V. Lozano, Mission Director |
Name of the project |
The Project for Procurement of Vehicles for Improvement in Access to Medical and Education Services for Vulnerable People |
Location of the project |
Kampala |
Items that were funded through this project |
Procurement of 2 Vehicles |
Date of Grant Signing |
19 March 2013 |
Commissioning Date |
9 December 2013 |
Commissioning Time |
9:00 am |
Commissioning Venue |
Our Lady of Good Counsel Monastery Plot 96, Sembule Street, Kampala |
“Missionaries of the Poor” was established in Uganda in 2000 and is a home for more than 400 homeless men, women and children who are either mentally or physically challenged, HIV/AIDS affected or refugee children. Besides, the home provides free medical care for more than 50 vulnerable and destitute people every day, and offers access to education for over 800 children and youths. Due to the limited means of transportation, the patients in need of urgent treatments or operations have difficulties in accessing near hospitals, and disabled children are unable go to school. An ambulance and a utility bus have been procured through this grant to improve access for the patients and vulnerable children.
2. Grant Contract Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Kazuo Minagawa, has signed the grant contract with Fr. Henry V. Lozano, Mission Director, on 19th March 2013 at the Embassy of Japan.
Ambassador signing the Grant Contract Handing over of the Grant Contract
Speech by implementing organization Commemorative photo
3. Handing Over Ceremony
H.E. Junzo Fujita, the Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, attended the handing over ceremony at the monastery of Missionary of the Poor in Kampala on 9th December 2013.
Handing over of the school bus Handing over of the ambulance
Test ride in the ambulance Singing and dance performances of appreciation by the patients
Ambassador’s speech Commemorative photo
