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iCCM Training and Transition Complete

In January 2023, Pilgrim Africa successfully and sustainably transitioned iCCM over to The Aids Support Organization (TASO) and the Communication for Development Foundation Uganda! (CDFU). The transition focused on addressing these main areas of concern: getting...

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iCCM Training Complete!

We are delighted to report that all 1,100 volunteers from 550 villages across the District of Katakwi have been trained and equipped as iCCM village health team members (VHTs)! All of the volunteers had two consecutive training sessions in 20 different venues, with...

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iCCM Training Preparation

VHT selection and supervisor training begins Village Health Team (VHT) selection in Katawki District VHTs are community volunteers, selected for being honest, trustworthy, and nonpolitical, and for local language skills. 1,100 VHTs were selected to cover 550 villages....

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Beacon students need your help!

Help Save Second Term: Beacon students are working hard. Candidate students, S4 and S6, recently took mock exams developed by their teachers that imitate national exams. Next they’ll complete practice tests compiled by teachers from other schools.  Both sets of exams...

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Malaria cases rise all over Uganda

At the end of May, the Ugandan government reported an alarming surge in malaria in several large regions across the country, including Busoga, Lango, Acholi, Tooro and West Nile. The cause of this increase is unknown, but the ministry of health reported a 50% increase...

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Beacon of Hope: Ready for Routine!

For ⅔ of our students, January 10, 2022 marked the first time back to any kind of school since March of 2020, when students were sent home after only a month of school.  Without access to remote learning, these students were out of school for the past two years. BOHC...

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Celebrating Malaria Awareness Day

Conquering Death, Conquering Malaria As we celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection, we take joy in the emergence of light and possibility. In alignment with 2022 World Malaria Day’s message of "strengthening country ownership," Pilgrim Africa collaborated with multiple partners...

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KRMP Phase II Results

KRMP Phase II Results

It is with great pleasure that we announce the completion of the Katakwi Rotary Malaria Project (KRMP) Phase II endline survey, and with it the operational research phase of this incredible project! This project has been a remarkable collaboration between the National...

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Construction of COVID Triage Center

Construction of COVID Triage Center

Thank you to all of our supporters for making the construction of the COVID Triage Center at Beacon of Hope College possible! Construction workers have been working long hours in order to prepare the campus for the arrival of medical staff, volunteers, and patients...

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Fundraising Goal Reached for COVID Triage Center

Fundraising Goal Reached for COVID Triage Center

We have received many generous gifts from supporters like you, the Pilgrim Staff, and the Pilgrim Board, and are excited to share that we have raised our goal of $40,000 for the COVID Triage Center at Beacon of Hope! The COVID Triage Center is in the process of being...

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COVID Violence in Africa

COVID Violence in Africa

SOWETO, South Africa—Sello Kgoale watched his neighbors shuttling back and forth with looted liquor, refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. There were no police at a nearby mall, they told him, so the 46-year-old father of three joined the thousands-strong mob...

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GoFundMe for COVID Triage Center

GoFundMe for COVID Triage Center

(This GoFundMe campaign has been completed) COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout Africa. The BBC says “Uganda is of particular concern, recording a 131% week-on-week rise in cases, with isolation centres and intensive care units under strain." Fewer than 2% of the...

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Second Covid Wave in Uganda

Second Covid Wave in Uganda

On Sunday the President of Uganda announced that all schools will be closed for the next 42 days, and that only local travel will be allowed as they have started to see a significant second wave of COVID-19. Just like the first wave, Uganda is acting firmly to keep...

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World Malaria Day 2021

World Malaria Day 2021

On April 25, we celebrated World Malaria Day! World Malaria Day is when we mark successes in the fight against malaria, highlight the responsibility we all have to end malaria within a generation and urge leaders to step up the fight and get us closer to a...

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National Exams

National Exams

National exam dates are quickly approaching for the candidate students at Beacon of Hope School! Our Senior 4 students start their exams on February 26th, and our Senior 6 students start their exams on April 9th. Both teachers and students have been working hard to...

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