Rotary Club seeks Shs12 billion for the construction of radiotherapy

Hoima: In a bid to raise funds for the construction of radiotherapy in Nsambya hospital, the Rotary Club of Hoima-Kitara, the Rotary Club of Hoima School of Nursing, and the and the Rotary Club of Kagadi launched the 2024 Cancer Run 13th edition over the weekend.

During the launch at the Hoima Buffalo Hotel, Philip Kihumuro, the president of the Rotary Club Hoima-Kitara, disclosed that the aim of the cancer run is to raise funds for the construction of a radiotherapy facility in Nsambya Hospital.

Kihumuro says they are fundraising for 12 billion shillings, but so far they have four billion shillings from past runs, and this time from the run that will be there on August 25, 2024. They are targeting 60,000 participants across the country.

He adds that in Hoima, they will run from Booma grounds, and it will be a 10-kilometer and 5-kilometer race.

Dr. Mark Kunihira disclosed that the country is struggling with non-communicable diseases, which are rampant these days.

Dr. Kunihira revealed that radiotherapy helps a lot in treating cancer patients, and one way to contribute towards the construction of the machine is by buying a kit for 30,000 shillings.

He adds that they will be partnering with reproductive health Uganda to do cervical cancer screening.

Matilda Namatovu, the president of the of the Rotary Club of Kagadi, expressed that the cancer run is focused on raising awareness about the risks and different kinds of cancer, fundraising towards the construction of the radiotherapy that is being constructed in Nsambya Hospital, and collaboration with different partners.

Philips Kihumuro also exposed that there is a linkage between menstrual hygiene and cervical cancer, so he wants to support vulnerable young girls with re-usable sanitary pads to help them.

Still in Hoima, the Rotary Club of Hoima-Kitara, through their program of boy child uplifting, has today given out personal protective equipment (PPE) to the hoima ghetto youths who are undergoing skilling.

Speaking to Catherine Murungi, the chairperson of Boy Child Uplifting, Hoima, as a city, has a lot of ghetto youths, and with support from Rotarian John Magara, they are skilling them, starting with 15 people at Bwendero dairy farm.

Murungi adds that they have handed over the PPEs so that they can start training on the 5th of this month, saying they have decided to uplift the ghetto children so that they can also learn.

Ramadan Mugara, the Hoima ghetto president, explained that their being from the ghetto doesn’t mean they are thugs, thieves, or bad people.

Mugara says other community members talk poorly about ghetto people and don’t even bother to help them, but they are thankful to the rotary club of Hoima-Kitara for the support given to the ghetto.

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