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Can you imagine what it must be like for a woman with obstructed labour, a child with severe burns or an elderly person with pneumonia to face the journey to hospital over rough roads, perhaps at night or in heavy rain, on the back of a motor bike? Without an ambulance there is often little other choice.

Sixteen years of service ferrying patients around the dirt roads of the North Kigezi highlands have taken their toll on the current vehicle which has become challenging and expensive to repair. The hospital needs a reliable ambulance. 

When Alan and Helen visited Kisiizi in October 2024, the vehicle had been off the road for five days waiting for parts for repair, which meant that patients could not be transported. We asked the hospital management team what they would most like us to fund raise for in our 25^th Anniversary year, and the response was unanimous, “We really need a new ambulance”.We are aiming to raise £60,000 to cover the cost of purchase and equipping the vehicle.

MBEs for two of our trustees

We are delighted to announce that Helen and Alan Smith, two of our founding trustees (current chair and safeguarding lead/secretary), have both been awarded MBEs in this year’s New Year Honours List for services in support of disadvantaged children overseas, particularly in Uganda.

We are delighted to announce that Helen and Alan Smith, two of our founding trustees (current chair and safeguarding lead/secretary), have both been awarded MBEs in this year’s New Year Honours List for services in support of disadvantaged children overseas, particularly in Uganda.

This wonderful news comes as we celebrate 25 years as a charity in 2025.

Helen and Alan are both keen to say that they accept the awards as recognition of the work done by all those involved with Kiziizi Partners (trustees, volunteers and donors) over the past 25 years as well as the hard work done day in day out by the staff of Kisiizi Hospital in serving their community.