In partnership with Kampala City Council Authority, St. John volunteers mobilize communities to participate in general cleaning activities geared towards improving community Health. This is done every last Saturday of the month. The community general cleaning campaign involves slashing the environment around homesteads, collecting and burning rubbish and sweeping roads among others. Kampala City Council Authority treasures the role of St.John volunteers in the implementation of the Authority
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Kasese Division
Between 1990 and 1992 it had been realized that St. John Ambulance was not popular like other voluntary organizations in the region but only heard of or confined to Kilembe copper mines limited - safety department.
Collaboration efforts to reach the then lay leader, Muhangazima Sammy who was in safety office Kilembe mines Ltd started to find ways how the organization would be efficiently and effectively established to bring service delivery through active participation of more people (volunteers) in the larger area. The division was eventually established in Kasese in 1995 with Baluku John as its division Superintendant. Apparently, Kasese division is a member of Kasese District Development Network (KADDNET), district disaster management committee and district health management team in Kasese district.
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Physical address: St. John ambulance Kasese
Division Activities
A charitable spirit among St. John volunteers is the source of inspiration that fulfils their obsequious ambitions to duly serve their communities. St.John volunteers identify the most vulnerable and neglected groups in the community. The volunteers organize fundraising events where community members contribute in kind materials and money for the needy. The elderly, the sick, and the disabled are some of the beneficiaries of the charity missions of St. John. The materials and money contributed in kind by the community members and later distributed amongst the needy for instance Nalukolongo
Over the years, the success story of Uganda in the reduction of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country is due to the many key players including St.John. St.John volunteers have continued over the years to sensitize communities about the HIV/AIDS scourge and making sure that people test and receive counselling services from a modern Health facility where appropriate treatment and care is available. The vibrant St.John volunteers, youths, adults, children, the married, and all other groups have been reached by the outstanding efforts of St.John. St.John volunteers are well trained in counselling and have since helped to restore hope in HIV/AIDS patients who are always stigmatized in communities they live in.
St. John volunteers in partnership with the ministry of health and Community Based Organisations, reach out to adolescents on issues of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and personal hygiene among others. St. John divisions in Uganda building on the strength of the volunteers reach out to the youth through peer to peer approach. The strategy of using youth-youth talks has been very successful in delivering health education and has initiated behaviour change among adolescents.
The peer groups have been formed using the existing brigade structure of St.John where badgers and cadets are first trained by the peer educators to reach out to others. The approach has since helped to reduce drug abuse, alcoholism, early pregnancies, and ultimately built resilience and self
Road safety in Uganda is poor and police reports say it has deteriorated over the last 20 years, due to the growing vehicle population and lack of resources for appropriate road safety interventions.
In partnership with Uganda Traffic Police, The Ministry of Health and DFCU bank, St.John through its well coordinated Emergency call center at the Head offices in Kampala is able liase well with its divisions to respond to emergencies wherever they may be.
Most often, the first rescuers on the scene don
With due diligence, St.John volunteers offer first aid and ambulance services during public gatherings. Public functions attended to include, sports events, concerts, festivals, national celebrations among others.
Public functions attended to - range from village based gatherings to national celebrations such as the inter school competitions in robust sports such as football, Netball, Basketball, Tennis and Rugby among others; have enormously been attended to by St.John volunteers through the provision of First aid and referral services to the sick and injured persons. St.John Ambulance in Uganda is given first priority in provision of medical cover during public functions.
Building on the expertise of St.John volunteers in Home based care, they are now established in caring for the vulnerable groups such as the sick, the elderly, and expectant mothers among others in rural communities. Priority has been given to HIV/AIDS patients, expectant mothers and the elderly while focusing on training a care taker in each family in the rural communities.