Mumbai – city of giants? 25 September 2010
Posted by Bill Lovett in On the Pilgrim's Road.Tags: development, Hospital, India, witness
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- Bill at Lok Hospital
Mumbai or Bombay. Imagine the volume of Hyde Park Corner, add the intensity of M25 roadworks, throw in torrential rain, rickshaw wallahs, stray cows, and you have Mumbai. Everything is large squalid and splendid, huge apartment blocks, alongside myriads of people scurrying hither and thither. Chaos it is not, it is just that the scale is different. Call it Third World if you must, but what we saw could only be appreciated in comparison with inner-urban London, and had nothing in common to rural Uganda, to Kisiizi.
Peering Into the Future 1 May 2009
Posted by Bill Lovett in Hospital News.Tags: development, Kisiizi Hospital, Uganda
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Mary & Tonny discuss a point
The Hospital needs another Strategic 5 Year Plan. Although the previous one was a good first stab, it was a mix of broad generalities with occasional detail that was not fully implemented. Furthermore, the Nursing School and Primary School have never had their own strategic plans.
Giving – with strings. 4 April 2009
Posted by Bill Lovett in Hospital News.Tags: Africa and money, development, giving, Kisiizi
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Repairing Equipment
As well as patient fees (for those that can afford), the Hospital depends on donations from people like you. However, I often get offers that are seemingly generous, but come with so many conditions that we wonder whether we can use the gift.
A colleague said that someone in UK had offered him £5000 or 14 million Ugandan shillings and (more…)
Inside Looking Out 5 April 2008
Posted by Bill Lovett in Understanding Others.Tags: development, faith in Uganda, Uganda
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As an informed insider, what could Grace tell us about Uganda? And what challenge would she leave us?
Religion in Uganda? In the 1920′s the East African Revival began to have a massive impact on Uganda and neighbouring areas. It is zealous in its call for holy living, and for Christians to encourage one another, and (more…)
