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Karin Medical camps 26-30th November 2018

Our medical camps are progressing well in Gulu community. Yesterday 28/11/12 at Lalia Market we witnessed a tremendous turn of patients and a day before, we were overwhelmed at Unyama Market. All received the necessary…

Spreading love through music and dance

Music is a powerful means of communication. It provides a means by which people can share emotions, intentions, and meanings even though their spoken languages may be mutually incomprehensible. In the pictures, the former child…

Community Health Insurance Changing lives in Gulu!

In any community, people become ill and require access to health care facilities and treatment. Regardless of the nature of the health issue, the health outcomes depend to a large degree on individuals’ ability to…

Karin health worker sensitizing mothers on immunization

Did you know that between Jan & Sep 2017 the immunization coverage was at 44% (7/16) in Northern? This means that many children go without being vaccinated against the killer diseases. Karin Community Initiatives is…

FK Norway Mid Term Review

Current participants had a chance of recapping the outcomes of their exchange program for the past six months. Also, the exchange fellows expounded on some of the activities they are currently undertaking, their achievements and…

Extending CHI to Liyak Community

Karin Community initiatives is taking community health insurance (CHI) mobilization to a whole new level in Liyak. Members of the community got a chance to have their blood pressure tested at a completely free cost…

Sensitizing the community about CHI

Community Health Insurance is the best way to make health care cost very affordable to the community and Karin Community Initiatives Uganda has created this opportunity to the Gulu community. Our community health team is…

WAPA Site Visit – 18th – 23rd August

The WAPA team has had the chance to meet the beneficiaries of the KARIN programs and saw that the work on the field is amazing and indispensable...

Aqua Clara – Safe, clean drinking water

Aqua Clara project meeting in Agonga - Gulu. Aqua Clara is a water purification project that uses sand.

Cerebrating #Worldbreastfeedingweek

Today, KCIU joins the rest of the world to cerebrate #Worldbreastfeedingweek. August 1 to 7 marks World Breastfeeding Week 2018, celebrated every year to encourage and support breastfeeding in an effort to improve the health…