We are now a registered non-profit organization. Also, I met Donald Kasule, who will design our website for free. We will need to put up the hosting charges though. Thanks Donald, your contribution will ensure that our very limited resources run that much longer. Also, 'The Monitor' will cover 'Haemophilia' and 'Haemophilia Foundation of Uganda' in their health supplement. This should appear in Thursday's edition. A scanned copy of the article will be put up on teh blog.
The first step is over and the next would be registering with the NGO board (this one will be tedious) and then becoming the NMO for the WFH. Then, of course, the permissions from the Ministry of Health for importing the factors into Uganda. In the meantime, we will need to squeeze in setting up an office, getting a computer, etc.
Setting up is sapping and pushes the most important area - field work, into the background - creating awareness that there is a foundation which haemophiliacs in Uganda can turn to, unearthing haemophiliacs (since there is no official record), etc. More on this in the next blog, which records our first meeting.
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