First aid to patients within 24 hours, the vital first response before a formal health unit.
FocusHealth Center I
OutcomeFirst aid
StatusActive
Frontline community health
Health that reaches every home
A community-based organisation founded in 2009, with 482 trained volunteers promoting sustainable community health through public health education across Amuru District.
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Guiding our path
Empowering Amuru's village health volunteers to reach every household with timely, preventive care.
Trained volunteers across the district
482
Community-selected Village Health Team members serving Amuru since 2009.
Our vision
Healthy community of Amuru.
Prevent · Reach · Sustain
Care that reaches every home
Mobility turns long, slow walks into timely visits, so prevention arrives before illness does.
About us
Neighbours trained to keep their villages well
A community driven organisation committed to promoting sustainable community health through public health education.
Community drivenPrevention firstSustainabilityTrusted & neutral Maternal health
Disease prevention
Mobilised during the conflict of 2005 to 2007, Amuru's Village Health Teams were the only link to care for communities cut off from health services. Today, 482 trained volunteers carry that work forward as the first point of care in every village.
Health Center I
The first point of care
VHTs are the vital first consultation before a patient reaches a formal health unit, providing first aid, referral and follow-up within their own villages.
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How we work
Working as one with Lacor Hospital
Our volunteers are the nearest center for first aid and the first point for outbreak alerts and sensitisation across Amuru Sub-County.
- Community sensitisation on health issues
- Community mobilisation
- Monitoring community health
- Referring patients to the nearest health unit
- Giving NTD drugs to community members
- Monitoring newborn babies' growth
- Coordinating government health activities at the grassroots
Our story in film
See the work in Amuru
A short documentary by David Branigan on the Village Health Teams of Amuru.
Our programs
Programs in the field
Community sensitisation campaigns on epidemics and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
FocusEducation
OutcomePrevention
StatusActive
Monitoring household and community sanitation and reporting to the health center each month.
FocusSanitation
OutcomeMonthly reports
StatusActive
Supported by
Partners who back the frontline
Lacor Hospital Gulu
Founding support
Bikes Not Bombs
Sustainability partner
Amuru District Local Government
Training & registration
Help a health worker reach one more home
Volunteer your time or partner with us to keep Amuru's health teams moving.