Ebyafaayo byaffe

Hospice Africa Ireland (HAI) yajaguza emyaka 25 bukya etandikibwawo mu 2024. Okutondebwawo kwa HAI Board n’emirimu gyayo egigenda mu maaso kiraga enkolagana ey’enjawulo Dr Anne Merriman, Omutandisi wa HAU, gye yalina ne Ireland. Yava e Liverpool okwegatta ku Medical Missionaries of Mary mu 1953 era okuva eyo n’amaliriza emisomo gye mu University College Dublin (UCD). Yafuna ebitiibwa bingi mu Ireland omuli omudaali gw’ekirabo kya Pulezidenti wa Ireland mu 2014 wamu n’engule z’eby’ensoma okuva mu alma mater UCD ne fellowship mu Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI) ng’asiima omulimu gwe.

Ensengeka y’Olukiiko lwa HAI

HAI kibiina kya bazirakisa ekyawandiisibwa mu Ireland (CHY13431 ne Company Registration Number 20041786) era bangi ku bammemba ba Board abaliwo kati babadde bannakyewa mu Hospice Africa Uganda okumala emyaka. Board eno etuuza enkiiko buli mwezi era erina enkolagana ey’oku lusegere ne ttiimu eno mu Hospice Africa Uganda. Okuyita mu mulimu gwa HAI Board enkolagana entongole ebaddewo n’ekitongole kya Irish Hospice Foundation, UCD, n’abalala.

Obwammemba bwa Board mu kiseera kino (Nov 2024 okutuuka kati)

• Dr Siobhán Kennelly (Ssentebe ow’ekiseera)
• Rachel Stephens (Omuwandiisi) .
• Niall O’Sullivan (Omuwanika)
• Adam Sweetman, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo
• Michael Corless (Ssentebe w’ekitongole kya Anne Merriman Foundation)
• Michael McGoldrick, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo
• Dr Patrick Felle, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo
• John O’Connor, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo
• Dr Deirdre Ryan, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo

Okwebaza okw'enjawulo eri bammemba bonna abaali ku lukiiko olufuzi olw'okwewaayo n'okwewaayo kwabwe.

Ebibaddewo n’Ebikolebwa

HAI AGM n'Okukungaana (Nov 2024)

Olukungaana lwa HAI AGM olutegekebwa buli mwaka mukisa gwa kitalo eri abawagizi abali okumpi n’ewala okujja awamu okuwagira n’okuwulira ku mirimu gya ttiimu eno mu Uganda wamu n’okutuukiriza ebisaanyizo ebitongole ebiri mu AGM. Mu myaka egiyise tubadde n’omukisa okutegeka olukung’aana luno mu UCD nga tujaguza emyaka 30 bukya HAU etandikibwawo (2023) n’emyaka 25 bukya HAI etandikibwawo (2024). Tusuubira okubategeeza ebikwata ku mukolo guno mu November 2025 mu bbanga eritali ly’ewala.

Emikolo n'okusonda ssente

Okuvuga ambyulensi za Ireland 2024/25 

Mu January 2025, ekibinja ky’abavuzi b’ebidduka bannakyewa okuva mu Ireland 30 nga bakulembeddwamu Tom Doyle ne John O’Kelly baamaliriza olugendo lwa kiromita 2,000 okuva e Dar es Salaam mu Tanzania okutuuka e Kampala mu Uganda, ne batuusa ambyulensi 15 ezaaweebwayo ne yingini ezizikiriza omuliro. Olugendo luno lwakoleddwa nga bajjukira mukwano gwabwe Ambrose Blaine, omuvuzi w’ennyonyi era omuvuzi w’ennyonyi mu Ireland ng’alina akakwate akanywevu ne Uganda ne HAU. Ng’oggyeeko okutuusa mmotoka zino, kaweefube wa baddereeva mu ngeri etasuubirwa yasonda ssente ezisoba mu €110,000, ne ziwa obuwagizi obw’amaanyi eri emirimu gya HAU. Okwebaza okunene eri bonna abakwatibwako.

Nollaig na mBan 5. Omuntu w’abantuth Jan 2025 nga bwe

Omukolo gwa Nollaig na mBan ku Rasam Restaurant e Sandycove gwe gwagguddewo mu mwaka gwa kalenda omunene ogw’okusonda ssente. Twasanyuse nnyo okwegatta ku munnamawulire Omuyindi Miriam O’Callaghan eyakkiriza n’ekisa emmeeza zikyusibwe n’okubuuzibwa nnakyewa wa HAU Miriam Donohoe. Okwebaza kungi eri Miriam Donohoe olw'okutegeka omukolo guno.

VHI Empaka z’abakyala eza Mini Marathon June 2025 

Twasanyuse nnyo okwegatta ku bannakyewa 39 abeetegefu nga June 1st abadduka nga bawagira Hospice Africa Uganda. Omugatte ogw’ekitalo ogwa €13,000 gwe gwasonda. Twasanyuka nnyo okugattibwako Mary Nakaliika eyatwegattako okuva e Uganda ng’abadde abeera ne Dr Anne n’okumulabirira okumala emyaka mingi. Okwebaza okunene eri bonna abawaayo n'abazirakisa (nga tulina ekigambo eky'enjawulo eky'okwebaza Dr Deirdre Ryan) era twesunga okubalaba mwenna omwaka ogujja.

Ebikolwa Bino Biwagira Ki

Ssente ezisondeddwa HAI zigenda butereevu mu Hospice Africa Uganda okuwagira emirimu gy’obujjanjabi mu kulabirira abalwadde, okusomesa n’okutendeka n’emirimu emikulu. Waliwo ne pulojekiti ezenjawulo ezikolebwa nga bayita mu lukiiko olufuzi okuwagira emirimu egy’enjawulo ku ttaka mu Uganda.

Pulojekiti n’Emikago

Ekitongole kya Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) – Pulojekiti y’okugaba sikaala

Okuva mu 2022 okutuuka mu 2025, ekitongole kya Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) kyawa ssente okugaba sikaala 67 mu Palliative Care. Sikolashipi zino zaasobozesa abayizi okusoma n’okutendekebwa mu Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa (IHPCA) ku HAU e Makindye mu Kampala. Abamanyi bano kati balina ebyuma ebisobola okuwa obujjanjabi obw’omugaso obw’okukkakkanya obulumi mu bimu ku bitundu ebyesudde ennyo era ebitaliimu buweereza bulungi mu Afrika. Ng’oggyeeko sikaala, IHF era yawagira okulongoosa omukutu gw’abayizi ogw’okuyiga ku yintaneeti, okwongera okunyweza obusobozi bwa Institute okutuusa emisomo egy’omutindo ogwa waggulu. Pulojekiti eno ekwata ennyo esobozesezza HAU okutumbula omulimu gwayo ogw’okugaziya okufuna abakugu mu kujjanjaba abalwadde b’okukkakkanya obulumi okwetoloola ssemazinga, n’eyamba mu ngeri ey’amakulu mu biruubirirwa by’enkulaakulana ey’olubeerera 3 (Obulamu obulungi n’obulamu obulungi) ne 4 (Ebyenjigiriza eby’omutindo).

Pulojekiti y'okuddaabiriza Mobile Hospice Mbarara (MHM). 

HAI ebadde ewagira MHM okumala ebbanga era embalirira y’emirimu gya MHM esinga obungi ewagirwa HAI. Mu mwaka oguwedde, HAI ebadde ewaddeyo obuyambi n’ensimbi eziyamba ku pulojekiti ebaddemu okuddaabiriza ebizimbe bya MHM. Okuddaabiriza kuno kufudde ebifo ku mulembe okulaba nga ttiimu esobola okugenda mu maaso n’okuwa abalwadde mu kitundu kino obujjanjabi obw’omutindo ogwa waggulu obw’okukkakkanya obulumi.