Healing Wheels Uganda
“Healing kids, one school at a time”
We drive free, high-quality healthcare straight to the school gate — so that no child in Uganda is kept out of the classroom by an illness we could have treated.
Healthcare that comes to the child — not the other way around
Healing Wheels Uganda identifies health barriers to learning among school-going children and provides free on-site management, so every child can fulfil their potential.
Every year millions of school days are lost to conditions we already know how to treat: malaria, dental disease, malnutrition, poor menstrual hygiene, and undiagnosed vision and hearing problems. Our clinics travel to the school, treat the child in a single visit, and refer the complex cases into the public health system.
child for a year
Six packages of care, delivered on every visit
One stop for the whole child — screening, treatment, health education and referral.
Paediatric Primary Healthcare
Comprehensive care free of charge — accurate diagnosis, treatment, and referral to specialised care when needed.
Adolescent Reproductive Health
Every teenager deserves accurate, judgement-free information and services on sexual and reproductive health.
Menstrual Health & Hygiene
Free reusable sanitary pads, pain relief and treatment of menstrual complications, with MHH clubs in every school.
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Personalised counselling for self-harm, addiction, poor performance and other behavioural concerns.
Immunisation
On-site, age-appropriate immunisation delivered exactly as directed by the Ministry of Health.
Health Informatics
Targeted data systems that drive evidence-based medicine, quality improvement, data security and patient safety.
Malukhu Primary School, Mbale
The success of our inaugural medical camp is a testament to what healthcare professionals can do when they work together. Hundreds of children received life-changing medical attention in a single day, and the camp uncovered serious findings that required immediate action.
- ✓500+ children reached in a single day — 259 formally screened and treated.
- ✓Free sanitary kits distributed with ECO Pads.
- ✓Complex cases referred for cardiac ECHOs and CT scans.
Be ready for our upcoming projects
Eight community camps are planned across Mbale City’s Industrial Division. These are the next two schools on the calendar.
Namakwekwe Primary School
Whole-school screening camp — oral health, vision, hearing and menstrual health.
Wambwa Primary School
Screening, treatment and health education, with referral pathways opened for complex cases.
The people behind every camp
Physicians, nurses, counsellors, lab technicians and students who give their weekends to the children of Mbale.
Dr. Dennis Kutosi Lukoye
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Rinah Akampurira
Medical Doctor
Dr. Albert Kushaba
Medical Doctor
Dr. Emmanuel Gerald O.
Medical DoctorA day at a Healing Wheels camp
Voices from the communities we serve
“Healing Wheels will enable us to execute many health programmes we have desired to among the children in schools.”
“We are privileged to have received the services we got. Many of these families could not afford what you provided to their children.”
“With programmes like these, we can tackle ailments that hinder our children’s success in school and reduce dropout rates.”
Working within the system, not around it
Our work supports Uganda’s HSDP III, the National School Health Policy and the CHEW strategy, and advances Global Goals 3, 4 and 5.
One camp can change a child’s whole year
Give, partner or lend your voice — and help a child walk back into class well, ready and unafraid of the next illness.