About Us
A mobile health movement built around one simple idea: a child cannot learn if a child is not well.
We identify health barriers to learning — and remove them on site
Healing Wheels Uganda is an initiative that identifies health barriers to learning among school-going children and provides free on-site management as required, to enable each child to fulfil their potential.
We are a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, counsellors and volunteers who travel with a fully-equipped mobile clinic into schools and communities that static health facilities rarely reach. Care is free at the point of delivery, aligned to the school calendar, and delivered with the School Management Committee, teachers and local leaders at the table.
Three moving parts, one continuum of care
Our work is directed at identifying and managing health barriers to learning among school-aged children.
Mobile Healthcare Units
Custom-designed vehicles equipped with modern healthcare equipment bring basic healthcare to historically underserved areas.
Partnerships
We collaborate with local government bodies and private institutions to address health barriers to learning at district and national level.
Volunteers
A team of volunteer medical professionals works closely with schools to provide comprehensive medical checkups, health education and necessary treatment.
The child at the back of the class — and everyone around them
Picture the pupil who keeps missing lessons, whose grades slip not from lack of effort but from a toothache no one has treated, a bout of malaria, or a period spent at home for want of a pad. That child is who we exist for.
- ✓School-going children in geographically, socially or economically isolated communities.
- ✓Families who cannot reach — or cannot afford — a static clinic.
- ✓The mothers, young mothers and elders in the same communities we hope to reach next.
Reach the child where they already are, and you reach a whole community.
This is who we are — now see what we do
From a single school camp to a nationwide vision, every part of our work begins with one healthy child. Come and build that with us.