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Medcare has received the following report from William Lubyayi, the Wellspring Child Sponsorship manager in Uganda:

“It is yet another tragedy, a month of nightmares, where people are dying mercilessly and the living are locked into their homes. 

In the  present Ugandan lock-down everyone has to stay in their homes unless they are very sick and need to go to hospital. This has led to a lack of casual jobs which most of our parents need to sustain their families. The families with no land on which to farm are now starving. Heavy rain earlier this year has resulted in a lack of food such as maize and beans – the staple diet for the very poor
in Uganda. In addition, all food costs have risen tremendously and have become unaffordable to many.

A recent Ugandan TV documentary showed a blind couple with a great number of children. They have been feeding on banana peels to try to feed their family. This story is being repeated in all the very poor villages and many children go hungry with only one meal every couple of days."

Medcare is once again appealing for help for the most vulnerable families whose children normally attend Wellspring clinics for medical care, children facing starvation and disease.

At a cost of £1 a day a  Ugandan family can be provided with essential food to keep their children from starving – the cost of one chocolate bar, or one packet of crisps, or one can of Coca Cola!

Please help Medcare provide food for these hungry, desperate
families.

Thank you

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