AMICAALL-UGANDA PROGRAMME HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL HIV/AIDS SERVICE DIRECTORY

A B HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL

HIV/AIDS SERVICE DIRECTORY

i Disclaimer

This service directory is based on interviews and meetings conducted by Hoima Town Council in collaboration with Dr. Julie Dyer in September and October 2004. Regular updates of this service directory will be compiled by AMICAALL AIDS TASK FORCE if need be. Any comments, corrections or requests for inclusion in the next edition should be forwarded to Local Co-ordinator for AMICAALL Hoima Town Council Office, Tel: 077911942.

ii Acronyms

AMICAALL Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ACP AIDS Control Program ARSH Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health CBO Community Based Organization CBHCA Community Based Health Care Association CSO Civil Society Organization DDHS District Director of Health Services NGO Non Government Organization PLWA People Living with HIV/AIDS VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases PMTCT Prevention Mother to Child Transmission IEC Information Education and Communication STI Sexually Transmitted Infections MO Medical Officer MTCT Mother to Child Transmission UNASO Uganda National AIDS Service Organization

iii Table Of Contents

Disclaimer ...... ii

Acronyms ...... iii

Table Of Contents ...... iv

Foreword ...... 1

Profile Of Hoima Town Council ...... 3

Facts About HIV/AIDS ...... 8

Useful Contacts in Hoima Town Council ...... 12

HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in Hoima Town Council ...... 14

Summary Table of HIV/AIDS Service Providers in Hoima Town Council and their Services ...... 26

iv Foreword

I am honoured to present the HIV/AIDS Service Directory for Hoima Town Council; the first of its kind in the history of our town Council

Hoima Town Council is one of the implementing sites of the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa Uganda Chapter.

The Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS (AMICAALL) was launched in 1997 in Abdijan.

Hoima Town Council launched its Local AMICAALL Programme in 2002 which ran on interim arrangement until 2004 when this council formed its substative HIV/AIDS Task Force/AMICAALL Local Committees.

We are all aware of problems/challenges HIV/AIDS has caused to the community in one way or another, directly or indirectly.

The adverse effects to mention but a few, are that HIV/AIDS has affected the most productive bracket of the population. This has led to most vulnerable class of people to fending for the bereaved family. Thus grand parents and child headed families have become common in our society.

The challenges brought about by HIV/AIDS require a coordinated effort right from the lowest level of administrative units; say village level up to National and International levels.

Horizontally in Hoima Town, it requires both private and public organisa- tions to put hands together to fight, create awareness and prevent the disease.

The World Bank Consultant Dr. Julie Dyer, the National Coordinator AMI- CAALL Dr. John Mugisa have enabled Hoima Town Council to link up and network the community, in order to put a mechanism of creating awareness to the causes, prevention and contol of the scourge given the unique behaviours of urbanisaiton.

1 Information being an important tool to encounter the challenges of HIV/ AIDS, Hoima Town Council has come up with the service directory, which has been compiled with the help of AMICAALL Uganda Chapter funded by UNDP.

The service directory contains the major organisations which have been carefully identified and sorted out because of their involvement in the struggle against the scourge.

The Directory will provide the necessary information, knowledge under- standing and assistance available on HIV/AIDS that the public needs to share.

In this document there is a collection of information on HIV/AIDS related services that are available in Hoima Town Council to enhance information sharing and positive living.

On behalf of Hoima Town Council and AMICAALL, I take the opportunity of thanking World Bank Consultant Dr. Julie Dyer, the National Coordina- tor Dr. John Mugisa, the Local AMICAALL team, Hoima Town Council, the Town Clerk and members of staff local organisations and the general public who have contributed to this service directory.

I call upon the general public to make use of the information in this Di- rectory.

Kaboyo Maxwell David MAYOR HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL

2 Profile of Hoima Town Council

Hoima Town Council is located in Hoima District in Western Uganda, about 200km North West of Kampala city. It is the Headquarters of the district. It is made up of 3 words viz Central, Northern and Western It is boarded by other Local Governments namely Buhanika Sub County in the East but it should be noticed that surrounded mainly…by Busiisi Sub County in almost all directions. The Town Council has a total area of 20.95 sqkm (2.095Hq) and a population of 36150 and population growth rate of 2.8%. The population per ward is as below,

HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL POPULATION IS AS FOLLOWS AS PER 2005 FIGURES

PARISH HOUSEHOLDS MALE FEMALE TOTAL Central Ward 3461 7155 8079 15234 Northern Ward 3461 4389 6240 10629 Western Ward 2295 4849 5438 10289 TOTAL 8590 16398 19757 36150

District population officer

The population is predominantly female than male due to urban migra- tion with a ratio of 54.8 : 45.2. many of the families have rented for the wives and children live in town, in order to access relatively better social and economic facilities available in town. The youth also constitutes a big part of the population mentioned above the reason being the same. Due to scramble for accommodation slums gradually are emerging especially in Kiryatete and Kiganda in central and northern ward respectively.

POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

The political head of the Town Council is Chairperson L.C III elected though universal adult suffrage. The council comprises of fourteen elect- ed representatives two from each ward. The Town/urban Council is the

3 political organ of the town and planning authority as spelt out in the constitution of 1995.

The council has one standing committee of Finance/Social services. The Administrative head of the Council is the Town Clerk who is respon- sible for the technical implementation of council resolutions and guidance on legal matters. He is assisted by various technical heads of depart- ments and sections. Hoima Town council is made of three (3) Wards and 38 villages (L.C. I) the wards include Central Ward, Northern Ward, and Western Ward.

The Administrative units in town council: Respective villages as in the table below.

ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL

WARD NORTHERN WARD WESTERN WARD CENTRAL Bwikya Kiryatete west Kiryatete upper Kinubi Bujwahya Kiryatete east Kyarwabuyamba Rusembe 1 Kigaragara Lusaka upper Rusembe 11 Busiisi east Lusaka middle Kiganda 1 Isaka lower Lusaka lower Kiganda 11 Police cell Kiganda lower Busiisi east Hospital cell Kiganda middle Bank cell Kiganda mpunda Mosque cell Bujumbura west Isaka upper Bujumbura east. Kibati cell Katugo cell Kalyabuhire Public school Kiryatete lower Park cell Kijungu cell Market cell Hoima District Population Office

4 The Central Ward is most developed and has most Government offices and the central business district (CBD) compared to Northern and West- ern Wards.

Again Central Ward is most populated with many households while West- ern Ward has a few household and least populated with many households while Western Ward has a few household and least populated and it has headquarters of Church of Uganda and while Northern Ward has head- quarters for roman Catholic Church and its namely peri-urban with some agriculture taking place i.e Kyarwabuyamba and Bujumbura villages.

The central ward is mainly commercial ( central business district) area and this has led to infrastructural development in terms of hospitals, schools, markets, and recreation centres in this particular ward com- pared to other 2 wards. The Northern ward and Western are mainly peri-urban and River Bigajuka passes through both Wards. The town Council has few salient physical features notably Bakumira hill which has the installation masts for MTN and UTL boosting the telecom- munication in the District.

The Town council receives bimodal rainfall, which favours small-scale agriculture especially in peri-urban areas. However it should be noted that people in Town depend on formal employment and informal sector. Most people in Town are hit by abject poverty since they are engaged in small- scale agriculture and petty business.

COUNCIL DEPARTMENTS The Town Council is made up of 7 departments Health, Finance, Educa- tion, Administration, Engineering, Audit, and Urban Council. All these related to one another in terms of technical support when providing serv- ices as provided in second schedule part 3 of Local Government Act 1997. However, it should be noted that after restructuring exercise of Local governments the Departments may increase.

5 LIVELIHOOD AND POVERTY ANALYSIS

Region Category Problem Cause Result Solution

Central Youth • Idleness and • Unemployment • High crime • Sensitization drug abuse laziness rate. Slowed • Skills development • Lack of skills development programmes • No parental care • Formation of groups

All wards Orphans • Affected by • Prevalence of aids • School drop out • Set up orphanage poverty and • Breakage of rate high homes not attending African culture of • Crime rate • Provision of bursaries school extended families • Prostitution • Income generating • Early marriage actions

All wards PWDS • Discriminated • Accidents polio • Discriminated in • Awareness neglected • Lack of labour • Rehabilitation lack of skills awareness • Poverty illiterate • Counseling • Cultural factors • Skills development All wards Widows • They are • Lack of medical • Unproductive • Empower them affected by care through income poverty generating activities FAL All wards Elderly • Low standard • Age • Destitute • Establishment of of living • Lack of elderly • Poverty elderly homes policy • Provide counseling

Mostly Women • Affected by • Unemployment • Poor standards • Empower them central poverty of living through income • Prostitution generation activities

In a nut shell most people hit by poverty are those found in the central area due to unemployment and under employment rates. Most of the other wards are populated with orphans, people with disabilities, wid- ows, elderly, women and other vulnerable groups.

6 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL (SWOT)

NO STRENGTH WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY THREATS 1 Presence of competent Small population Fast growing population Moral degeneration i.e and skilled staff prostitution

2 Constant power supply Unplanned and uncontrolled Presence of land for Environment (HEP) development within the expansion of the town degradation and town population resulting expansion of the town 3 Reliable and efficient -Administrative set up i.e Presence of HEP for Prevalence of diseases communication service big WARDS, which doesn’t industrial development i.e AIDS/HIV i.e MTN, UTL-mango favour effective supervision and celtel

4 Health population Poor eating habits by the Good political High incidences of population atmosphere, which can diseases as diabetes favour NGO and CBOs, 5 Good infrastructural Lack of space for expansion Presence of raw Over speeding and development as Roads, material i.e water and hence accidents Schools, Markets etc construction materials. (Sand, Timber, stones 6 High literacy levels Despise of odd jobs Unemployment among the population

7 3.0. FACTS ON HIV AND AIDS

What is HIV/AIDS? • HIV-Human Immuno-deficiency Virus. The virus destroys the body defense system, attacking the body soldiers and killing them and leaving the person vulnerable to all sorts of diseases (e.g. TB, Pneumonia, skin Infections and diarrhoeal diseases)

• AIDS: Refers to acquired immuno deficiency syndrome

• ACQUIRED. The virus is acquired through someone else. some of the ways we can acquire the disease include:

• Having unprotected sex with an HIV infected Person • Mother to child transmission during pregnancy, delivery or by breast feeding • Blood transfusion with HIV infected blood • Sharing sharp objects, which contain HIV Infected blood e.g. blades and needles.

Immune. A protection against disease causing micro-organisms. Deficiency. Loss of this protection Syndrome. A group of signs or symptoms that together define AIDS

A person progresses from being HIV positive to developing AIDS.A person with AIDS also gets what are called opportunistic infections. These are usually caused by some viruses or other bacteria that our bodies have but can control from harming us. Our Immune system keeps these microbes in check.

What makes people vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in communities Poverty Cultural practices such as having multiple partners Alcohol abuse Rape and defilement Wars and displacement Transactional sex etc…

8 Lack of education and illiteracy Lack of adequate health care Gender

General Signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS Fever Chronic Diarrhoea Skin rashes Night sweats Loss of appetite Swollen lymph glands Significant weight loss White spots in the mouth or viginal discharge (signs of yeast infection). Memory or movement problems N.B Only doctors can tell if someone has AIDS (as result of HIV Infec- tion)

You cannot be infected by HIV/AIDS by: • Shaking hands with an HIV positive person • Eating food from the same plate, sharing a cup, cutlery or cookery with HIV positive person • By hugging an HIV/AIDS positive Person • An insect bite e.g. Mosquito or any • Using the same bathroom or latrine with an HIV positive Person • Sharing a bed or sitting next to an HIV positive person • Working with an HIV positive person • By witchcraft

Living positively with HIV and AIDS Get regular counselling from a professional counsellor who will help you to come with terms with your status

Take care of your health by: • Getting treatment for any sign or symptoms of infection or ill health as soon a they occur, by visiting a health care clinic or hospital listed in this service directory

9 • Eating a healthy and affordable balanced diet every day and having fruits and vegetables whenever you feel hungry. A balanced diet consists of proteins and fats (e.g. meat, milk, fish, cheese, nuts, ovocados). These are body building foods. A balanced diet also includes carbohydrates (e.g. porridge, matooke, potatoes, rice, cassava, pasta and bread). These are energy giving foods for the body. It also includes, vitamins, which come from foods such as spinach, carrots, onions, garlic and cabbages. These foods protect the body against infections and gives it energy. • Excising your body regularly by walking, cycling and swimming. Consult a doctor who will advise you if this is possible or not and also on the type of exercise you should do. • Getting enough sleep at night or during the day depending on your job schedule, and resting every time you feel tired • Do not take alcohol, smoke cigarettes or take harmful drugs like opium • Join people living with HIV/AIDS support group, where you can find help and understanding from people who are having similar feelings and experiences like you. The names, contacts and details of such groups are included in this service directory. • Practice safe or protected sex. Use a condom correctly every time you have sex. This will prevent you from being re-infected, which will breakdown your body’s defence system further. It will also prevent you from spreading HIV/AIDS to another person. This service directory will tell you where you can get the condoms from if you are sure of how to use them properly, you can ask a health care worker or doctor. • You can also choose to abstain from having sex • If you feel strong and healthy, continue, to do your usual work • Learn to accept your status of an HIV positive person, as this is not going to change • Enhance your spiritual life

What is HIV antiretroviral Treatment? This is the main type of treatment for HIV or AIDS. It is not a cure, but it can stop people from becoming ill for many years. The treatment consists of drugs that have to be taken everyday for the rest of someone’s life.

10 HIV is a virus and like other viruses when it attacks a cell in the body it produces new copies; HIV can go and infect other previously healthy cells. It is easy for HIV to spread quickly through the billions of cells in the body if it is not stopped from replicating. Antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection consists of drugs which work against HIV infection itself by slowing down the replication of HIV in the body. The drugs are often referred to as: • Antiretroviral • Anti-HIV drugs • HIV antiviral drugs

Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment can extend the healthy life of someone liv- ing with HIV. If other factors remain the same, and ARV medication helps HIV+ people to survive longer: The introduction of ARV medication can however contribute to reducing prevalence by presenting people with an incentive to be tested (those who know their status are more likely to change their behaviour and so not become infected)

Are ARVs a cure? The current drugs are treatment but not a cure; they can stop the pro- gression of HIV. They let your immune system start to repair itself, but you will still be able to pass HIV-to another person

IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS on the community Increased poverty Increased number of orphans Straining of health services Stress Increased vulnerability to infection Accusations of Witchcraft Family disputes Breakdown of family structure and class Loss of production Community vulnerability to increased infection rates Rising levels of anxiety in the community

11 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Chief Administrative Officer 0465-40235 District Director of Health Services 0465-40003 District Planner 0465- 40150 District Environmental Officer 0465-40280 District Engineer 0465-40329 Hoima Town Council 0465- 40099

DEFINITIONS

In the following pages, there is a list of all service providers working with HIV/AIDS in Hoima Town Council. The services provided are grouped as follows:

Care: Provision of non-medical care to Persons Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS, which may include provision of food, clean water, home visits, blankets, clothing or other items, moral and spiritual support, basic health care and some counseling. Condom Provision: Free provision of condoms.

Counseling: Includes pre- and post-test counseling, counseling for those living with HIV/AIDS and counseling for family and community members affected by HIV/AIDS.

Data Collection: Collection of data about HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS service providers, monitoring and evaluation of service providers and programmes.

Education: Includes education about HIV/AIDS; general provision of schooling; vocational training; training in income generat- ing activities; and education of counselors.

Funding: Provision of funds for organizations working with HIV/ AIDS, including community-based organizations.

12 Medical Care: Provision of medical care to persons with HIV/AIDS, which may include treatment for opportunistic infections, immunization and provision of drugs.

Orphans: Support for orphans, which may include provision of accommodation, school fees, education, uniforms and clothes, food, bedding and other things.

Policy: Involvement in advocacy, lobbying and policy formulation in relation to HIV/AIDS.

Sensitization: Activities to help community awareness of HIV/AIDS, avoidance, and prevention of stigmatization.

VCT: Voluntary Counselling and Testing: provision of testing facilities for HIV/AIDS and counseling prior to testing.

Widow/Widowers Support: Support and care specifically for widows and widowers, which may include provision of basic health care, funds, food, accommodation, items for the house, clothes, coun- seling on positive living and/or training in income gener- ating activities.

13 Useful Contacts in Hoima Town Council e.g., for the main government health facility in the TC, main private clinics, AMICAALL Task Force Contact, TC Contact or any other contact deemed necessary by the TC

Mayor 078366395 Town Clerk 077515323 Secretary Social Services 077363192 Local Coordinator (Health) 077911942 Gender 077788448 Probation 078603474 Change Agent 077945465 Tropical Aloe Land 077688604 Professional Pearls 077978137 NGO Forum 071383337 Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom HIV/AIDS Control Project 077644145 Meeting Point 077668689 Education 077472977 Hoima Referral Hospital 0465 40005 CAO 077513712 Planner 077437940 Environment Officer 077628153 Dr. Ruyonga 077611467 Chairman LC V 077513684

HIV/AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL

Community based Organizations (CBOs)

1. Hoima Imam’s Association Contact: Hajji Masru Abudallah Physical Location

Address: Hoima Town Mosque P O Box 463, Hoima Telephone: 077-654841

14 Services provided • Mobilizing and sensitizing the community to be God fearing • Training the people to be self reliant General activities conducted • Visiting various mosques around the district • Counseling the patients who are HIV positive in hospitals and villages Day/time when provided

2. God is Great Orphan Caretakers Contact: Kajumba Monica Physical Location

Address: Lusaka Upper LCI Northern Ward P O Box 149, Hoima Telephone: 078-324930

Services provided • Counseling • Disseminating information to the affected and infected chil- dren General activities conducted • Education support for orphans • Provision of drugs to parents Day/time when provided Every Saturday

3. Professional Pearls Contact: Nyegenya MK Vicent (Chairman) Address: Rusembe II LCI P O Box 2 Hoima Telephone: 077-978137; 077-688604

Services provided • provision of basic needs to the infected and affected fami- lies • paying school fees to the needy orphans • home visits to the affected and infected families • visual (video and drama) sensitization on AIDS

15 General activities conducted • counseling the affected and infected families • creation of a revolving fund project • sensitization and mobilization (dissemination) of information about HIV/AIDS in communities through drama

Day/time when provided Monday to Friday

4. Mirembe Multipurpose Contact: Ruberantware Mary (Chairperson) Address: Hoima Town Council P O Box 79 Hoima Telephone: 071-383337; 071-387744

Services provided • provision of small necessities to the infected/affected fami- lies General activities conducted • Looking after orphans-guiding them, counseling and visiting them • mobilization and sensitization of people with HIV on how to live positively

Day/time when provided Every last Sunday of the month

5. Bunyoro Kingdom Culture Development Troupe Contact: Karugaba Joseph Apuuli (Chairpeson) Address: C/o Rusaka Upper LCI P O Box 143/175 Hoima Telephone: 077-686922

Services provided • fundraising • music dance and drama • assisting the disabled

General activities conducted Sensitization on:

16 • Sara program • Juvenile justice • Disabled children • Marriages • HIV/AIDS

Day/time when provided Any day of the week

6. Meeting Point Hoima Contact: Veronica Asaba (Coordinator) Address: Hoima Town Old Toro Road P O Box 215 Telephone: 077-668689; 077-618526 E-mail: [email protected]

Services provided • Counseling • Orphan’s support • Medical support • Income generating activities (IGAs) • Crop production

General activities conducted • Home visiting • Home based care • Food provision • Post test club • Orphan support

Day/time when provided Monday to Friday

Non Governmental Organizations 7. Hoima Nursery Schools Development Association Contact: Bigabwa Ibrahim (Chairperson)

Address: Kiganda-Butiaba Road, Hoima Town P O Box 461, Hoima Telephone: 077-472977

17 Services provided • Information on HIV/AIDS • Counseling • Advocacy and sensitization

General activities conducted • Sensitization of communities-parents of and children in Nurs- ery schools Day/time when provided Monday to Friday during school days

8. Hoima Change Agent Forum for Development (HOCAFODE) Contact: Bagonza Francis (Chairperson) OR Nyamahunge Yasinta (Sec. for Publicity & Fundraising)

Address: Hoima Town Council C/o P O Box 400 Hoima Physical Location: Telephone: 077-945465; 077-934456 Fax: 234674 E-mail:[email protected]

Services provided Training in: • Resource mobilization/fundraising skills • Group funds management • Management and leadership skills • Development relationship • Poverty analysis • Group dynamics • Gender issues

General activities conducted • Mobilization and sensitization of community on AIDS (under CHAI project) • Community mobilization to forum for self help groups

Day/time when provided Monday, Wednesday & Friday (8:00am to 4:00pm)

18 9. Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO) Contact: Mrs. Margaret Balikagira (Chairperson) Address: C/o Balma College of Commerce P O Box 460 Hoima Telephone: 078-318970

Services provided • Lobbying and advocacy to widows/orphans in order to have self sustainable life • Visiting orphans & disadvantaged children especially those whose parents have died of AIDS • Counseling • Give out food, clothing, cash to most needy orphans and widows

General activities conducted • Visit schools, colleges and communities teaching them to live positively and abstain from sex • Guide orphans/guardians to join already established NGOs/ CBOs for assistance • Advise & guide older orphans/guardians to have small sus- tainable IGAs

Day/time when provided Once a week 10 NGO Forum Contact: Ahaisibwe Fred (Representative Civil Society Organizations)

Address: Water Supply Hoima Town Council P O Box 500 Hoima Telephone: 075-990470; 071-557290

Services provided • Lobbying and advocacy • Information gathering and sharing • Monitoring and evaluation General activities conducted • Visiting NGO activities • Helping CBOs and NGOs to be registered for recognition

19 Day/time when provided Everyday

11. Tropical Aloe-lands Contact: Bakwata Paul (Director for field Operations) Address: Butyaba Road Old Park P O Box 312 Hoima Telephone: 077-688604; 077-360167; 077-460171 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Services provided • Treating patients • Counseling of affected families

General activities conducted • Sensitization on how to avoid AIDS and how to live positively if infected • Train economic activities

Day/time when provided Day to day 12. Uganda Kolping Society (KEDEP) Contact: Dorothy M Byarugaba KEDEP Manager Address: Kiryatete-Hoima P O Box 76 Hoima Telephone: 077-463751 E-mail: [email protected]

Services provided • Loans both in cash and in-kind-water tanks • Subsidize pit latrine construction

General activities conducted • Mobilizing the community • Linking clients to other service providers e.g., for training • Loans under a revolving fund for micro entrepreneurs

Day/time when provided Monday to Friday

20 13 Uganda Red Cross Society-Hoima Branch Contact: Byaruhanga Levi (Branch Field Coordinator) Address: Hoima Red Cross Office P O Box 360 Hoima Telephone: 077-437813

Services provided • First aid services and training • Community mobilization on HIV/AIDS control • Disaster preparedness and response • Tracing (uniting) broken families • Blood donor mobilization and HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing

General activities conducted • Blood donor recruitment • Sensitization on HIV/AIDS control (behavior change) • Community based first aid training • Sensitization on water and sanitation • Fundraising for disaster preparedness and response Day/time when provided Monday to Friday

14. Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom HIV/AIDS Control Project Contact: Elizabeth Nyindo Ndungutse (Project Manager) Address: Rukurato Hall P O Box 1 Hoima Telephone: 077-644145

Services provided • Counseling • Giving bursaries to orphans • Financing affected and infected persons

General activities conducted • Sensitization • Training of counselors

Day/time when provided Monday to Friday

21 15. Faith based Organizations

Bunyoro Kitara Diocese Contact: Rev. Mike Kaahwa Address: Planning Department Bunyoro Kitara Diocese P O Box 20, Hoima Telephone: 077-310929 E-mail: [email protected]

Services provided • Scholastic materials • Sensitization • Advocacy • Counseling General activities conducted • School fees • Uniform • Orphanage

Day/time when provided Seasonally

16. Tugende Omumaso Program Contact: Program Manager Address: Bujumbura (former Mukuza) P O Box 34 Hoima Telephone: 0465-40418 E-mail: [email protected] Services provided • Training in nutrition and health (HIV/AIDS included) • Provision of oxen to farmers • Provide seeds to farmers • Monthly radio sensitization program

General activities conducted • Training and follow-ups in Oxen traction and crop husbandry and providing nutrition education Day/time when provided Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:30pm

22 17. Hoima Muslim Women Association Contact: Hajati Kato Khadija (Coordinator) Address: Main Street Hoima Town P O Box 202 Hoima Telephone: 077-475705

Services provided • Sensitization

General activities conducted

Day/time when provided Five days a week 18 Hoima Caritas Development Organization (HOCADEO) Contact: Fr. Joseph Birungi (Executive Director) Address: Bujumbura P O Box 34 Hoima Telephone:077-621192

Services provided • Rural infrastructure • Nutrition • Health • HIV/AIDS focal point (education-sensitization, orphan com- ponent) • Education • Crop and animal husbandry

General activities conducted • Development activities • Integral-spiritual and material

Day/time when provided All the year

Government Facilities

19. Medical and Public Health Department Contact: District Director of Health Services (DDHS)

23 Address: DDHS’ Office District Administration Block P O Box 2 Hoima Telephone: 0465-40321 E-mail: [email protected]

Services provided • Health education, counseling, home based care, HIV testing • Treatment of opportunistic infections PMTCT services

General activities conducted • Training of community based service providers like CHWs, CCAs, CRHWs • Orientation of workers and leaders on HIV/AIDS • AIDS control education in communities, schools, health units • developing IEC materials • condom distribution

Day/time when provided Others

20. Mwije Tuyambe Abaana (Orphan Group) Contact: Asiimwe Juma Address: Kiryatete Lower LCI P O Box 149 Hoima Telephone: 075-979347

Services provided • Look after orphans

General activities conducted • Provide clothes • Train orphans in income generating activities

Day/time when provided Weekends

21. Family Planning Association of Uganda Address: Hoima Town Council

24 Services provided: • Family Planning • Health Education on Family Planning • Counseling • Day time 22. AVIS

Address: Hoima Town Council Contact: Georgia Saporate (078-321543)

Services provided:

• Counseling • PMTCT • ARV Clinic • Home Based Care • Home Visiting • Nutrition Programme • AIDS Clinic and treatment of opportunism infections • Infant Feeding Support

Day time provided: Day time

23. Hoima Hospital

Address: P. O. Box 5 Hoima Telephone: 0465 40005

Services Provided: • Counseling • PMTCT • Treatment • VCT • ARV Clinic

25 ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ADVOCACY & ADVOCACY LOBBYING ▲ ▲ IGA ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ CAPACITY BUILDING ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ MATERIAL SUPPORT ▲ ▲ ▲ MEDICAL CARE ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ IEC ▲ ▲ DATA COLLECTION ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ COUNSELING ▲ ▲ CONDOM DISTRIBUTION ▲ ▲ VCT ▲ ▲ ▲ HOME BASED CARE s Association s ’ SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE Hoima Imam Hoima Nursery Schools Assn. Development God is great Orphan Caretakers Professional Peals Mirembe Multipurpose Abaana Tuyambe Mwije Orphan Group Medical and Public Health Departmentq Uganda Red Cross Society Hoima Branch Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom HIV/AIDS Control Project Summary Table of HIV/AIDS Service Providers in Hoima Town Council and their Services

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27 HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL AIDS TASKFORCE

SN NAME ORGANISATION TITLE 1. George Tinkamanyire Bagonza Hoima Distict LC V Chairperson 2. Martha Asiimwe Hoima Distict RDC 3. Dr. Patrick Mwesigwa Isingoma Hoima Distict CAO 4. David Maxwell Kaboyo Hoima Town Council Chairman (Mayor) 5. Kiiza Kenneth Alfred Hoima Town Council Town Clerk 6. Barongo Godfrey Hoima Town Council Local Coordinator/Sec 7. Dr. Joseph Ruyonga Hoima Distict Director of Health Services 8. Mulumba Eva Hoima Distict Probation Office 9. Kusemererwa Catherine Hoima Distict Gender/CDO 10. Veronica Asaba Meeting Point Rep. PLWA/Coordinator 11. Bagonza Francis Uganda Change Agent Chairperson 12. Paul Bakwata Kagame Tropical Aloeland Coordinator 13. Nyegenya Vincent Professional Pearls Coordinator 14. Sheik Musa Babanja Moslem Faith Asst. District Kadhi 15. Rev. Mike Kaahwa Bunyoro Kitara Diocese Development Planner 16. Fr. Joseph Birungi Hoima Caritas Dev Orgn Executive Director 17. Elizabeth Nyindo Ndugutse Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Project Manager 18. Jerith Birakurataki Little Hospice Coordinator 19. Dolorence Were USDC Field Coordinator 20. Ruberantware Mary NGO Forum Coordinator

28 Together we fight HIV/AIDS

Hoima Town Council AMICAALL Uganda Programme P. O. Box 149, City Hall, Room B 403/4 Hoima P. O. Box 26323, Kampala Tel: 041-341350/250102 Mob: 077-463386 Email: [email protected] Website: www.amicaall.org

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