Healthcare
Providing improved healthcare services to those who have limited access to essential medical resources.
Clean Water
Ensuring access to safe drinking water for those who currently lack this basic necessity.
Quality Education
Providing access to quality education and create an improved learning environment.
Economic Self Reliance
Empowering families by providing tools, education, and channels for their economic advancement.
Current Projects
Clinic Addition at Our Lady of Lourdes Health & Maternity Center, Nakasongola, Uganda
Clinic Solar Energy Project
The most significant challenge right now at the clinic is the reliability of electricity. Loss of electrical power is hazardous to the lives of patients. Solar power remains the best alternative and a reliable power source, given that Uganda receives sun year-round. Learn more...
Medical Laboratory Addition
The eventual goal is to make the clinic a hospital, and a medical laboratory is required to make this happen. The lab will allow blood testing and other tests needed for surgical procedures and maintain a blood bank at the clinic which is essential for surgeries. Learn more...
Health Clinic Building II Renovation
This project focuses on remodeling building II which was the old clinic. This dilapidated building needs significant renovation. The clinic has a catchment population of about 168,000 people. This building is vital to house more patients in need of medical care. Learn more...
The Zimu Foundation's mission is to improve the lives of Uganda’s poor living in impoverished villages.
Success Story
Our Lady of Lourdes Health & Maternity Center Grand Opening
The New health care clinic, Our Lady of Lourdes Health & Maternity Center was officially opened on April 25, 2021. This new structure is big enough to have a maternity wing, prenatal labor ward, postnatal rooms, a surgical section, and offices for doctors and nurses. So far, the clinic has delivered over 1500 babies, conducted 120 successful C-sections, and treated many more people, especially those with malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, and waterborne diseases. The clinic has also created job opportunities for healthcare workers.
Uganda The "Pearl of Africa"
Uganda is a safe, beautiful country with diverse landscapes and an endangered mountain gorilla sanctuary. Its equatorial location ensures a constant temperature of around 80 degrees. Winston Churchill called it the "Pearl of Africa." Join us for an affordable "Fair Travel" trip sponsored by non-profits supporting local communities. We have partnered with McBern Tours and Travel and select resorts to make this a pleasurable tour of Uganda.
Challenges Faced by the Poor in Uganda
The Zimu Foundation understands the specific obstacles of the poor living in Uganda and is empowering change for a better future. With your donations we are helping people to overcome the barriers to prosperity. Learn more...