Uganda Baati Donates Iron sheets to North Ankole Mission hospital

Uganda Baati Limited,  has donated 700 roofing sheets and all other accessories worth UGX 51,000,000 towards the construction of North Ankole Mission Hospital, being constructed by North Ankole Diocese, Rushere Town Council, Kiruhura District.

The hospital project was started in 2020 and is expected to be completed by 2023.

Upon completion,  the North Ankole Mission Hospital will enable the Diocese to deliver health services to the people of Kiruhura, Kazo, Ibanda districts and surrounding areas as a support structure to the Government hospital of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

The donation is one way under the health pillar that Uganda Baati Limited gives back to the community around its business operations and the country at large.

George Arodi, the Chief Executive of Uganda Baati, said, “We firmly believe that you can’t serve a community that is unhealthy; a healthy community is productive. These initiatives go a long way in changing the lives of our communities as a business; we are happy to partner with the Archdiocese of North Ankole and western Uganda as a whole and hope that the hospital will ease access to health care.”

North Ankole Mission Hospital will have a 55-bed capacity and, once complete, will offer  maternity and pediatric services, a neonatal intensive care unit, TB and HIV treatment, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), High Dependency Unit (HDU), and Dental services, among others.

“We are pleased to receive a donation of roofing sheets from Uganda Baati Limited; it goes a long way in ensuring we achieve this important development project in our Diocese. A big thank you to the leadership of Uganda Baati for fulfilling the great commission of uplifting the health standards of the people of North Ankole Diocese.”Rt Rev. Stephen Namanya, the Bishop of North Ankole Diocese, said.

He said the hospital  will be a one-stop specialised health facility that will reduce the health problems of the rural poor and underprivileged populations in the region projected to rise to 1,049,357.

Over many years, Uganda Baati Limited and SAFAL Group have developed a systematic and structured approach to Corporate Social Investments (CSI) based on the company's  core values.

MrArodi called upon all other corporate organisations to be responsible and support the social and economic development of the country through such initiatives,

“We shall continue supporting the Ugandan community to uplift their lives, through our corporate social investment agenda, under four pillars, namely, health, education, shelter and the environment” he added.