During our recent visit to Uganda, we spent one day at a Displaced Persons Camp, a DPC. These people were part of a tribe which had been removed from land they had lived on which was due to be developed. As they didn’t own the land, they have been removed to a site nearby. The case has been in the courts for 3 years and is still undecided. And they wait patiently. We went to help The Open Door ministry group which visits once a month and treats the children for various problems like ringworm and jiggers. It was a sad and sobering day for most of us. The reality of our extremely comfortable homes here in the USA contrasted harshly with the living conditions of these people who are simply caught between a rock and a hard place. The ability to visit a doctor, hospital or clinic which is easily available to most of us is almost nonexistent there. There are millions of people around the world in DPCs–38 million in 2016 (http://www.internal-displacement.org/about-us/).
Before you go to sleep in your (probably) comfortable bed tonight, think of what you can do to make this world a little better for those less fortunate.
We conduct medical clinics at the Ugandan Gold Coffee farm for the workers and their families. Perhaps you can help us with the next one. Simply donate here: Donate
Every time you buy a bag of Ugandan Gold Coffee, you help the people who have a job on the coffee farm, enabling them to take care of their families in a way that would not be possible otherwise. Thank you!
5 thoughts on “DPC”
You see a need… you developed a plan. you’re teaching men to fish ! any needs for nurses to staff the clinic?
From time to time when a trip coincides with the yearly medical clinic, we definitely can use nurses! What experience have you had on mission trips?
I’ve gone on one 3 week medical trip to Uganda with Uganda Christian Solutions. I am so the coffee drinker! I would also love love love to see your facilities too!
we conducted 9 clinics in all from Jinga, to Banga, , Iganga, , kabuku, to a mountain top on the Eastern side of the country that name escapes my memory at present!
We are on the Western side of Uganda, near Lake Albert. The village is Wambabya. You are welcome to visit the coffee farm when you are in the country!