Prossy and Crew

I find myself with a lot of questions living in Uganda. What is helping and what is hurting? Is offering free medical care to a family hurting them more than helping them? What if I know that they have absolutely no money to go to the doctor? Do I stand by and say “Pray harder” or “Sorry, you should have made more money for yourself.” 

Of course, none of that goes through your head when you get a phone call that a little girl from your school has been unconscious with a fever for most of the day. You don’t think about how your medical budget has dwindled to nothing when your holding that eight year old against your chest, crying as you pray over her, for the twenty minutes it takes to get the hospital. 

I am fully aware that paying for every persons medical bills in Doors Primary and the slum of Namuwongo is not sustainable and that there needs to be a better way to help children and families who cannot afford their medical care, but until that method is developed we are relying on your sponsorship. 

Friends, we’re in desperate need for medical sponsorships. This is one of the many cases that have come up in the past month, and we struggle to pay for these cases and the cases that are to come. 

Please pray about partnering with us to support DOORS medical work within the slum of Namuwongo, as well as, a case within our own home. If you are interested in helping sponsor one of the cases below, there are two ways that you can contribute. You can mail a check to the address below, or click on the link below to access our Paypal account through our blog. You can e-mail us with any questions at findingyourfence@gmail.com. 

Doors Ministries
282 Lee Road                                           
Cottontown, TN 37048 

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Prossy...Prossy is the eight year old girl that we found unconscious with a fever and took to the hospital. She tested positive for a very strong case of malaria, (a normal malaria blood count has 5-10 parasites and her blood count contained 50 parasites) which led to a 4 day hospital stay and intense treatment. We are looking for a sponsorship to cover her medical bills of $82. If you are interested in sponsoring Prossy, whether partially or in full, please include her name in the memo line of your check or on your paypal donation. 

Edwin... Edwin is a boy within the Doors Home who at the beginning of July, had a bicycle accident and broke his ankle as well as dislocated it. He was rushed into surgery and was put in a cast for the next 8 weeks. The boys within the Doors Home are covered with a medical sponsorship, but the sponsorship was not enough to pay for the $3000 surgery. For Edwin’s case, we had a few donors come forward and help with the surgery, but now at the end of his 8 weeks he needs to have his cast removed and the metal taken out of his ankle. We are looking to be able to remove his cast and his metal implants within the next week, but we are lacking the $400 to make this happen. If you are interested in sponsoring Edwin, whether partially or in full, please put “Edwin” in the memo line of your check or on your paypal donation.

Vivian, Alex, and Justine... Justine is the mother to Prossy, as Vivian and Alex are her brother and sister, all who also fell sick with malaria during the time that Prossy was hospitalized. We were able to treat them all before the malaria progressed for a total of $28. If you are interested in sponsoring Prossy’s family, please put “Justine” in the memo line of your check or on your paypal donation.

Simon... Simon is a 9 year old boy who is in the nursery class in Doors Primary. For the 17 months that we have known him, he has had a double ear infection that oozes from his ears. We have taken him to the hospital several times and he has been treated with iv medication, steroids, and antibiotics; but nothing has been able to stop this ear infection that he has had since he was born. It causes him much pain and he is very behind in school, due to many sick days and not being able to hear well. We are beginning to save money to help Simon get a much needed surgery. We are unsure of how much the total hospital stay and surgery will be, but we are looking to raise a start up fund of $2000 before we proceed with Simon getting the surgery. If you are interested in sponsoring Simon, whether partially or in full, please put “Simon” in the memo line of your check or on your paypal donation.

The next step that Doors is trying to take in order to have more sustainable medical care, is to be able to test for malaria and provide medications to our children in Namuwongo from our own outreach center.  We have the nurse, we have the clinic, and we have plenty of sick kids. What’s missing?  The medications and blood testing equipment.  The needed funds for the testing and the medications are $300.  If you are interested in sponsoring the Namuwongo Clinic, whether partially or in full, please put “Clinic” in the memo line of your check or on your paypal donation.  



If these sponsorships become fully funded, any additional gifts will help Doors Ministries continue to provide quality medical care to more of the people we serve.