Delivering Hope to Uganda's Sick Children
TRANSPORT for UGANDAN SICK CHILDREN
Providing essential transportation services to ensure that sick children in Uganda can access the medical care they urgently need.
About TUSC
Uganda has no formal ambulance service and lack of transport is the first barrier to healthcare for many people, especially those in rural communities. Poverty and natural hazards magnify the health burden of people and delaying seeking healthcare because of a lack of transport can, and often does, make the difference between recovery or not.
TUSC (Transport for Ugandan Sick Children) provides free transport for health care to babies, children, pregnant/labouring/post-natal women, people with disabilities, people with communicable diseases, chronic and acute health problems and those who have suffered injuries.
TUSC also provides transport to healthcare workers so that vulnerable people and communities can have their support. We partner with local clinics and VHT’s (Village Health Team facilitators) so that vulnerable and defaulting clients can be supported, both by the health workers and our ‘guys on the ground’, a qualified Social Worker and a Registered Nurse.
We informally partner/support the work of other organisations too. In return we often identify people who would benefit from their services and can refer on to them.
“Working Together” is a fundamental principle in our work.
TUSC has been operating in the Jinja District of Uganda as a CBO (Community Based Organisation) since 2012.
TUSC is a UK Registered Charity (no. 1152255).