Sponsor a Nurse
United Kingdom
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Sponsor a Nurse is a charity set up in 2000 to help Kisiizi Hospital in Uganda. One of the main problems the hospital has is finding enough money to meet its running costs each month. The main running cost is staff wages. It was therefore decided that the Charity would help to fund these running costs primarily by supporting the nurses' wage bill. We considered that as the hospital has problems with recruitment and retention, (due to the remote location and competition from government hospitals which can afford to pay higher wages) we would support any incentives which would specifically address these issues. We now fund a monthly food parcel which is given to all staff. The Ugandan government have allowed it to be a tax free benefit and the hospital can purchase these comodities economically by bulk buying.
