Double Cure Hospital and Nursing School

In 2019, Double Cure Medical Centre broke ground to build a five-story hospital and nursing school. The first four floors will be dedicated to patient care and the fifth floor houses the nursing school. The new Double Cure Hospital is fully operational and already making a big impact in the community. The new hospital has over 60 beds and operates 24/7. During the first nine months of 2022, the hospital provided services to over 16,000 patients!

The hospital has brought on more specialized services, which include pathology, plastic surgeries, orthopedic surgeries, eye surgeries, gynecological services, psychiatry, ICU services, neonatal unit, pshysiotherapy, chronic care unit for NCDs. In addition, they continue to provide previously existing specialty services, such as dental and radiology. In 2022, the hospital preformed its first cataract surgery.

The Nursing School has many students who will begin their nursing classes January 2023.

Double Cure Hosptial has many plans to continue to expand services and serve their community. We are so proud of our partners and the the good work they are doing to improve the health and lives of the people in Mpigi and surrounding communities.

Trinity Children’s Centre

Trinity Children's Centre is a certified primary school in Kabowa, Uganda, a slum on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda's capital. Founded in 1986 by  Romans and Sarah Serunjogi with just six children in their living room, Trinity now educates more than 1,300 students on four campuses in different areas of Kabowa. The school also maintains dormitory facilities for some 300 boarding students, many of whom have been orphaned to AIDS and other diseases. 

Trinity offers nursery, preschool, kindergarten and primary level classes through Primary 7.  Operated by the Serunjogis, Trinity is a thriving alternative to Uganda's failing public primary schools, which are plagued by overcrowding, inadequately trained and overburdened teachers, early drop-out rates and poor student performance.

Trinity's teachers are certified teachers, having completed teacher training school.  Its students consistently score in the top 15 percent nationwide on annual standardized exams.   Because Trinity recognizes that students need to know a world language in order to succeed, classes are taught in English once students pass into Primary 3.

A joyful place, Trinity incorporates sports, games, dance and singing classes and sewing instruction into the school week.

Centenary High School

The door to Centenary High School opened in 1998 with 20 students, one classroom and an office.  Today, the school in Masaka, Uganda – about 80 miles southwest of Kampala – accommodates more than 800 students in secondary grades S1 to S6. In addition to an ever-expanding number of classrooms, Centenary's campus includes two dormitories, a science building, a main hall, a library, a computer learning room and several offices.

Like Trinity, Centenary is staffed by dedicated and well-qualified educators and is among the top-rated high schools in the country.  Its students consistently score in the top 15 percent on national exams with many qualifying to enter university.  In 2007, Centenary ranked 56 of 2,400 schools on the National O (Ordinary) Level tests; in 2010, it was listed as on of the four best schools in the area.  Centenary alumni have gone on to become business owners, engineers, doctors, lawyers, teachers and artists.

Recent reports on the latest S6 students who sat for their Advanced Level exams end of 2019 are that all who sat their final exams have been offered vacancies in government universities on government scholarships. Centenary High School is making an impact on the daily lives of the children they teach and the surrounding community. Congratulations!

Double Cure Medical Centre

The health of rural, impoverished Ugandan families has long been threatened by HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other tropical diseases as well as by poor nutrition and sanitation habits and a lack of health services. The town of Mpigi, on the heavily traveled road connecting Trinity Children’s Centre and Centenary High School was especially underserved. About 30 miles southwest of Kampala, the town and surrounding villages had little to no medical facilities for childbirth and maternal health, immunizations, preventative health education and emergency medical services.

To address that need, the Serunjogis opened a small medical clinic, Double Cure Medical Centre (DCMC), in Mpigi in 2007, employing only a nurse, a midwife, a visiting doctor, and an administrator. With support from ECHOES and other donors, DCMC has since expanded to include a maternity ward, a small general hospital ward, a basic pharmacy, a dental clinic, health education programs (both onsite and in the surrounding villages), an ambulance, a small chapel, an emergency surgery center, and certification as an HIV/AIDS center.

With the opening of Double Cure Hospital and Nursing School, the medical centre has been repurposed and supports the hosptial and nursing school.