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Operation Health (23 photos)


Published: 4 March 2015

Operation Health for Comic Relief was an exciting initiative to refurbish a health facility in a small town called Iyolwa in Tororo district along the eastern border of Uganda.

 

Iyolwa Health Centre III before refurbishment began. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief Iyolwa, Uganda. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief Steve Backshall finds a snake in the Iyolwa clinic before refurbishment began. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief Iyolwa Health Centre III before refurbishment began. Patients waiting outside the temporary health centre. BBC presenter Alex Jones helping to remove the roof of the clinic. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief BBC Radio 1 Presenter Greg James on site during the renovation. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief A side view of the health centre following the removal of the roof. BBC Radio 1XTRA presenter Yasmin Evans interviews Florence, an electrician working on the renovation of the health centre. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief Akello Florence is an electrician working on the renovation of Iyolwa Health Centre III. Okongo Yokim, Head Carpenter, works with his team in the early stages of the renovation. Katand John, one of the builders, takes a short break. Workers on site knock down the walls of the old health centre. Omondi Danielo, a porter, clears rubble from the construction site. Abbo Anastasia, Enrolled Midwife, working at the temporary clinic. Moses Owori, Foreman, helps to knock down the walls of the clinic.  Bogerce Geofery, one of the builders on site.  Villager Amosi Obonuyo Otindi outside the temporary clinic. Owere Cosmas acts as a link between local communities and health centres. Gonza Kagwa, Project Architect, is on site everyday monitoring the progress of the renovation.  Builders add the finishing touches to the front of the health centre. Lenny Henry begins the opening ceremony. Copyright Will Boase/Comic Relief Local schoolchildren performed a dance to celebrate the opening of the new health centre.

 

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