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Donating medical supplies

Published: Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004

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JINJA, Uganda — Medical supplies, including surgical equipment, procedural trays, cotton wool, thermometers, catheters and laboratory items, were distributed recently to 20 non-profit clinics in the Jinja, Uganda. The supplies were channeled by Church Humanitarian Services through Child to Youth outreach Foundation-Uganda.

During the hand-over ceremony, Edwards Magumba, the program director of Child to Youth Outreach Foundation-Uganda expressed appreciation for emergency relief supplies sent to war-ravaged districts in northern Uganda, according to The Monitor in Kampala, Uganda, posted Sept. 13 on allAfrica.com.