| Currently, our primary endeavor is in Uganda where
much of the population has been directly affected by civil war,
genocide, and disease. The Children:
It has been estimated that between 18-20% of the
population are orphaned children. Mercy Care International is
directly with funding and construction of orphanages, supplying food,
health care, medicine, and education to these children.
The Kampala orphanage is nearing completion and will house, including
the guardian, nine children (click here to see progress pictures).
These children are currently being cared for in a temporary, rented
facility, and were chosen based on their most immediate need.
For example, the children taken first were those dying of starvation,
severely abused sexually and physically, or enslaved.
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Self-Sustainability:
Mercy Care International is working with the Ugandan Ministry of
Health, Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory and other
ethno-botanists located in the northern areas of Uganda to research
and develop medicines and foods from the indigenous rainforest plants of the
area. Not only will these medicines and foods empower the people
to become as self-reliant as possible, particularly with regard to
their health, but will also help create sustainable businesses for the
Ugandan people.
Plants currently being investigated for potential
pharmaceutical compounds have been used locally to relieve or reduce
the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes, Protein Energy Malnutrition, several
forms of leprosy, scabies, malaria, and a variety of other diseases
and conditions. We are currently searching for Reverse
Transcriptase Inhibitors used in the treatment of AIDS.
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