Run for Emergency!

View of Pader town in Northern Uganda.

DePaul students sweat it out to raise funds for an ambulance in northern uganda.

Last year three students from DePaul University in Chicago ran in the inaugural Starfish Dash to raise funds for the Asteroidea Health Alliance and our Ugandan partners at the Northern Uganda Medical Mission (NUMEM). That team of students raised $3,065 to support Asteroidea’s Child Health Subsidy Program at the NUMEM Health Centre.  This year these students have recruited more runners and are aiming to raise $10,000! All funds raised in this years Starfish Dash will be allocated for the eventual purchase of an ambulance for the NUMEM Health Center.

Currently, the District of Pader in Northern Uganda, where the NUMEM Health Center is located, does not have a function ambulance for its approximately 240,000 residents. These students have taken it upon themselves to team up with Asteroidea and NUMEM to change this, and to supply the funds for the purchase of a fully equipped ambulance capable of handling the challenging road conditions of Northern Uganda.

Bringing an ambulance to this community will provide enormous benefit, especially in helping to combat maternal and child mortality, which are at exceptionally high levels throughout the region.