subsidy program

In Uganda, 1 out of 14 kids will die before reaching the age of 5 (compared to 1 out of 135 in the U.S).

· Asteroidea subsidizes 30% of all medical costs for every child under the age of 10 and every pregnant woman. Additionally, no child will pay more than 10,000 Ugandan shillings at any given visit, the equivalent of $2.50 USD.

· With an average of 5,600 kids receiving care annually at NUMEM clinic, Asteroidea has helped to subsidize the care of nearly 12,000 children as of April 2019.

***As of November 2020, we have made the difficult decision of temporarily pausing the subsidy program. As many organizations, particularly non-profit organizations, have been impacted by the challenges of fundraising during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asteroidea too has also been impacted significantly, forcing us to scale back our current fundraising efforts. We continue to remain in close touch with our Ugandan partners at NUMEM Health Centre, and are actively working on ways to continue to support their efforts, with the hopes of reinstating this program in the near future.