LWEZA-MUKONO FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES
Mukono - Uganda
About Us
We are a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is based in Madison, WI, USA but operates as a center of excellence in the Lweza village of the Mukono district in southern Uganda.
We implement various projects that link together health with agriculture, nutrition, and education in order to address non-communicable metabolic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, fatty liver disease, and some cancers.
Enhanced preventive interventions and scientific research where possible coupled with economic development are applied to achieve these objectives. We partner with national and international institutions and organizations to create a stronger force in reaching our vision.
Our Vision
We envision long term, self-sustaining systems between agriculture, health centers and schools that educate and empower the members of the community to eliminate non-communicable diseases through preventive health and lifestyle modifications.
Our Mission
Our mission is to first establish a self-sustaining system in the village of Lweza to serve as a model that will be used to replicate and adapt to in other communities in the future. Our goal is to combat non-communicable silent killer diseases while improving community health through lasting techniques and interventions.
Why We Do It
The Lweza Center of Community Health Initiatives (LCCHI) was created in response to the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart and fatty liver disease.
They will utilize a multi-faceted place-based model approach to improving human health through collaborative efforts that engage all partners and the people in the community.
Through up-to-date research and nutritional biochemistry, LCCHI aims to increase awareness, and prevention, and improve the management of emerging NCDs using comprehensive agricultural, nutritional, and educational approaches.
