The founding committee
The area called Lukuli-Nanganda is a junction on the Lukuli Road, shaded by a huge tree, where the matatu met foot passengers and boda boda from the zones of Katimbo, Tyaba, Kalule and Konge. A hardware stall, a small vegetable market and a shop/bar called Silent Corner were frequented by the friends who became the founders and early supporters of Hope Clinic Lukuli.

The women on the committee include Mrs Efrance Mukasa, a local storekeeper, Mrs Sarah Kasule, who works in health development administration, and Proscovia who was then an elected representative for the local council administration (Lukuli Parish). The other committee members include the husbands of committee members, Moses Mukasa, Paul Kasule and Clare’s husband, Philip Mitchell, and Ahmed Ssetenda. The Local Council (village) Chairperson is invited to attend committee meetings to strengthen our cooperation with the surrounding community. All of the committee members are Ugandans, except for two Britons resident in the village since 1996. No member of the management committee receive any remuneration or other financial payment or reimbursement for their time and commitment to the clinic and the community we serve.

Committee member profiles

Mrs Lubogo is a retired teacher and past pupil of Gayaza Girls School. Since retirement Adalina has been active with training less-advantaged girls in craft skills and also works with the International Women’s Organisation and Soroptimists International.

Ms McMinn is a UK-qualified secondary school teacher specialising in Humanities and Life Skills. She teaches Humanities at the International School in Kampala and also Lifeskills covering peer pressure, teenage development, awareness of issues related to drugs, relationships and sex and writes for the national newspaper and Straight Talk on these topics.

Mrs Mukasa is a sole trader with premises at the adjacent Nanganda trading centre. Her ‘Silent Corner’ has been a focal point for the village and the members of the committee and was the location for the founding of the initiative that became the Hope Clinic Lukuli. Her extensive knowledge of the practicalities of business at the village level is of great benefit to the clinic.

Mrs Kasule has been involved in education and the administration for the Church of Uganda and helps manage the relationship between the women of the community and the clinic as well as with the Diocese, as our landlord.

Mr Kasule has been a member of the congregation of St. Stephen’s Church and was part of the continuity from the old clinic, under church management, to the Hope Clinic organisation. His professional background is in construction and hence he has been greatly involved in the development of the new medical facility and the infrastructure improvements in the first four years of the clinic’s life at the old site.

Mr Ssetenda is a retired civil servant and continues in small businesses. His experience of administration and managing the government process is of great benefit in addition to his standing in the community and work through Rotary International.

Mrs Proscovia had been an elected member of the Parish Council with the position of Secretary as well as representing the interests of women at council meetings. She did not seek re-election at the last election and now operates her own businesses.

Mr Mukasa has served the parish of Lukuli for many years as an elected official as well as being active in ensuring the well-being of the community through the Local Defence Units; a form of neighbourhood watch that assists the village members and liaises with the Central Government to assist in the dissemination of health and education messages. He did not stand for re-election to the council, but continues to work with the Divisional authorities.


Mr Mitchell is a UK Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has worked in programme management with non-governmental organisations and donor programmes in Uganda since 1996. Prior to that he worked as an auditor and financial management consultant for Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The experience of Hope Clinic Lukuli was instrumental in designing technical assistance to other NGO in sub-Saharan Africa under PEPFAR's New Partners Initiative, for which Philip has been Project Director.His role with the clinic is supporting the administrative procedures and reporting to donors by the clinic. He is Secretary to the NGO and the Company Limited by Guarantee and hence is the main liaison with funders and grant applications. Since the construction and opening of the new facility in 2005 he has been the day to day financial oversight for the clinic for the grants from US PEPFAR and charitable donations from the UK and US. In 2010 the financial management has been transferred to the finance assistant based at the clinic.