The Management Structure of the Clinic

The Committee comprises members of the community living near the Hope Clinic and is led by the co-chair, Mrs Adalina Lubogo and Ms Clare McMinn. These women launched the clinic in April 2000 when they approached the then-managers of the facility to take over the operations and help ensure support to the staff and the financial sustainability of the health centre. They were joined by other members of the St. Stephen's Church congregation and the wider community.Download our Strategic Direction or Read Online

The women on the committee include Mrs Efrance Mukasa, a local storekeeper, and Mrs Sarah Kasule who works with the administration of the Church of Uganda as well as Proscovia who until recently was an elected representative for the 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 landlord for the clinic, the St. Stephen’s Church, and the Local Council (village) Chairperson are 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.

Fellow Founders

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.

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.


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 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. 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.

Operational Committee
The day to day operations of the clinic are led by an Organisational Committee which includes members of the Management/Steering Committee. The role of the Organisational Committee includes management of the financial affairs of the clinic and liaison with the fund raising activities of the NGO on behalf of the clinic. For clarification, the NGO and clinic are a common organisation, part is responsible for fund raising and supervising the implementation of the objectives of the clinic at a management level. The clinic is the day to day delivery of that objective. The two committees are therefore intended to focus on supervision or implementation accordingly.