Kyebe Health
Centre III.

Rebuilding maternity services at a rural health centre roughly 180 kilometres south of Kampala, where the nearest alternative facility is around 50 kilometres away and often unreachable by road.

Why Kyebe

A building, and
what it makes possible.

For women living in rural communities, access to suitable maternity care can make a profound difference during pregnancy and childbirth.

The health centre was built more than half a century ago and had been damaged by both war and earthquake. The area floods; recently it was cut off entirely for two months. The nearest alternative health centre is around 50 kilometres away, and often unreachable by road in bad weather.

Rebuilding the maternity facilities at Kyebe is therefore about much more than a building. It is about a safer place for mothers and newborns, better conditions for the health workers, and a stronger facility for the whole surrounding community.

The old midwife house at Kyebe before the rebuild: rusted roof, broken windows, stained walls — **Before · 2021**The house the midwives were given to live in.

The new midwives’ house, finished and painted, beside the maternity clinic under construction — **After · 2024**The new midwives’ house, with the rebuilt maternity clinic behind it.

The work

Four parts.
Two still open.

Peter Lusembo has played a leading role in spearheading and coordinating support for the rebuilding, working alongside community stakeholders and Rotary partners in Uganda and internationally.

01 / Staff

Accommodation for midwives

Midwives walk long distances to reach Kyebe and often stay for months at a time. Somewhere to live is what makes it possible for them to be there at all.

Rebuilt

02 / Facility

The maternity clinic

The new clinic is now almost finished: the roof, windows and solar panels are in place.

Almost finished

03 / Utilities

Lavatory, laundry and drinking water

A lavatory and laundry facility, and drinking-water dispensing equipment for patients, mothers and staff.

Still needed

04 / Safety

Emergency care and security

An ambulance, razor wire for the perimeter fence and a CCTV system — so the centre is secure and patients have reliable access to emergency care.

Still needed

The rebuilding is documented in detail by the Rotary partners at kyebeuganda.org.au .

The clinic

Then,
and now.

The old maternity ward at Kyebe: a single-storey building with a rusted iron roof and a hand-painted sign — **Before**The old maternity ward.

The ceiling in the old building, where the boards have fallen away and the roof beams show through — **Before**The ceiling in the old building had given way.

The new clinic under construction, with the timber roof trusses going up — **Building**The new clinic under construction.

The new clinic nearly finished: an orange rendered building with a tiled roof and solar panels — **Almost finished**The solar panels go up on the roof.

The new clinic today: an orange two-storey building with a tiled roof, solar panels, a covered veranda and a perimeter fence — **Now**The new clinic today — with solar panels, a covered veranda and a perimeter fence.

Inside the new clinic

A walk through with Peter Lusembo.

Peter Lusembo shows the new clinic — the rooms inside, the staircase and the ramp outside.

Fundraising target

The next
phase.

The next phase of support for Kyebe Health Centre III focuses on completing essential infrastructure, improving patient and staff facilities, strengthening security, and ensuring reliable access to emergency care and basic services.

Every contribution will help complete the remaining facilities and equipment needed to strengthen care, safety and day-to-day operations at Kyebe Health Centre III.

Lavatory and laundry facility: USD 14,000Give →
Drinking-water dispensing equipment: USD 5,000Give →
Kitchenette for mothers and attendants: USD 15,000Give →
Razor wire for the chain-link perimeter fence: USD 10,000Give →
Ambulance: USD 50,000Give →
CCTV security system: USD 2,000Give →
Internet connectivity, router and Wi-Fi equipment: USD 3,000Give →
Total funding required: USD 99,000

Kyebe Maternity Ward project in Uganda — a film by the Rotary Club of Albert Park. It plays from YouTube, and nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play.

Working with

Who is
behind it.

The project brings together local stakeholders in Kyebe and Rotary clubs in Uganda, Denmark and Australia. Konge Lukuli is the host club in Uganda and is responsible, with contractors and the local leadership, for the building itself.