Welcome to Bugando Hospital.
Bugando is a lifeline for
10 million people.
That is like having
ONE
hospital for all of New York City.
In America, there is one doctor for every 300 people.
In sub-Saharan
Africa, there is
one doctor
for every 25,000 people
and
one dentist
for every 300,000 people.
The DirectFund Foundation, founded is 1996, is a non profit, secular organization that raises
critically needed funds for Bugando Medical Center (BMC), an 800-bed hospital
in Tanzania that serves as a lifeline for 10 million impoverished
people, and Bugando University College of Health Sciences (BUCHS), which will
consist of medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy schools.
100% of the donations received by
DirectFund go
DIRECTLY
as stipulated by the donor, to BMC or BUCHS.

The Bugando University College of Health
Sciences (http://www.bugando.ac.tz) opened its doors in September 2003. After
much planning and anticipation, the dream of the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference had come true to
establish a new medical school to fill the need for
quality health professionals in the country. The
objective of the MD training programme is to train
competent general duty Medical Officers who, after
the appropriate period of internship can, without
supervision, render adequate medical care both to
the individual patient and to the community in
differing situations.
Located overlooking Lake Victoria and situated
within the Bugando Medical Centre, BUCHS has quickly
grown to be among the most ought after universities
in the country. Currently, the university has
various members of staff, with academic staff
ranging from professors to tutorial assistants,
alongside administrative and support staff.