Visitor from Uganda - Project partner and companion, Mr Santo Uma Opoka on a visit!

Our long-standing project partner and companion, Mr Santo Uma Opoka, visited us in January 2024. Santo has been working as a senior technician for St Mary's Hospital Lacor in Gulu, in northern Uganda, for over 28 years. BBM has been working with Santo, the head of the electrical department, and the hospital since 2001. At that time, technical equipment was supplied to improve hygiene following a tragic Ebola outbreak. Since then, there has been a close partnership between Lacor Hospital and BBM. 

This time, too, there was a packed programme for the technician: immediately after arriving in Vienna, Santo and our technician Manfred visited the Dreikönigsaktion, which has been supporting the hospital for many years. This was followed by several training sessions on the topics of programming inverters, measuring earthing resistance and consultations on current and planned future projects.

The visit was rounded off with a trip to the Grünberg, Gmunden - there has to be time for that too.

After the visit to Austria, Santo travelled on to Italy by train to meet other supporters of the hospital.

The visit showed us once again the importance of personal dialogue. It was a pleasure to welcome Santo back after such a long time.