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In 1998, cousins Walusimbi Willy and Doctor Dickson had the idea to start an organization that focused on helping the rural villages of the Mubende District. Many families had parents who died from HIV/AIDS, leaving numerous children to support themselves. The pain they felt for these kids and a passion to help them took root in their hearts. The inspiration from the orphans, surviving on their own at very young ages, sparked the initial planning for the HIV/AIDS and Rural Mama Children’s Home programs. Growing up in the rural outskirts of Kampala, both Willy and Doctor had a passion for rural communities throughout their childhood and adult life. They learned that people become sick because they are ignorant about proper health practices, and they often do not realize that they are fetching, using, and consuming contaminated water. People die from HIV/AIDS because they don’t believe there is treatment, which is why Rural Health Care Foundation Uganda focuses on improving the knowledg

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