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24 Years of Treatment: What One Long Cancer Journey Teaches About Lasting Support

When most people think of cancer, they picture a short, hard battle: a diagnosis, some months of treatment, and then a result. For many patients, the real story is much longer. It can last years, and sometimes decades. One such story was shared in a February 2026 Daily Express report. A man was diagnosed with cancer at a young age and fought the disease on and off for 24 years. His journey shows what long-term illness demands, and why the help around a patient has to last as long as the illness does. A Fight That Kept Coming Back The report says the man faced recurring cancer. Each time it returned, he and his family had to travel to Kampala, where Uganda’s main cancer services are found. Each trip cost money, and over the years those costs wore down the family’s savings. At one point, the family nearly gave up on treatment. They had nowhere to stay and not enough food in the city. The medicine was available, but the daily costs of staying near the hospital had become too heavy to carr...
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Books, Pens and Possibility: Gilbert Kevin's Gift to Divine Mercy School, Fort Portal

In the hills around Fort Portal, in western Uganda, the school day begins the way it does in classrooms everywhere: small hands reaching for pencils, young eyes searching the wall for something worth learning. Yet for many rural schools, the basic tools of that ritual are never guaranteed. A notebook can be a luxury. A pen may be shared between several children. A classroom chart that turns the alphabet or a multiplication table into something vivid may be missing altogether. On 19 March 2026, at Divine Mercy Nursery and Primary School in Kiko, that gap narrowed. Schoolbooks, pens and teaching charts arrived as a gift from Gilbert Kevin Jimmy Kwizera , a Ugandan-born humanitarian leader and international consultant whose name is usually associated with a very different cause: caring for cancer patients. A Gift Without Ceremony Mr. Kwizera did not travel to Kiko for the occasion. He is based in the United Arab Emirates, where he oversees humanitarian projects that span borders, and the ...
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Location: Kampala, Uganda
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The Role of Social Work in Creating Healthier Communities

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  Hospitals, schools, roads and other public facilities are not the only components of a healthy community. A healthy community is a community in which individuals feel supported, respected, safe, and can get help in the event that they are in difficult circumstances. This is where social work can make a significant contribution. Social workers can help build and strengthen communities through linking people to resources, inclusive practices, supporting vulnerable populations, and addressing social issues. Gilbert Kevin Jimmy Kwizera 's work demonstrates the possibility of social welfare and humanitarian work with an emphasis on the broader needs of individuals and families. His public service is tied up with humanitarian service, cancer support, rehabilitation, community welfare, and improvements to the lives of those who may be in difficult situations. Understanding the Importance of Social Work  Social work is about people and the problems that can impact their quality of l...
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Location: Uganda
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How Gilbert Kwizera’s Haven Foundation Is Strengthening Cancer Patient Retention in Uganda

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Treatment of cancer in Uganda is frequently interrupted not based on the lack of care available to them- but due to the inability of patients to pay. According to a recent article by Daily Express Uganda, Gilbert Kevin Jimmy Kwizera is doing so by providing cancer patients with a means to remain in treatment through his Haven Foundation by providing charity help in a systematic manner. Addressing the Real Reason Patients Drop Out Treatment abandonment is one of the largest issues of cancer care throughout Uganda. A large number of patients start chemotherapy or other forms of treatments but end up not fulfilling the treatment due to transport cost, cost of medication, accommodation issue around the treatment centers, and loss of household earnings. That is the problem which is covered by Gilbert Kwizera Haven Foundation. The foundation does not simply work at the awareness level but in direct work to ensure that patients remain with their treatment programs. This patient-retention sys...
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Gilbert Kevin Jimmy Kwizera: A Life Dedicated to Service, Dignity, and Hope

The name Gilbert Kevin Jimmy Kwizera is becoming synonymous with humanitarian leadership, social work that is driven by compassion, and long-term humanitarian influence. Gilbert Kevin Jimmy (Kevin Jimmy Kwizera, Jimmy Kwizera) is an individual who has dedicated his life to benefiting the lives of those in need with a global perspective on life due to his professional capacity and ethical accountability. His work has a rare combination of form and compassion, of systems serving men, and dignity being the basis of all activity. Kevin Jimmy Kwizera was born on 30 November 1971 in Kampala, Uganda and he has experienced the effects of social and economic hardship first hand. Categorical causes such as poverty, sickness and inaccessibility to basic facilities were not far away but rather common occurrences. This experience at an early age helped him develop the concept of vulnerability and a strong desire to be responsible towards the people who were not always heard. Instead of being in ...
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