Budondo Intercultural Center is a non-profit organization working collectively with the community to increase access and utilisation of health services, household income and food security since 2012. The organisation runs two community health centers - Suubi and Shanti Health Centers. It invests directly in individuals and families through the motorcycle loan initiative and the population health and environment program to build household resilience and income generation through the village health teams network. A woman in the village expecting a baby can listen to a village health worker who has given her a voucher for free antenatal care and make a visit to Suubi, increasing her chances of survival and that of her unborn baby. A father in Budondo can be a support to his wife and attend family planning sessions with her. His wife can then join the committee formed to advise the leadership of BIC of the challenges facing people in the village. The father and wife can also join population, health and environment activities that illustrate how environmental ecosystems are related to their family, their needs and the society around them. They can rethink how the plant needs fertile soil, water, sunlight and with enough spacing to ensure healthy growth and how this relates to their own family size and their position within a larger society. A program lead at Suubi can teach women that it is not fair and not inevitable that they should be put in danger during childbirth. She can teach them about engaging politicians to make positive changes. They can organize. They can advocate. She and the organization can provide the quality healthcare that people in the community deserve.

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This ecosystem of actors - of people - listening to one another and doing their part with humility, integrity and cooperation, can build strong and effective solutions to the challenges faced in achieving good health and wellbeing.  The long term goal is to see healthy and sustainable rural communities in Uganda.

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