WDF’s 2019 Fundraiser
Improving diabetes foot care for refugees
Our fundraising programme allows donors to directly support diabetes prevention and care projects.
The World Diabetes Foundation
Being there: catalysing change for those in greatest need
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Contributions towards educational materials, ultrasound machines, off-site HCP training and more
8.4 mil.
Patients treated$150 mil.
Funds distributed412,000
Healthcare providers trained13,800
Clinics opened/strengthenedI wish I knew this 20 years ago
Mr James Bangizi is the head teacher of Itegyero Primary school in Uganda’s Isingiro district. After he was diagnosed with diabetes in 2010, his weight and blood sugar remained high. Then the Diabetes Prevention through Schools project arrived, and everything changed.
After learning about the importance of diet and exercise for controlling his diabetes, he began eating more vegetables and walking several kilometres every day. He also led a series of changes at the school, barring the canteen from selling junk food and starting a school garden to teach his pupils and supply the canteen with fresh produce. In 2017, the school organised a ‘Fruits Party” for students and parents - replacing meat, fried rice, and sodas with fresh fruit.
“I wish I knew this information 20 years ago,” he says.
Mr Bangizi and his school learned about diabetes via the Diabetes Prevention through School Programme WDF13-819