Gulen-inspired NGO opens health and education complex in Uganda
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was in attendance at the opening of the Nile Hospital
Date posted: February 10, 2015
The Ugandan president attended the opening of a state-of-the-art hospital, school and dormitory built by leading Turkish NGO Kimse Yok Mu in Uganda’s second largest city.
Active in 113 countries in the world, Turkish humanitarian aid group Kimse Yok Mu has completed construction of the state-of-the-art health and education complex across in Uganda’s second largest city, Jinja. The Nile Hospital will also be servicing other countries in the region.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was in attendance at the opening of the Nile Hospital, where he thanked Kimse Yok Mu representatives and praised their efforts before touring the hospital.
Kimse Yok Mu President Metin Çetiner pointed out that this full-service hospital had been made possible thanks to donations by countless citizens from Anatolia.
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