Walk With The Poor

Nawire, Tororo District, Uganda  ·  April 2026

One community.
One clinic.
12,000 lives changed.

Walk With The Poor mobilizes the generosity of the tech community to fund life-changing healthcare infrastructure in the world's most underserved places.

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$125K One-time capital investment Nawire Health Centre III
12,000 Patients served per year Outpatient, maternal, immunization
Decades Expected clinic lifespan A one-time gift with a permanent return

The Story

From a bat-infested ruin
to a solar-powered clinic

In Nawire — a rural community in the Paya subdistrict of Tororo district, eastern Uganda — residents once faced a dire choice: travel hours for basic medical care, or go without. The existing structure was crumbling, uninhabitable, and home to bats. For most families, healthcare simply wasn't an option.

In 2025, Walk With The Poor partnered with World Vision to change that. We funded the design, construction, and full equipping of Nawire Health Centre III — a government-recognized facility offering outpatient services, immunizations, antenatal care, laboratory services, TB/HIV screening, family planning, and deliveries.

"For $125,000 — a one-time capital gift — we helped bring permanent healthcare infrastructure to a community that had none."

The clinic runs on solar power, maintains a cold-chain vaccine refrigerator for childhood immunizations, and houses a fully stocked pharmacy. Clinical staffing is provided by the Tororo District local government — a deliberate model World Vision uses to ensure long-term sustainability. Aid is fickle; governments endure. Outcomes are tracked in real time via the mWater platform.

In less than one year of operation, Nawire Health Centre III has served 12,000 patients — approximately 35 people every single day. A $125,000 one-time investment in a building that will serve this community for decades to come.

The old Nawire clinic — before Walk With The Poor Before
Nawire Health Centre III — after After

Inside the Clinic

Built to serve.
Built to last.

Patients in the Nawire clinic waiting room
The waiting room on an ordinary day — mothers, children, community members receiving care
Vaccine cold storage at Nawire clinic
Cold-chain vaccine storage enables childhood immunization programs
Solar panels on Nawire clinic roof
Solar-powered infrastructure ensures sustainable, independent operation
Nawire clinic pharmacy
A fully stocked pharmacy with labeled, organized medications
Nawire Health Centre III sign
Official government recognition: Nawire Health Centre III, Tororo District

Our Model

How we turn tech generosity
into global impact

01

We mobilize the tech community

Walk With The Poor was founded by a group of tech professionals who wanted to direct the generosity of the tech community toward high-impact infrastructure in the developing world. We leverage Adobe's generous employee matching programs and board service grants, and are building a model that works across the tech sector.

02

We partner with World Vision

We don't reinvent the wheel. World Vision has unparalleled on-the-ground infrastructure in 100+ countries. We fund the capital projects; World Vision manages construction and community engagement, then conditions handoff to local government — the only truly sustainable operator. Real-time outcomes tracked via mWater.

03

We visit what we build

We visit every project we fund. In April 2026, our team traveled to Nawire and walked the clinic floors, met the staff, and sat with patients. Accountability isn't a policy — it's a practice.

Our Team

We show up.

Walk With The Poor board at Nawire Health Centre III, April 2026

The Walk with the Poor Board at Nawire Health Centre III, April 2026. Our Board traveled to Uganda to see firsthand what their fundraising helped build. Behind us: a waiting room full of patients on an ordinary Tuesday.