About Us
Reach Apac is a non-profit organization founded in November 2024 with a mission to serve the underserved communities in Apac, Northern Uganda, by providing essential healthcare services and addressing social determinants of health. We focus on empowering local communities through offering medical care, surgical interventions, and efforts to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure through education.
Our work has been made possible by the generous support of our friends and partners, enabling us to bring healing to children and families suffering from preventable diseases and painful conditions, helping them regain their health and well-being.
Why your donation matters
Every dollar you give helps us bring healthcare directly to communities in Apac, Northern Uganda. Your support powers mobile medical and surgical camps, funds our mobile prenatal clinic, and helps train and keep healthcare workers in school. Together, we’re not just treating illness — we’re building a sustainable health system and addressing the root social factors that affect community well-being
- Quarterly Medical Camps
- Quarterly Surgical Camps
- Mobile Prenatal/Antenatal Clinics
- Keeping a health worker in school
- Addressing other SDOH initiative
Capacity building for health workforce infrastructure
Secondary school completion rates in Apac District remain critically low, with less than 30% of students completing their education. This dropout is especially severe among girls, driven by factors such as teenage pregnancy, early marriage, and lack of access to menstrual hygiene products, Poverty and household responsibilities, which force many students to leave school early, teenage pregnancy and early marriage, Inadequate school facilities, including lack of girl-friendly sanitation and access to menstrual pads, which causes many girls to miss school during their periods. Providing schoolgirls with free menstrual pads and comprehensive health education will reduce absenteeism, empower them to stay in school, and improve their chances of completing secondary education.
Keeping these students in school is critical in building a foundation for future health work force and that’s why your donation matters.
Donate a portable Ultrasound scan.
Over 80% of women in rural Northern Uganda lack access to essential ultrasound services during pregnancy. By supporting the introduction of mobile ultrasound units, you can help significantly reduce the high maternal mortality rate. Your donation brings critical prenatal/antenatal care directly to the pregnant mothers who need leading to safer pregnancies, healthier births, and stronger communities.
Donate scholastics materials
- Science textbooks for primary school students
- Science textbooks for secondary school students
- Medical Textbooks for (Medical, nursing, laboratory and clinical officer students
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Frequently asked questions
Find answers to common questions about our mission, donations, and how you can make a difference
Yes! Reach Apac is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. That means your gifts are tax deductible and directly fuel our mission. Every donation—big or small—creates real change. Want proof? Check our IRS determination letter or contact us and we’ll gladly share more details.
We’d love your partnership! You can volunteer, become an ambassador for Reach Apac, or help fundraise in your community. Even sharing our story on social media makes a big difference or join our upcoming trip to Uganda to witness how much difference your gift is making in the
community.
Great question! We invest every dollar into life-changing programs—like mobile health clinics, maternal and child health support, school programs, and youth empowerment. We also keep overhead low so more of your gift goes straight to the field to address several social determinants of health.
Absolutely. You can let us know if you’d like to support healthcare or education programs. Or you can give where it’s needed most, helping us
respond quickly to urgent needs. Check "Our Programs" for more details
Every gift matters—whether big or small. What truly counts is the heart behind your support. For as little as $30 monthly, you can sponsor a child’s education. You can also choose to sponsor part (or all) of a quarterly medical, surgical, or mobile prenatal clinic.Check "Our Programs" for more details
It’s completely up to you! You can make a one-time gift or choose to give monthly or quarterly to create lasting impact throughout the year.
Our heart is in Apac, Northern Uganda, but our vision is Africa at large. We partner with others tackling health and social determinants of health such as education challenges in under-served communities across low- and middle-income countries.
We believe in transparency. You’ll get updates, newsletters, stories, videos, photos, and letters from the beneficiaries showing how your support is transforming lives, please be sure to subscribe to our Newsletters on the website. You’re not just donating; you are part of the Reach Apac family.
We’re led by a passionate team of healthcare professionals and researchers. Our founder and CEO, Jacob Otile, M.D., M.P.H., D.C.M., is a physician and clinical researcher born and raised in Apac, Northern Uganda and now based in the United States. He is dedicated to addressing healthcare disparities and access while simultaneously addressing the social determinants of health. He works with a group of kindhearted individuals from all over the world to bring this vision and mission to life