Every member has the same maximum support amount. Submit as many claims as you need throughout the year — subject to pool funds being available.
For UGX 11,880 a week, you contribute to a shared charitable health pool. When you need a doctor or hospital, we do our best to help — subject to available funds. You can direct support to yourself or a family member.
No complicated forms. A charitable community, looking after each other — on a best-efforts basis.
Sign up through the app or website. Choose your PIN. Takes two minutes.
UGX 11,880 each week goes into the shared pool for everyone.
After four months of contributions you become eligible to make claims.
Go to an approved clinic or hospital. Submit your claim. We aim to pay them directly, subject to pool funds.
Ekibiina ky'obulamu — Community Health Pool
Most people in Uganda face healthcare costs alone. The pool means you don't have to.
The Walter Foundation pool supports all genuine medical needs — including pre-existing conditions, chronic illness, and serious conditions like cancer. Everyone is welcome regardless of their health history. The support limits protect the pool fairly and equally for all members, subject to available funds.
Subject to available funds
Diabetes, hypertension, previous illness — your health history doesn't affect your eligibility to join or submit a claim.
Subject to available funds
Your annual support limit is yours to use — direct it to yourself or a family member in need.
Subject to available funds
UGX 11,880 a week. Approved local providers across Uganda.
Roger and Cissy ran an orphanage in Uganda. When Roger was seriously injured in a road accident — both legs broken, his wages stolen at the scene — strangers brought him to a free clinic. The diagnosis was amputation. His wife Cissy called us in New Zealand, desperate.
We felt led to direct her to a different hospital along the Nile. She went. They said they could save his legs. Over the weeks that followed, Cissy herself was found to need emergency surgery — a serious intestinal infection requiring a procedure none of us had budgeted for. We had almost nothing, but we kept believing and kept finding a way — a hundred dollars here, a friend in Whangārei who gave UGX 1,062,000, strangers moved to help. In total, UGX 9,558,000 was raised and Roger's legs were saved. Cissy had her surgery. They both recovered.
That experience — scrambling to find money, watching a hospital threaten to turn away a man who couldn't pay, witnessing what was possible when people came together — is why the Walter Foundation Community Health Pool exists. So that no one has to scramble.
Uganda spends roughly 4.2–4.67% of GDP on health — around USD 57–63 per person per year across all health spending, public and private. The WHO recommends a minimum of USD 86 for basic essential care. The gap is real — and most of it falls on families.
Sources: P4H Network, World Health Organization, World Bank (2024–2025)
The pool is where we start. Where we hope to go is bigger — a Uganda where communities can access the healthcare they deserve.
Where surplus funds allow, we aim to invest in training nurses, midwives, and community health workers across Uganda.
We hope to expand our approved network to include rural and community clinics, bringing care closer to where members actually live.
Register takes two minutes. No paperwork, no medical checks, no exclusions — including pre-existing conditions. Please read the terms and conditions below before creating your account.
Approved providers only. Full limits in the Member Terms & Conditions.
By registering you confirm you have read and agree to the Member Terms & Conditions (see Documents section above). The Walter Foundation is a charitable community pool, not an insurance product. Contributions are donations to a shared fund. Support payments are made on a best-efforts basis and are not guaranteed. The pool does not hold reserves and cannot guarantee future payments.
Everything about how the pool works, what you're covered for, and your rights as a member — all in plain language.