Rays of Hope Hospice in Jinja, Uganda, is a non governmental, nonprofit, interfaith organization which, since 2005, has provided care to patients with life-limiting illnesses in a very poor area of Uganda with a population of 3.5 million. Its mission is to provide palliative care and improve the quality of life for all people with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
On June 21 residents are invited to hear a talk by Dr. Margrethe Juncker, daughter-in-law of Phyllis and Peter Davies, who will tell us about her important work as the Rays of Hope medical director. A slide show with beautiful photos taken by a prize-winning Dutch photographer will take us into the homes of Ugandan residents receiving hospice care.
After receiving her medical degree in her native Denmark, Margrethe earned a master’s of public health and tropical medicine from Tulane. She and her husband Kenneth Davies married in the Sudan in 1986. Since then, they lived and educated their five children in Africa and Asia. Ken was the program director for the UN World Food Program until retiring in 2015. They now live in Uganda.