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YotKom Missions International (YKMI) is a global health education organisation based in Gulu, Uganda. It runs international clinical elective programmes, humanitarian healthcare, university partnerships, research and community-based health education, with communities treated as partners in learning. Its flagship programme is Oral Health Uganda.

YKMI is based in Gulu, in northern Uganda. Its programmes work with hospitals, health centres, schools, mobile outreach clinics and rural and peri-urban communities in Uganda.

Oral Health Uganda (OHU) is YKMI’s flagship dental outreach programme. It runs mobile dental clinics for rural and peri-urban communities and school-based oral health screening and education, and it is a supervised training ground for visiting clinical elective students. OHU is where YKMI’s community partnership model was first tested.

YKMI works through five connected pillars: international clinical elective programmes, humanitarian healthcare, university partnerships, research and innovation, and community partnership. Community partnership runs through all of the others.

YKMI’s six guiding principles set what comes first when priorities compete: education before activity, partnership before presence, patients before programmes, humility before expertise, quality before growth, and impact before numbers.

YKMI designs programmes with communities and universities rather than delivering them to communities. Visiting and local professionals work side by side under one clinical structure, every clinical activity is supervised to the same standard, and YKMI prioritises long-term partnership over short-term interventions.

Send an enquiry through the Get Involved page at yotkommissions.org/get-involved. Applicants need proof of enrolment from their home university, a letter of intent, immunisation records and a reference from a supervising faculty member. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

YKMI supports clinical electives in dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, physiotherapy, laboratory sciences, nutrition and allied health professions.

Placements take place in hospitals, health centres, schools, mobile outreach clinics and rural communities in Uganda, working from YKMI’s base in Gulu.

Yes. Every clinical activity at YKMI is professionally supervised to the same standard, whoever is performing it, and visiting participants work alongside local healthcare professionals within one clinical team.

Yes. Use the volunteer form on the Get Involved page, or message YKMI on WhatsApp at +256 787 226542, with your skills, discipline and availability, and the team will reply about suitable opportunities.

Yes. YKMI works with universities to deliver curriculum-aligned international placements, faculty engagement, research initiatives and long-term educational partnerships. Start with the partner form on the Get Involved page.

YKMI partners with universities, healthcare institutions, researchers and supporters. Partnerships can cover clinical placements, research collaboration, humanitarian outreach and funding for community programmes.

You can give online at yotkommissions.org/give using the secure payment options shown there, such as card and mobile money. Payments are handled by the payment provider, so YKMI never sees or stores your card details. For other ways to give, call or WhatsApp +256 787 226542.

Donations support YKMI’s community work, including mobile dental outreach, school oral health screening, community clinics and supervised clinical training for the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Call or WhatsApp YKMI on +256 787 226542, email info@yotkommissions.org, or use the contact form at yotkommissions.org/contact. YKMI is based in Gulu, Uganda.