Kimhecop

The organization was founded in 2006 and was legally recognized as an NGO known as KATHES (Karamoja Traditional Healers and Health Systems Project) in Moroto and Napak Districts. KATHES was registered by the National CSO/NGO Board in 2008. By 2012 August 23rd the organization was registered at National CSO/NGO board and recognized by the districts as Karamoja Indigenous and Modern Health Collaboration project (KIMHECOP). The reason for the change of name being that occasionally the project ran into problems because of the direct mentioning of traditional healers in its name (e.g. project and Diálogos staff were not allowed onto planes to Moroto run by a religious organization because it was thought that the organizations were dealing with witchcraft). The core activities of the organization are health related aspects of the Karimojong people, especially the rural population in remote communities, through identification, registration, and training of Indigenous Health Practioners (IHPs) and Indigenous Birth Attendants (IBAs) and by organizing and training girls and women groups supporting the democratic process and empowering the civil society.