The Bwindi Community Hospital in Kanungu, Uganda, founded by Dr Scott Kellerman, provides access to medical care for the impoverished tribal groups of southwestern Uganda, with special emphasis on the Batwa pygmies. Medical care is focused on malaria and HIV prevention, provision of clean water, and sanitation. A development program concentrates on agriculture and animal husbandry, education, and home building. Medical students and volunteers in other areas are welcome for 4 to 12 week terms.[1] Its status was upgraded from Health Centre to Hospital in 2008 after a new operating theatre was built.