Central Region
Kyanja / Komamboga Division
The division was incepted in 2010 following a successful community First Aid and Home based care training which benefited 37 people. The First aid and Home Based care training was conducted by St John Uganda headquarters under the auspices of the Order secretariat and Johannitter respectively. The first cohort of 25 members was trained in First aid and another 12 in Home based care.
Bulumagi Division
The division was established in January 2003 having trained 37 members to render first aid services to communities. The division supports the existing health services of Christ the King Health Support Care Centre for the needy. Bulumagi catchment areas include, Wakisi Sub County, Njeru town Council, Nyenga Sub County, with a total of 30 parishes and a population of 33555 people.
Location – 12 km off Jinja
Nsangi Division
Nsangi division is a brain child of Mr.Mutebi Lukanga Isaac who was filled with the zeal to improve health in Nsangi.
Kasasa Division
Kasasa division was started by John Kirkwood in 1986 and the first aid course was conducted by a Kenyan counterpart Munungi Musee. The main benefeciaries of this division are the students of St.Charles Lwanga s.s.s Kasasa, and the neighbouring communities. The division is challenged by the school environment its operating in – as most of its members are students who retire from service on completion of their studies.
Location – St.Charles Lwanga s.s.s Kasasa, Kasasa
Kagoma Maganjo Division
Kagoma Maganjo division was established in 2002 after a successful first aid training to over 40 community members from the head quarters. In 2003, another cohort of 14 people was trained in First aid. The branch was incepted through the efforts of community members in Kagoma Maganjo with support from the head office.
Location – Kagoma Maganjo.
Nansana Division
The division was started in 2008 after a comprehensive first aid training to 25 people from the headquarters. The spirit of voluntarism soon evolved amongst the beneficiaries and the certitude to serve human kind eventually led to the formation of St John division in Nansana. The division has since established strong partnership with the Ministry of health, community based organisations and faith based institutions among others which has seen St John featuring in most of the community based health initiatives in Nansana and its neighborhoods.
Mulago Division
Mulago Nursing division was started by Dr. Phillip Mitchell (the then medical superintendant of Mulago hospital) in 1937. Dr.Mitchell and Dr. Owen conducted the first ever first aid training to Africans and the success eventually led to the formation of Mulago division. Later, due to political instability that swayed the country in the subsequent years, it ceased to exist but later re-opened in 2001with 30 members. The division has been the model in smartness and very active in emergencies and public duties. The patron is Talwana Augustine, M.B.E.
Location
Physical address: Mulago nursing hospital
Postal Address: P.O Box 7051
Kampala Headquarters Division
Kampala headquarter division is the oldest active division formed upon the completion of head quarter construction in 1960. The division is housed at St John headquarters which has always made it possible to have a readily prepared emergency rescue team to respond to emergencies within and outside the capital.
Location
Physical address: Plot 29 buganda road, kampala.
Postal address: P.o box 464, kampala.
Bunamwaya Division
The division was formed in 2011 following Life Saver International First Aid Course (LIFAC) and Home Based Care (HBC) training to 27 members in Bunamwaya with support from Johannitter Germany. The beneficiaries valuing the imprescriptible knowledge gained were inspired to form a division which has become an indefatigable force for St John in Bunamwaya.
Location
Physical address: Mother Care Preparatory School, Bunamwaya.
Postal address: P.O. Box 6157, kampala.
Gayaza Division
The division is a product of a Life Saver International First Aid Course (LIFAC) and Home Based Care (HBC) project sponsored by Johannitter Germany. To change the obstinate nature of some Ugandans in embracing voluntarism, First Aid and Home Based Care training was conducted to 30 people in Gayaza and its neighborhood. The enthusiasm that came with the successful completion of the training eventually led to the formation of Gayaza division in 2010.
Location
The division is located in Bulamu deputy zone Local council one (LC1), 300m from Gayaza Trading Centre along Kayebe Mapeera road.
It is 10miles from the Capital City Kampala along Kampala Gayaza road in Nangabo Subcounty, Kyaddondo county, Wakiso District.
Address
Bright Future Day and Boarding Primary School
Kawempe Lugoba Division
The formation of the division followed two subsequent trainings of First aid and Home based care. The first cohort of 32 members trained in First aid in 2010 and later 13 more members trained in Home Based Care as part of the First aid and Home based care project sponsored by Johannitter Germany.
Location
Physical Address: Deaf Life Education Centre
Northern Region
There are currently no divisions added to this region.
Eastern Region
Busembatia Division
The division was incepted in 1995 after successful First Aid training to the trainees in Busembatia. The beneficiaries of the training formed up a group in which they could be best placed to serve the community of Busembatia which led to the formation of St John division in Busembatia.
The division was later officially inaugurated by the then Deputy Commissioner of the Brigade in Uganda, G.W Mayanja on the 23rd of June 2011.
Location – Busembatia Senior secondary school
Western Region
Hoima Division
The formation of Hoima division followed a First aid training for 50 members in Hoima division in 2004 at Koob hospital. The division covers Hoima, Masindi and Kibaale district in the western region of the country.
Location – Koob hospital
Kasese Division
Between 1990 and 1992 it had been realized that St. John Ambulance was not popular like other voluntary organizations in the region but only heard of or confined to Kilembe copper mines limited – safety department.
Collaboration efforts to reach the then lay leader, Muhangazima Sammy who was in safety office Kilembe mines Ltd started to find ways how the organization would be efficiently and effectively established to bring service delivery through active participation of more people (volunteers) in the larger area. The division was eventually established in Kasese in 1995 with Baluku John as its division Superintendant. Apparently, Kasese division is a member of Kasese District Development Network (KADDNET), district disaster management committee and district health management team in Kasese district.
Location
Physical address: St. John ambulance Kasese