Who Will Carry The Work?

Footprints Podcast Series · Sep 11, 2026 · 36m

“If I tell my story to people and tell them how I managed to live, that is what gives another person the persistence in life.” — Dr Lydia Mungherera

There are moments in a life that divide the story into a before and an after. For Dr Lydia Mungherera⁠ , returning to Uganda gravely ill in 1997 was one of them. She speaks candidly about illness, treatment, family support and recovery, but what makes the story particularly striking is what happened afterwards. Survival gradually became service, and lived experience became something she could place in the hands of another person who needed reason…