For the meeting back in November 1989, the elders were able to meet the students with short notice. This was because the youth had formed an association of students who were born within the area with the purpose of improving their performance at school and to make a contribution to improve their village. Members of the students association approached some elders and convinced them that the village could reverse the situation (of poor health) if they made an organized response. One of the key players in this association was Stanley Okurut who was then an undergraduate student of Makerere University Kampala.

At 2:15 pm many members of the community who included the women as the majority, elders, men, boys, girls and members of the student association had gathered at the school compound. The senior elder, the late Mzee John Okodoi and students’ chairman, Stanley Okurut co-chaired the meeting that was held under a mango tree just outside the football pitch. The contributions in the meeting were both passionate and emotional as all members of the community supported the idea of addressing rampant deaths in the community wondering why it could not have been started earlier! An agreement was made to form a project committee. Community members agreed to make a minimal cash contribution that was affordable to every member of the community, including able children. This was to ensure an equal say by all members of the community in making decisions that affect the whole community. The controversial issues were decided through a vote. It was also decided to hold weekly education meetings on health issues affecting the village.

This initial meeting led to weekly health education meetings and training of community nurses. The village funds was used to start a community medicine kit that included some drugs and resource materials. The main resource material was book: ‘Where there is no Doctor’ by David Warner. This book proved a very good resource material for training and setting up of a village primary health care program.
So the village now had a village medicine kit managed by students.