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Organisation:
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The Kambia Appeal |
Mission
Statement: |
We aim to provide long term for
medical facilities in Kambia district of Sierra Leone,
with a special focus on improving the health of women in the
district. |
Registered
Address: |
The Kambia Appeal
78 Painswick Road
Cheltenham
Glos.
GL50 2EU
England |
Voicemail/Fax:
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Contact
Details: |
| For medical, architectural
and organisational information: |
Chairman: Richard Kerr-Wilson FRCS (Ed),
FRCOG
26 Moorend Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL53 0HD
Click here for email address |
| For financial matters: |
Treasurer: John Kloer
78 Painswick Road,
Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 2EU
Click here for email address |
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Registered
Charity Number: |
1014034 |
Charity
Established: |
4th September 1992 |
Web Site:
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www.kambia.org.uk |
Broad
Cause Title: |
To improve medical facilities
in Kambia District of Sierra Leone |
Beneficiaries:
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Inhabitants of Kambia District,
particularly women and children |
Main Issues:
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Childbirth complications, HIV,
Antenatal and postnatal health
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Vision
& Aims: |
| Aims: |
| To improve medical facilities in the
Kambia district of Sierra Leone. |
| Objectives: |
| To assist in the equipping of the new
hospital and continue to supply medical equipment,
exchange of personnel and training |
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Area of
Operation: |
International, based in Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, England |
Partners
& Affiliations: |
Cheltenham General Hospital, Gloucestershire
Hospitals NHS Trust |
How is the Appeal run? |
| 6 Patrons |
Mr Fergal Keane
Hilary, Lady Apsley
The Rt. Revd. John Went, Bishop of Tewkesbury
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Mr Clive Thomson
Mr Sam Musa (ActionAid) |
| 5 Trustees |
Mr Richard Kerr-Wilson FRCS (Ed), FRCOG
Dr Sean Elyan MD, FRCP, FRCR
John Kloer FCA (Treasurer)
Alan Dick
Paula Froggatt RGN |
| Committee |
This consists of 5 trustees, 1
fundraiser and 9 volunteers:-
Richard Kerr-Wilson FRCS (Ed), FRCOG
Alan Dick
Sean Elyan MD, FRCP, FRCR
John Kloer FCA
Paula Froggatt RGN, FP Cert
James Dowling (Fundraiser)
Liz Adams (Webmaster) BSc, ACII, PGCE
Joey Kerr-Wilson (Secretary) MEd
Shona Lockyer
Caroline Farmer LLB (Hons) (Legal Adviser)
Simon Cox
Anne Elyan RGN
Lis Holmes BSc RGN HV
Malcolm Garrett
Iain Lyburn MBChB MRCP FRCR |
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Relevant experience |
| Mr
Richard Kerr-Wilson FRCS (Ed), FRCOG |
| is a qualified obstetrician and gynaecologist
who has experience of medical facilities in many developing
countries. He has visited Kambia 7 times and operated
each time. He has had training in the repair of vesico-vaginal
fistulas. |
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Sean Elyan MD, FRCP, FRCR |
| is a physician who
has previously worked in Zimbabwe. |
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Paula Froggatt RGN, F.P.Cert. |
| is a registered general
nurse and and an experienced school nurse. She
is also a specialist nurse in Family Planning, and
Sexual Health and she has been involved in nurse
training and family planning on previous visits to
Kambia. |
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Lis Holmes BSc RGN HV |
| Lis is a trained nurse, midwife and
health visitor. She has spent the vast majority of her
career in the latter, working within a general
practice in Cheltenham, visiting and advising families
with pre-school children. |
| John Kloer FCA |
| is a retired Chartered Accountant. He
has experience in Industry, Commerce and the Profession
and was a Partner in a medium-sized firm of Chartered
Accountants in London. |
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James Dowling |
| James' fundraising career began after
university as a volunteer in the development
departments of the National Portrait Gallery and the
National Art Collections Fund. He then worked for
English National Opera, the Barbican Centre, before
moving to the London Symphony Orchestra as Development
Manager. |
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