The charity
In
1992, Richard Kerr-Wilson of Cheltenham General Hospital and friends
Godfrey and Pauline Taylor went out to see Kambia Hospital. On
their return they set up The Kambia Hospital Appeal.
Between
1992 and 1999 the Appeal provided help in the form of training
for staff, equipment, regular drugs supplies and motorbikes to
enable doctors and nurses to provide help in the villages. The
Rotary Club also provided money for a Landrover. This was resourced
through fundraising events like concerts, donations and two Comic
Relief grants.
In
February 1999, the Hospital was attacked, looted and burnt by
rebels. Everything
was destroyed. The hospital has now been rebuilt and it
opened its doors again to patients in June 2004. |
