We have decided to do e-newsletters going forward, as the cost of producing a print newsletter is expensive, and we know that a lot of newsletters are returned to us as ‘undelivered’ so we feel that an e- newsletter makes much more sense, plus publication on the website. Volunteers needed We are also looking for […]
Shona Lockyer has been chair of Trustees of the Kambia Appeal for over ten years. She has now decided that it is time to hand over to someone else. Shona has done a fantastic job in steering the Appeal through some very difficult years. The Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone and the withdrawal of our […]
We will be holding our AGM virtually and hope that you can join in from the comfort of your own home to hear all the latest news. It’s on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 at 19:30. Please let us know at info@kambia.org.uk if you would like to attend and we will email the link nearer the time. […]
In 2022 a grant from the Kambia Appeal enabled the refurbishment of Rokai Peripheral Health Unit (PHU). We are delighted to report that the work is now complete. Photos of the newly refurbished staff quarters are attached: Before: We hope to be able to refurbish more PHUs over the next two years.
Welcome to our winter 2022 newsletter! On behalf of the Trustees, thank you so much for your interest and support of the Kambia Appeal. With the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign Office into what is now called the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office or FCDO for short, coupled with the […]
We will be holding our AGM this year virtually and hope that you can join in from the comfort of your own home to hear all the latest news. It’s on Tuesday 20th September at 19:30. Please let us know at webmaster@kambia.org.uk if you would like to attend and we will email the link nearer the […]
A network of 68 Heath Centres linked to the Kambia hospital in Sierra Leone provide vital front-line health facilities for local communities around Kambia. However, the physical structure of these Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) is poor and in some even the most basic equipment is absent. In 2019 The Kambia Appeal provided 200 delivery kits and 115 […]
At around 5am on 15th February 2022, a devastating fire broke out in Kambia District in a place called Yeliboya. Yeliboya is an island community, access is by boat along the Great Scarcies river. Around 80 homes were destroyed, along with the main market building. The Kambia Appeal sent food to assist in the short term. The people of Yeliboya have asked […]
Over 2020 and 2021 The Kambia Appeal has continued to concentrate on projects that can be delivered locally in Kambia without the need for input from the UK in terms of manpower. This decision has been justified even more since the arrival of Covid and the worldwide restrictions on travel. To this end we are continuing with […]
We were all devastated to learn that government funding for the next round of the fantastic and long running Health Partnership Scheme has been cancelled. Our friends at THET had no warning that the cuts would be made and are still reeling from the shock. In previous years the HPS funded all our major volunteer programmes in Kambia, […]
