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Delivery Kits arrive!
December 2, 2019

Delivery Kits arrive!

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We have over the years provided a supply of delivery kits to the 68 Health Centres in Kambia, also referred to as Peripheral Health Units or PHUs. This basic equipment comprises reusable items (that can be sterilised after use) which enables staff to perform their roles adequately. This year we shipped 200 delivery sets and […]

Annual General Meeting
November 13, 2019

Annual General Meeting

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You are warmly invited to join us for the Kambia Appeal AGM and hear what we’ve been up to over the last 12 months! It’s on Thursday 9th January 2020 at 19:45 at The Cottages, St. Peter’s Church, Leckhampton, GL53 0QJ. There’s a map at https://stpetersleck.org/mesmerize/contact-us/.  All welcome, please RSVP to info@kambia.org.uk. Richard, Peter, David, Angela, Shona and […]

Fundraising Highlights
August 24, 2019

Fundraising Highlights

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Clinical Practice Course for Working in Low and Middle Income Countries Mark Whyman ran another extremely successful clinical practice course raising £3,000 for the Kambia Appeal. The feedback from this course is always first class and we cannot thank Mark enough for organising it and finding the speakers. We also want to thank Mark’s PA, […]

Scholarship Scheme
August 24, 2019

Scholarship Scheme

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You will have read earlier about our two KA ‘scholars’ Kadi and Mariatu who are training to become midwives. We have been asked to fund an additional two midwives and two Community Health Officers (CHOs) to attend the surgical skills training course at Masanga Hospital. CHOs who undertake this two year Postgraduate program are then […]

Safe Delivery App
August 24, 2019

Safe Delivery App

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This app (https://www.maternity.dk/safe-delivery-app/) provides skilled birth attendants with direct and instant access to evidence-based and up-to-date clinical guidelines on Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care. It is being used in over 40 countries and once downloaded does not need any Internet connection, hence health workers can use it offline. We were able to demonstrate this […]

Trustee Visit to Kambia, April 2019
August 24, 2019

Trustee Visit to Kambia, April 2019

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Richard Kerr-Wilson and David Holmes are retired obstetricians and gynaecologists. They are both trustees of the Kambia Appeal, who have long associations with Kambia. In April this year we visited Kambia for a week on behalf of our fellow trustees. This coincided with Palm Sunday, which was celebrated in style. The purpose of the visit […]

The MCHA Mentoring Project
August 24, 2019

The MCHA Mentoring Project

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by James Dowling, Programme Director Background MCHAs provide the backbone of local health serves in Sierra Leone. Their role was created in the 1970s as a stop-gap solution to the chronic lack of qualified midwives and nurses to provide basic health care to pregnant women and children in remote rural areas. Since then, Sierra Leone […]

August 11, 2019

Crash course in tropical medicine (2020)

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CLINICAL PRACTICE COURSE FOR WORKING IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES (LMIC) (2 days) Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th March 2020 Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL53 7PX This intensive course is for doctors, nurses, midwives and medical professionals who are considering work overseas in a LMIC We aim to […]

February 7, 2019

Crash Course in Tropical Medicine

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CLINICAL PRACTICE COURSE FOR WORKING IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES (LMIC) (2 days) Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March 2019 Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL53 7PX This intensive course is for doctors, nurses, midwives and medical professionals who are considering work overseas in a LMIC We aim to […]

February 7, 2019

The Kambia Appeal becomes a CIO

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The Kambia Appeal is now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). This is a new form of legal entity designed for non-profit organisations in the United Kingdom. The main intended benefits are that it has legal personality, the ability to conduct business in its own name, and limited liability so that its members and trustees will […]

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