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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CLINICAL PRACTICE COURSE FOR RESOURCE POOR ENVIRONMENTS (3 days) Wednesday 18th – Friday 20th July 2018 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 developing country We aim to cover the following topics […]
The Guardian has recently published an article hearing from the hundreds of volunteers who were in Kambia and Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis. The Guardian wrote: “During the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone, hundreds of people – teachers, builders, taxi drivers – volunteered to support not only those who contracted the virus but also their […]
Posted by Katie in General on 15 March 2016 Dr Christopher Leddy is running the Belfast Marathon on May 2nd 2016 to raise funds for the Kambia Appeal, but he isn’t doing it alone! Hear more from Christopher below about his teams effort to raise money for Kambia, and how you can donate: “The Kerr-Leddy contingent […]
Posted by Katie Parker in General on 19 November 2015 Monday 8th – Wednesday 10th February 2016 Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL53 7PX This intensive course is for: doctors or senior nurses/midwives who are considering work overseas in a developing country. We aim to cover all of the following […]
Posted by Katie Parker in General on 05 October 2015 We will be holding the Kambia Appeal AGM on Tuesday 6 October in The Seminar Room, Gloucester Royal Hospital at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome, and we look forward to seeing you there!
We’re launching a campaign to raise money to help efforts in Kambia to tackle Ebola. Due to the devastating outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, we have had to withdraw our long-term volunteers and suspend our programme of week-long training programmes in Sierra Leone for the foreseeable future. In our absence, the Kambia District Medical […]
