On Friday 8th August 2008 the 3 Mums, Charlotte, Kate and Ruth, will be taking on the challenge of a three day rowing expedition along the River Thames, raising funds for Suubi Trust.
With a lot of enthusiasm but no previous rowing experience (!), they will row from Lechlade, very near the source of the Thames, along the river to the University Boat Houses in Oxford.
The money they raise will be used to help meet the cost of treatment for a number of cancer patients on Hope Ward.
Atimong Sophie, a 45yr old female from the IDP in Mbuya is probably the most desperate now. She has locally advanced cancer of the left breast which presented as a fungating breast mass for 2yrs. She could not access treatment then due to financial reasons until early this year when she was connected to Hospice Africa and referred to Dr Hodges, a Plastic surgeon in Mengo Hospital. She then had mastectomy (removal of breast) and breast reconstruction free of charge.
She is now recommended to receive 6 cycles of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy but cannot access any help for funds. She is a poor market vendor, selling mainly tomatoes and vegetables to earn a living; she’s married to a builder and has 4 children all of whom never went to school (the eldest is 19yr and youngest is 4yrs old).
If you would like to help then click here to read more…
