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JustGiving

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, tagged on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Last year we started using the JustGiving website to make it easy for you to raise funds for our various projects.
In 2009, 5 pages were created and a total of £6,480 raised, thanks to all those who got involved.
We are currently using JustGiving to raise funds for Cancer Care.
You can help by clicking here…

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Thanks to all those supporting Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, Sponsors, tagged , , , , , , on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Hope Ward Cancer Care is one of our prime areas of focus this year. You can read below some of our patient stories, click here for a full listing.
Your support is making such a difference.
Dr. Helena and the Oncology Nursing team Aisha, Joshi, Irene and Maria wish to thank all of our sponsors for their [...]

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Please Continue To Support Us…

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We had this comment recently from Jennifer, one of our volunteers last year:
I have only recently discovered this sad news. I would like to thank all that have donated time and money to the Suubi Trust, International Hospital Kampala, and those at Hope Ward that took great care of him during the year of his [...]

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Enock: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Goodbye…
Enock broke the nation’s heart when he passed away. He was already ”famous’ when he first came to Hope Ward Cancer Clinic having been interviewed and discussed on many national TV and newspaper communications.
FROM: THE DAILY MONITOR UGANDA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
The major deaths of 2009
November 4: Enock Ssebanga, Uganda’s poster-child for torture, succumbs to leukaemia at [...]

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Emmanuel (‘Emma’): Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Emmanuel (‘Emma’) – wriggling away from his mother as he knows he is going to have a bone marrow test!
Remember this little 5 year old who started treatment for acute leukaemia with us in 2007. He sadly relapsed last year after 18 months of remission – prior to the relapse the clinic was [...]

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Elizabeth: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Elizabeth, with chemotherapy nurse, sister Joshi, 3 years in remission.
Elizabeth had a widespread choriocarcinoma (a womb cancer that is very responsive to chemotherapy). Although Elizabeth is now well, her husband and brother never took her back in again. When they found out she had cancer, they shut the door in her face and left her [...]

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Laetitia: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

At Hope Ward Cancer Clinic we recognise the need for clear accounting and feedback on patients that have been treated in the past.
Laetitia is our very first Hope Cancer patient who suffered from breast cancer, still in remission.

Survivor: Laetitia Lilian Basemera
Laetitia’s testimony:
What does Hope Ward cancer care mean for me as a patient?
I am [...]

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Tom: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Remember Tom from the last report? Tom is known as one of our Hope rascals – he is a bright boy and plays on our computers and mobile phones whenever he visits and gets a chance! We are pleased to note that after completing several months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, tests confirm that his disease [...]

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Richard: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This handsome young man consented to relate his story – Richard comes from the North of Uganda and struggled to travel south to Kampala for treatment, a day’s journey away. He is one of many young people who have seen great suffering across the North, following the atrocities of the LRA war, but he has [...]

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BB: Hope Ward Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, tagged on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

‘BB’ was found by a good Samaritan – ‘BB’ was just 14 yrs old, desperately trying to care for all his younger siblings in the West of Uganda Kagondo district. His mother had just died and father imprisoned in Luzira high security jail. Carers noticed a rapidly growing mass on his back. This proved to [...]

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