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Dr Richard writes…

here you see a sad little Tom with a Burkitts Lymphoma behind his left eyeball. As you can imagine he was in so much pain and cried and cried.

You can see him above with Dennis and Maria our fabulous Chemotherapy nurse (and Dr Hamza our excellent oncology doctor).
Burkitts is largely an African lymph [...]

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During the last couple of months we received £450 from friends and family of Roberta Girvan, given in her memory and in lieu of flowers at her funeral.
Roberta’s youngest grandson, Jamie, lives in Uganda and she was a regular supporter of Cancer charities.
This money will be used to help meet the cost of cancer treatments [...]

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In 2008 Suubi Trust helped to support:

On Hope Ward 289 patients were admitted for complex medical care, including treatments for Cancer

At the Lira Clinic 2,535 patients were treated through the charity project

Suubi Trust sponsored Kenneth, a Clinical Officer in Lira, to receive Immunization training by the District, which enabled the clinic to be accredited [...]

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Emmie

The following is an update about Emmie, one of those being cared for using the funds raised by The Three Mums.
Emmie is a young Nurse who discovered that she had cancer in her brain last year (2007).  Emmie has been in and out of hospital ending up with a huge hospital bill and a large [...]

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Acuma Leone

Leone, 26 years old, lost his parents during the insurgency in Northern Uganda.
He was diagnosed with Cancer by the Lira referral hospital but has no way of accessing treatment, as the cost is just too much for him and his friends.
Leone was referred to Hope Ward and is now receiving cancer treatment for Kaposi’s Sarcoma. [...]

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Jennie, (Kate’s mum), held a coffee morning with friends during October.
They enjoyed hearing about Hope Ward and the work there for Cancer Treatment being supported through funds raised by the 3 Mums.
Jennie and her friends raised
£147
a record for their gatherings.

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We received the following update from Dr. Hamza about three of the patients being treated as a result of funds raised by the 3 Mums:
KF- Has struggled to pay cash (so pleased now to have funds from the 3 Mums) and has finished 3 cycles of the proposed chemotherapy but had not gone any further [...]

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3 Mums Raise over £5,000

In August Charlotte, Kate and Ruth rowed down the Thames raising more than £5,000 for Suubi Trust and Cancer Care in Hope Ward.

£5,371
We have had so many messages of support from their friends and family and would like to add a couple of our own:
Steve, Suubi Trust Treasurer, writes “We are so grateful to you [...]

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Heather Taylor and Katie Barrell are running in the Adidas Women’s 5k Challenge, to be held in Hyde Park on 7th September.
Katie writes…

When I first heard about Suubi Trust through Jo and Heather, I was impressed that their dad is so actively involved with a charity! I went on to research more about what Suubi [...]

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The 3 Mums successfully completed their challenge of rowing from Lechlade to Oxford in aid of Cancer Care at Hope Ward.
You can read more about this initiative on our website here:
http://suubitrust.org.uk/3mumsinaboat
Here they are at the start in Lechlade on Friday morning…

Friends and Family turned up on Sunday afternoon to meet them at the finish in [...]

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