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By Hannah Magoola: International Hospital Kampala (IHK) makes 10 years on December 8th 2010 since its official opening by the ex-Prime Minister, Professor Apollo Nsibambi in Old Kampala in 2000. IHK moved to its purpose-built facilities in Namuwongo in 2005 and in 2006 it launched its charity ward Hope Ward. The Concert for Hope is [...]

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We’ve just received £500 from Emily for Cancer Care at Hope Ward. She raised these funds earlier this year climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Emily’s page is here… Last summer I travelled to Uganda and again I fell in love. I visited the International Hospital in Kampala and I was hugely taken by one particular ward, called [...]

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You may remember those earlier postings, here and here, about Louise and Daniel setting off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? We’ve had this recent update: We raised £545, the hike wasn’t too difficult apart from a little sickness! I wish we could have raised more but most of my friends are students so I didn’t raise [...]

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By Clea Meynell: The IMG team has developed a draft plan of the proposed operating theatre (see below). There is ample space around the existing buildings on-site, and under the proposed plans the theatre would be easily accessible from the main facility building, leading straight onto the ward dedicated to post-operation patients and post-natal care. [...]

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Louise, Daniel and Emily will be climbing Kilimanjaro later this month and have decided to donate some of the funds they are raising to help support the work at Hope Ward. You can visit the justgiving page for Louise and Daniel by clicking here… On the 17th of July Louise Seres and Daniel Wade will [...]

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Dr. Alison has been a great help recently on our Touch Namuwongo programme. She has helped to establish some new treatment guidelines, especially for cervical screening and the STI clinic. She has just posted this on her blog … >>> …front page headline of a national newspaper yesterday!! Then another bit of classic primary prevention [...]

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Robin Hood Tax

Are you aware of the “Robin Hood Tax” campaign A tiny tax on bankers that would give billions to tackle poverty and climate change, here and abroad. This tax on banks – not you or I – has the power to raise hundreds of billions every year. It could give a vital boost to the [...]

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On the 17th of July Louise Seres and Daniel Wade will be climbing Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. The trip is totally self funded so all money raised will go to charity. The charities chosen, Suubi Trust and Kigezi Healthcare foundation (KIHEFO) are both working towards a better standard of healthcare for patients in Uganda. Suubi [...]

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JustGiving

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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