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Caroline worked with me at Wesleyan and has been a great help and support in raising funds and awareness for Suubi Trust. She has just posted this in response to Rose’s Walk:

I joined this cause and support the Subbi Trust because in my life, everyday, things are on tap when I need them – but [...]

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Yesterday was a very special day. More than 60 supporters from across the globe: USA, UK and Uganda, joined Rose Clarke to walk 52 km from Bamuanika to Kiowoko Hospital, a journey Rose made back in 1989. For Rose and her friends, yesterday’s walk was in celebration of her many years of freedom, restoration, growth, [...]

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Dr. Grania Brigden (Price) worked at International Hospital Kampala as a volunteer, with VSO, for one year up to September 2008. She and her husband Dan kept their family, friends and supporters up to date on their experiences via their Blog, The Flip Side of the Coin.
The Blog has now become available as a book [...]

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Target: £12,500.00
Raised so far: £5,926.00
Almost £6,000 received so far and some more pledged, please help if you can.
In 1989, as a young girl, Rose Nanyonga was forced to leave her family’s village in Uganda.  She was alone and, as a female in Uganda without family protection, she had little hope. At the root of her [...]

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In an earlier posting I mentioned that for a hospital to operate well we need, in addition to Doctors and other Clinical staff, a wide range of non-clinical expertise.
Much of my time over the last few months, and indeed during my time over the last 2-3 years as a non-exec Director, has been spent reviewing [...]

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Clare Mulvany first posted the following on her Blog in July 2006. At the time she was on a journey around the globe interviewing ‘people who change our world’ about their life stories. Her theme of “Social Entrepreneurs” has since blossomed into a new book, “One Wild Life”, about which I will post details later.
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Kaluba has been a patient on Hope Ward and his story was printed in today’s Monitor:
Our thanks to Dr Richard and the clinical team who have helped to make such a significant change in Kaluba’s quality of life and to Dr Ian and other supporters who generously sponsor such care on Hope Ward.

Only a month [...]

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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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Dr Richard writes…

This is Edward from Touch Namowongo and I guess this is our commonest admission. Advanced HIV and pulmoary Tuberculosis… a deadly combination. He came in on a stretcher because he was so weak and malnourished…He weighed 26.5kgs. They get so sick they can’t eat or drink and end up looking like this..really skeletal. [...]

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Dr Richard writes…
Grace, a lady in her late thirties, went into labour with fourth child. Went to health centre and diagnosed obstructed labour (baby could not get out). Went to hospital and had caesarian section but too late (happens commonly) and baby was stillborn and there was much damage to her pelvic organs. Went [...]

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