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 for others this isn’t the case; imagine not being able to pop to the doctors or to have a child who is ill but you cannot get basic care for them? Suubi Trust needs support from as many people as possible to provide basic but LIFESAVING medicine and care for many men women and children in Africa. Even though I haven’t got a fortune to donate I know that every penny helps someone less fortunate than me.

Thanks Caroline for your continued support, we really appreciate it.

Why don’t you join Caroline and give your support to Rose and help raise funds for Hope Ward.

Kevin Duffy, our Chairman, has been working with Wesleyan for the last 3-4 years. Last week he completed his current contract and agreed that it was time to move on. Some of you may be aware that he will take the Managing Director role at International Medical Group at the beginning of May.

His colleagues raised £243 as a gift to mark his time with them and the Wesleyan Charity Commission has kindly agreed to match that making a total donation to Suubi Trust of

£486

We would like to pass on our thanks for this and for their previous support.

Posted in Fund Raising, Staff Tagged: Wesleyan ]]> http://blog.suubitrust.org.uk/2009/04/20/wesleyan-continues-its-support/feed/ 0 Suubi Trust Wesleyan continues its support... http://blog.suubitrust.org.uk/2008/06/21/one-year-old/ http://blog.suubitrust.org.uk/2008/06/21/one-year-old/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:34:58 +0000 Kevin http://suubitrust.wordpress.com/?p=524 ]]> Suubi Trust is one year old tonight. Earlier today we had our Annual General Meeting at which Steve presented our Financial Summary. In our first year we have raised just over £48,000.

We have been able to support all of the following:

• We established a new TB Lab at the hospital in Kampala and helped to support the work of Dr Mark, Dr Grania and Bosco as they led the way in establishing and validating a new TB diagnostic method, MOTS. Target TB has recently provided a grant to help complete the clinical validation and initial phase of testing and treatments.
• In Lira, Northern Uganda, we have been providing primary healthcare to 250 patients each month since the start of 2008. This work has been supported by St. Peters Methodist School in Canterbury, Aspect Capital, Port-P, Wesleyan Assurance and Kuvuka Coffee. We provided funding for staff to receive training by the Ministry of Health and this team has recently started an immunisation programme for those living in and around Lira (immunisation drugs are supplied by the Ministry). In the second half of 2008, in addition to continuing the work above, we hope to start an HIV-AIDS community outreach programme in which the team will provide voluntary counselling, testing and treatments; in this initiative we are working with Hands of Help.
• We have provided various funding for care given to patients at Hope Ward. These have included a number of surgical procedures and cancer treatments. We have further supported Hope Ward by working with a number of organisations, including Cardiac Report Limited, SonoSite, Inverness Medical UK and Morriston Hospital Swansea, to provide much needed medical equipment; the value of which we estimate to be just over £40,000.
• We have just started a new project in Pader, Northern Uganda, where we are working with the Government to renovate, equip and manage the Health Centre. We are hoping that this facility will become the prime referral centre for this region and be a base from which we can perform community based outreach providing much needed healthcare. If we can find sufficient funding this will include perhaps up to 5 mobile clinics that can reach the most rural areas; this initiative is being heavily supported by Dunavant Cotton, HIPS and USAID.

We are absolutely delighted with the level of support received and want to thank you all so much.

There’s lots more to be done, together we can make a difference.

Please consider helping; you can read more about Giving by clicking here…

Of these patients, 73 were five years or under (27%) and 47 between 6-15 years old (17%).

Malaria and related conditions are by far the most prevalent with 118 patients (43%) being treated.

230 (84%) of our patients were referred from 9 sources as follows:

1. Victory Outreach Church 38
2. Lira Primary School 35
3. St. Philips Church 31
4. Lira Main Mosque 27
5. St. John Bosco Church 25
6. Lira Cathedral 23
7. Montensori Nursery 20
8. Dokolo Chapel 17
9. Christian Renewal Church 14

A big thank you to the staff at the clinic including; Sophie, Ambrose, Kenneth, Mosesand Samuel. You can read more about them here…

It costs us just £7.50 to provide care to our patients and the clinic has a monthly capacity to provide such treatment for about 200 patients. In 2008 we need to raise £18,000 which will treat 2,400 patients. So far we have raised more than £11,000 from the following sponsors:

• Aspect Capital
• Port-P
• Wesleyan Assurance
• St. Peter’s Methodist Primary School
• Kuvuka

Of course that means that we are still seeking sponsorship to meet the remaining £7,000, which we will need before the end of this summer.

You can help by letting others know about us and by giving whatever you can; there are a number of different ways in which you can make a donation, including doing so online, just click here for more information…

Remember just £7.50 can provide life changing treatment…

Please Help

Our initial aim is to provide funds totalling £18,000, during 2008, to provide primary healthcare to the most disadvantaged in this region. We anticipate that such care and treatment will be received by 200 patients each month, 2,400 over the full year. Without such intervention, those being treated would either be unable to find the care needed or simply not be able to afford the fees being charged.

We’ve got off to a great start through generous sponsorship from Aspect Capital, Port-P, Wesleyan Assurance and a number of individual supporters. To date we have raised just over £10,000.

In the period December 29th to January 31st we provided care to 184 patients. Each Patient contributes UGX2,000 towards the cost of treatment, the balance, 93%, is met by Suubi Trust.

This Report gives an overview of the care provided to 54 patients in the last week of January. The report shows the various conditions being treated, patient demographics and our referral source.

Read more here…

The Wesleyan Charity Commission has given £3,000 in sponsorship for the Lira Clinic.

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