To date over £8,000 of income has been generated by elective day surgical procedures at The AMECA Wing; funds wil be used towards the provision of free orthopaedic care for children at CURE's hospital.
We were pleased to hear that the cafe is now open in the wing, generating even more income. We received some photos from Malawi....
Presentations were given by Ruthie at The College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) in Lusaka, Zambia and at The Royal College of Surgeons in London, to inform delegates about our new initiative. AMECA is currently constructing a database of opportunities for UK surgeons and other clinicians to visit African hospitals, with a view to sharing expertise in training and clinical specialties. African...
We are thrilled to let you know that Tim Butcher has agreed to become the first patron of AMECA.
Tim is a former journalist with the Daily Telegraph from 1990 to 2009 as chief war correspondent, Africa bureau chief and Middle East correspondent. A great adventurer, Tim is the author of Blood River, “a journey to Africa’s broken heart” and Chasing the Devil, “the search for Africa’s fighting Spirit”. Tim is also patron to Save the Congo.
We...
AMECA were delighted to host Tim Butcher as their guest speaker at a fundraising event on 10th October.
Author of Blood River and Chasing the Devil and former African correspondent for the Telegraph, Tim gave a really exciting talk about his adventures in the Congo, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Blood River is an account of Tim’s daring expedition on a motor-bike, following in the footsteps of Stanley across the Congo. In Chasing the Devil, Tim walks through Sierra Leone and Liberia...
In September, a fact finding trip was taken to Malawi and Tanzania.
In Malawi it was great to see our new hospital wing being used and patients happy with the facilities. More to the point, this elective day surgical wing is generating income for free paediatric treatment, which was, of course, the whole point!!
Spending time in Tanzania later in the trip provided a...
The Really Wild Travel Company has developed a new challenge for medics, nurses and physiotherapy students. This challenge offers students a really exciting opportunity in Tanzania involving both clinical experience in an African hospital and also a chance to make a real contribution to a local community in need, by helping to renovate a rural clinic. Students will be fundraising in support of The AMECA Trust, their nominated charity.
Sadly, there are many hospitals and rural clinics...
We have had an update from Malawi about the funds being generated by the AMECA Wing built by the AMECA Trust at The Beit CURE International Hospital.
We were very excited to hear that in in the first 6 weeks since opening in May 2011, private patient treatment in The AMECA Wing generated approximately MK 284,250 (about £1,137) of revenue to the hospital....
Ruthie would like to thank all of the new first year medical, nursing and physiotherapy students for the really enthusiastic welcome given to AMECA and to Really Wild. We had an unprecedented attendance at our AMECA stand in the Med School foyer and hopefully you all enjoyed the chocolate brownies!! Special thanks are due to Anna Coates, a 4th year medic, who has done so very much to publicise our work and who has made such a massive contribution, together with the rest of the...
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