Friends of Chitambo

Dear Friends, WE HAVE MOVED!   This blog is now archived and we have moved it to our Friends of Chitambo website:  http://www.friendsofchitambo.org.uk You can continue to keep up with u...

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If you are UK-based, or know anyone who is, please, please nominate us for this £1,000 award! DEADLINE FRIDAY 17TH MAY. It only takes a few minutes and will make a big difference to our heal...

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Good news from EquiCare pharmaceutical company, Lusaka, Zambia.  The medical equipment requested by Chitambo hospital staff (an autoclave and x-ray processor along with other goods) has arrived ...

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FoCH is thrilled to announce that we have received a 3rd round of Scottish Government Small Grant funding for continuing the emergency care response work requested by Chitambo: https://www.gov...

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Dr. Bridget Innes, FoCH Trustee/Medical Adviser, donated a consignment of child height/length measuring mats; Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tape measures; and pulse oximetres, for non-invasi...

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Fabulous progress has been made on enabling the emergency care communications network in Chitambo District.  The necessary communications infrastructure (radios and masts) is now in place and w...

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The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has donated a large consignment of emergency care books to Chitambo, via  Class Professional Publishing.  A massive thanks to Mr Paul Gowens, Head Consul...

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Scotland's legacy at Chitambo Zambia, the new museum at the David Livingstone Monument, Chipundu. Thanks to Mr Vipool Patidar, CEO of Synwave Power Zambia, solar power providers, for sharing the...

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What a great event this was, on Thursday 14th March.  Our fundraising seminar talk by our Charity Patron, Julie Davidson and Marion Moffat, great, great niece of David Livingstone's wife Mary M...

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Today, Tuesday 12th March 2019, is the 2nd anniversary of the passing of our beloved Honorary President Mrs Janet Knox.  Janet was a nursing sister at Chitambo in the 1960s. She loved the place...

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FoCH was very proud to have a presence at the inaugural International Women's Day celebrations at the Zambian High Commission in London yesterday, Friday 8th March. The event was a tremendous suc...

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We are so proud of our FoCH team, Consider, Bridget and Tili, who visited Chitambo last week on project monitoring and evaluation business. They were shown great hospitality and had a very busy t...

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Out Trustee, Dr. Bridget Innes, semi-retired Edinburgh GP, is off to Zambia today, taking in her luggage 3 more tablet pcs and around 8 recent British National Drug Formularies (BNFs), destined f...

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Dear Friend or Colleague, If you are within striking distance of Edinburgh, Scotland, on THURSDAY 14TH MARCH 2019, please join us for this  unique Friends of Chitambo fundraising event�...

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 Proudly presenting our new FoCH leaflet, thanks to Trustee Heather Emond: CLICK HERE FOR THE LEAFLET

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See this amazing video about young Zambians contributing, on the international stage, to technological advances: https://www.facebook.com/ZambiaRobotics/videos/2345978615432351/?t=0

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Look at this wonderful page?! : http://chitamboschoolofnursing.com Such progress since opening in 2012? CHITAMBOSCHOOLOFNURSING.COM Chitambo The School was established by th...

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Our hearts are with Zambia as the Great North Road, the main trade route with Tanzania, is cut off by heavy rain: https://www.lusakatimes.com/…/lufune-bridge-on-great-north…/

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Thanks to Edinburgh Software Engineer Paul Vallis for the great progress on building our new website and thanks to content management company, Contentful, for the pro bono charity support: Val...

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Chitambo Hospital, central Zambia, is on the map! Dr Malama, Permanent Secretary for Health, paid his first visit to the hospital on 15th February. What an honour. The visit was a great success. ...

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Message from the Scottish Zambia Partnership (SCOZAP), our Zambian leaders in Scotland: https://mailchi.mp/7d…/join-scozap-for-10k-and-social-event…

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Wonderful Haigs Penicuik.... https://www.haigsbarandrestaurant.co.uk/ .... has hung a selection of photos by Paul Vallis, Penicuik Hunter 2007, for sale in aid of Chitambo Hospital, Zambia. Come ...

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Reaching the remote Reuben Rural health Clinic, on the Congo Border, was very challenging for CC Systems, who installed the new emergency radio infrastructure in  Chitambo District (See pictures...

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Message from Chitambo partners: "The new radio system installation at Chitambo Hospital by CC Systems. All the four(4) ambulances within Chitambo District now have radio communication systems...

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Chitambo Hospital also urgently needs a Mother's Shelter so that, in line with government policy, expectant mothers can deliver in hospital.  The shelter will provide accommodation for up to 1 m...

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