The last few weeks has seen a boost to our finances through fund raising. On May 8th Exeter Choral Society nominated us as their chosen charity for their concert. The collection raised £490. On the same evening a nearly new sale was held in Exeter and loving homes...
Trustees Noreen and Sallie returned from Buburi last week after an eventful trip. The clinic continues to go from strength to strength and this is recognised by The Public Health Department. The new Public Health Officer, Winifred Mulamba, paid a visit to the clinic,...
Sallie and Noreen will be travelling to the clinic again on Sunday 7th April and will spend three weeks supporting the Nursing staff and Community Health Workers in their vital work. They will be stocking the ante natal clinic with the first of “The Friends of Buburi...
The clinic is particularly busy at the moment, the nurses are seeing in excess of 50 patients a day and they have had a problem acquiring reliable malaria testing kits. However due to the success of our recent fundraising efforts we have been able to purchase 2000...
A fantastic fun evening was kindly hosted by Lesley and Tony in the Sun Inn, Hulverstone on 26th January. Wonderful tasty Kenyan curries were on the menu with the added bonus of boosting funds! Our very able and entertaining Quiz Masters Ian and Marianne Johnson kept...
On Saturday evening Puertas Quartet delighted the audience with a programme including, Mozart, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. Their playing was sublime and very moving. The Quartet very kindly donated all the profits to Friends of Buburi and with a raffle and wine in the...
If you've a passion for Mozart, Ravel or Tchaikovsky, then come along to St Margaret's Church in Topsham at 7.30pm to see one of the country's most talented string quartets play a programme of beautiful music. Puertas Quartet are led by Tom Norris, a Principal with...
Friends of Buburi trustee Noreen Collins has recently returned from her three week trip to the clinic and shares with us some exciting new developments: ‘Electricity has finally been installed at the clinic which is a great step for us. Not only will it facilitate...
Trustee Noreen Collins is making final preparations for her visit to the Buburi clinic and as always is anticipating an action-packed couple of weeks. She tells us what is in store: 'Following a very successful few weeks of fundraising we now have enough funds to...
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