by Power Of Pads | Aug 22, 2011 | Blog
The Friends of Buburi clinic will get a welcome arrival today as a group of volunteers join Noreen for a three week trip. Noreen flew out with Jack Marchant from Heathrow last night, laden down with a bag load of spectacles and rehydration spoons donated to the...
by Power Of Pads | Aug 10, 2011 | Blog
Jo has just completed 100 lengths of the swimming pool in 1 hour 13 mins in preparation for SWIMMING THE SOLENT! The necessity to do 100 lengths prior to swimming the Solent is to try and eliminate those who may end up swept by the tide to the Needles! She must be...
by Power Of Pads | Jul 30, 2011 | Blog
Sallie and Katie have just returned from a 4 week trip to the clinic at Buburi. It was great to see further development of the work there. The nurses were seeing around 50-60 patients per day, which is a bit more than normal but we put the increase down to the Mzungo...
by Power Of Pads | Jul 11, 2011 | Blog
On August 15th five intrepid cyclists will attempt to cycle some forboding and gruelling hilly terrain starting from the Isle of Wight, through Hampshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall to Lands End and back again along the coastal roads in aid of Friends of Buburi. Caleb...
by Power Of Pads | Jul 11, 2011 | Blog
Well done to all especially Joy for hosting and organising the most amazing day! We were blessed with beautiful sunshine after a week of rain. Loads of hard work baking scones, making cakes, making tea and coffee, waiting on tables, washing up, manning stalls,...
by Power Of Pads | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog |
Sallie is off to Buburi in just over a week. On this trip she will be with Katie Dixon, who is also a Registered Nurse from Devon. It is Katie’s first visit to Africa and she is really excited about it. She has been busy raising funds and to this end she ran...
