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I am currently spending a year working with the Cameroon Baptist Convention based in the North West of the country in the CBC's palliative care unit. I am going to attempt (note the word ATTEMPT) to climb Mount Cameroon on the 19th of Decemeber to raise money for the palliative care department.

Palliatve care is a very new specialty here and there are only a handful of places in the country where there is a dedicated service for patients with advanced, progressive illnesses. The need though, is great. Cameroon has a high incidence of HIV and AIDS, much of the population live in rural areas in poor conditions and education with regards to health care is limited.

Let me tell you about Victor (whose picture I have attached). He was a 21 year old boy who presented to the hospital with a huge swelling on the side of his head. He had managed to see a specialist (unusually) through his father's work and been diagnosed with a type of cancer which was invading through his skull into his brain. Sadly, because he had just turned 21, his father's company would not pay for any of his medical treatment. When he came to us the swelling was huge and very uncomfortable. Victor was in pain physically but he also felt very depressed.

Over the coming months we were able to care for Victor, visiting him at home, giving him medicine, listening to his fears and questions and supporting his family. Together we were able to make sure that Victor's symptoms were controlled and that he had a place to turn to when things deteriorated.

Victor died a few moths ago. He was supported throughout by our team and his death was pain free and with dignity. To this day I still speak to his twin sister Victorine on the phone when she wants to talk about Victor or just to say hello.

Working here has been a real priviledge but also a huge challenge. Resources are limited and there are many demands on the little resources there are. By raising money for the palliative care unit you would be helping us to care for patients like Victor. The money would go towards the running and costs of our car which is essential to reaching our patients who often live in very hard to reach places. It would also go towards the cost of drugs like oral morphine, the cost of which is very little to you and me, but can be too high for our patients who need, and deserve, to be pain free.

Thank you for any donation you can give. I can assure you it will be spent supporting patients who really need it and who need the hope and comfort that the palliative care team can bring them.

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Thank you so much.

Gill

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Hospice Africa

Hospice Africa

Charity Registration No. 1024903

Hospice Africa promotes palliative care (pain control in terminally ill cancer patients) in sub-Saharan Africa, using oral morphine. The work in Uganda started in 1993 and continues in Kampala, Mbarara and Hoima. Currently, palliative care projects are also being supported in Malawi, Cameroon and Nigeria. See www.hospiceafrica.org.

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Dearest Gill...I thought we were only supposed to know about this sort of thing....AFTER you'd done it??!! We are soooooooooooo proud of you. Luv u

Donation by Dad on 13/12/11

£150.00

+ £37.50 Gift Aid

Very best of luck Gill. I loved the email forwarded by your mum and all her stories about her trip! Be safe on your climb!

Donation by yvonne hughes on 13/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Sounds to me like you are climbing a mountain every day! Good luck from a friend of your Mum.

Donation by Flora Martin on 13/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

You must be off your head! Good luck Lots of love, Simon, Olivia and the gang

Donation by Simon Woldman on 11/12/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

looking forward to seeing the photos of you at the top! A x

Donation by Aylwin Chick on 11/12/11

Best of luck Gill-we'll be thinking of you as you climb 'higher and higher'.... Lots of love Clara and Mick xx

Donation by Clara Russell on 11/12/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Oy Vey! A mountain! Big Al joins me in saying you're a STAR - so proud of you Gill. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Steens & Co

Donation by Rosamund Steen on 11/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Gill, enjoy your climb - good job I'm not doing it with you or I would keep on trying to convince you to "just take a break" like in the 10k k x

Donation by kirsty Matheson on 11/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Go Gill Go!!! Exceptionally proud of you darling. Miss you big time. LOL Sophxxxxxxxx

Donation by Sophie Berger on 10/12/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Presume there's a cable car? Lots of love xx

Donation by Nick and Jen on 10/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Gill, don't think a little thing like a mountain will get in your way - good luck! Love

Donation by Hazel and David xx on 10/12/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

This is a donation from Ian and me

Donation by Jennifer Goldberg on 09/12/11

£300.00

+ £75.00 Gift Aid

If you can run 10k around GlasGOw's darkest suburbs, you can handle this. Remember - constant contact! Good luck, gorgeous - you'll be ace.

Donation by Bulldog xxx on 08/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Just think of the winter woollies I would have got you!!! Great work Gill- Good luck with the climb and the fundraising. Jo xx

Donation by Joanne Renton on 07/12/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Good luck Gill. We are so proud of you. Keep up the good work. XX

Donation by Thiru family on 07/12/11

£75.00

+ £18.75 Gift Aid

Good luck Dr GG! You're a superstar! x

Donation by Tom Cloke on 07/12/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Ummm... you do know that there are crocodiles up the mountain...?? Best of luck! Nxx + Cxx

Donation by Nicky Goldberg on 06/12/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

best of luck

Donation by Venkata Chaitanya on 06/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck!

Donation by Vikas Nair on 06/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good effort GG. Best of luck chick. px

Donation by Pamela Dewar on 06/12/11

Good luck for your climb dearest Gilly! You are truly wonderful and an inspiration to us all. Keep up the amazing work!! Lots of love xxx

Donation by Suba Jones on 06/12/11

£150.00

+ £37.50 Gift Aid

Hope you make it .... or at least enjoy tryiny! God Bless

Donation by Dennis Smith on 05/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Inspirational work Gill. Must be emotionally very difficult although worthwhile. Big respect, keep going, Sarah xx

Donation by SARAH GAWTHORPE on 05/12/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

Good work, Dr G. How to achieve greatness? Climb the mountain. All the best!

Donation by Ross Anderson on 05/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Amazing - nice one, Goldberg xxx

Donation by Hannah Scarisbrick on 05/12/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£3,145.00
  • Gift Aid£773.75

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