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THANK YOU....

  ......for helping CODRA (UK) ship 2 ambulances and much needed medical supplies to Lukungu Health Centre and Nassa Hospital in the Magu District of the Mwanza Region, Tanzania.

The ambulances will provide medical care to people in the surrounding remote communities, where access to medical care is unaffordable, and often unreachable.

While the immediate population around the health centre and hospital is approximately 25,000, the ambulances will serve a wider area, including neighbouring Busega, which spreads over 2,000 sqkm and is home to 250,000 people. There is just one other ambulance in this area and the nearest main hospital is Buganda Hospital in Mwanza city centre over 100km away. It is here that patients with severe illnesses currently have to be transfered to.

The ambulances will also serve as mobile clinics to nearby remote villages. The clinics will provide basic medical facilities, to weigh babies and provide health education particularly relating to HIV/AIDS. The ambulances will help reduce the unacceptably high rate of infant and maternal mortality and provide follow up care.

In a similar project 2 years ago, CODRA (UK) sourced an ambulance for Mkula hospital from the Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (http://www.codra.org/pages/news/ambulance_to_mkula.php). The vehicle was an invaluable asset, again used as a mobile clinic for doctors to travel to patients in neighbouring villages that would otherwise have been hard to reach.

 

CODRA (UK) now have 2 Fiat ambulances in our posession. Your donations will help us over the finishing line enabling us to source additional medical equipment (such as; wheelchairs, stretchers, defibrillators, stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors amongst others), which will be divided between the two centres, and to finally get these vehicles to where they are needed most.

 

 A massive thank you from all at CODRA UK & CODRA Tanzania.  Your support is greatly appreciated.

 

 

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with a little help from our friends Donation by christopher edwards 28/11/09  

£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid

Hope this helps. Donation by JANEY HILLS 22/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Hope all goes well Donation by Liz & Nigel 22/11/09  

£20.00

Donation by Lyn Davies 22/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Many thanks to several cash donors for this. Every little helps, as they say! Donation by Terry Richter 22/11/09  

£10.00

Good luck and well done Donation by Stanley Evans 21/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Great work. We hope you reach your target! Donation by M&E Balsys 20/11/09  

£50.00

Good luck with this!! - Hope you manage to fund both ambulances there!! hmm....but what about fuel? :-) Donation by Martin 20/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Just giving :-) Donation by Alex Obrist 20/11/09  

Pete, this is a fantastic cause. Good luck! Donation by Mars 17/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good work! Donation by Jonny Preston 16/11/09  

£15.60 + £4.40 Gift Aid

Donation by Joanna Bound 13/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Many thanks to Beverley Purvis Donation by Terry Richter 12/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Many thanks to Howard and Jennifer Bottomley Donation by Terry Richter 12/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Great work Mark Donation by Pauline Innes 11/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I'm incredibly excited about getting the ambulances and medical equipment to where they are so greatly in need! Donation by Peter Ing 11/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

This is really from my mum who says "Keep up the good work!" Donation by Terry Richter 11/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good work Pete! Donation by Victoria Defty 11/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done Pete. Donation by Liz Jones 11/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck and great cause. Andrew Tillyer (PSI). Donation by Andrew Tillyer 11/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Terry twisted my arm too! Seriously we are very happy to support this worthy project Donation by Owen & Valerie Plunkett 11/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

I am happy to support such a valuable scheme Donation by Caroline Footman 11/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Kerry Parr 28/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the best from Fran and family, Netley Marsh UK. Donation by Fran Stanfield 27/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Great work Auntie. Donation by Nick Goldsmith 25/10/09  

£25.00

Such a good cause Pete! Hope you achieve your target x Donation by Jenny Davis 23/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Nice work Dawson - Great cause. Good luck CORDA. Donation by Oliver McAninch 19/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Best of luck Mark, it is a fantastic thing to do. Jo Donation by Joanna Wells 16/10/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Great cause, Bina! Donation by Jo Lodder 14/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Terry Richter twisted my arm - good luck with the project! Donation by Wilf Forrow 13/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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