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Weʼve raised £160 to buy some essential medical equipment to take out to the healthcare services in Luganville, Vanuatu.
- Funded on Saturday, 22nd June 2019
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Having finished my five years at medical school, I will this April to June be travelling to Vanuatu in the South Pacific to undertake a 6 week medical elective in a small hospital in Luganville. I will also be spending some time with the charity Medical Santo who provide more primary care services and outreach clinics across the island.
These health care facilities will be very different to what we are used to in the UK and therefore I would very much like to take some equipment out to gift to both the hospital and the charity. The kind of things I will be looking to take out are: gloves, thermometers and BP cuffs.
I am holding a fundraising afternoon tea on the 24th February which I hope lots of you will be able to enjoy.
Also I will be offering an optional raffle ticket for every £1 donated. I will shortly be posting the prizes available here. Please do let me know if you would like tickets when you donate.
Thanks for taking the time to donate and I will be sure to let you know what I am able to buy to take to Vanuatu with any kind donations.
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- 5 years ago
Rachel Groome
5 years agoA huge thank you for all your donations. I’ve bought more equipment than I’d ever hoped to be able to take out to Vanuatu, this includes: - 4 paediatric stethoscopes - 4 paediatric oxygen saturation monitors - 2 paediatric blood pressure monitors with various sizes of cuffs - 2 large boxes of gloves - 4 packs of kids plasters for when they receive vaccines I will be sure to update you when the hospital and clinic receive our kind gifts in just over 2 weeks time. Thank you all again, so much 💕 x
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- 5 years ago
Rachel Groome
5 years agoApologies for the delay but the winners of our raffle prizes were Petrina and Rene, both of whom attended the afternoon tea! I have already let them both know :) Altogether we've raised over £400, so I can shortly let you know about all the amazing equipment you've helped me to buy to take over! Thank you all so so much x
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- 5 years ago
Rachel Groome
5 years agoThank you all for your kind donations both online and at the afternoon tea on Sunday. The raffle prizes are as follows: 1. A pamper hamper with lots of treats (photo below) 2. A box of Lily O’Brien’s Desserts Collection Chocolates Prizes will be drawn tomorrow!!! Xx
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Daisy Lavington
Apr 4, 2019
£10.00
Anonymous
Feb 27, 2019
What a great cause well done and good luck
Anonymous
Feb 27, 2019
Well done Rachel. Hope all goes well x
Sarah Solomon
Feb 24, 2019
£10.00
Tania & David
Feb 24, 2019
sounds wonderful Rachel. We hope you find your time in Vanuatu very rewarding.
£10.00
Cat Paterson
Feb 24, 2019
I've heard a lot about you and your studies Rachel (I used to sing with Amy!) All the best for your future work!
£5.00
Amy Groome
Feb 24, 2019
Congratulations on nearly finishing medical school! Enjoy your elective- can’t wait for al the photos to make me jealous of your travels!
£10.00
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