Follow our progress at: https://www.challengehound.com/challenge/fbb78250-ff47-11ea-b191-2724c46740d9

The Global Anaesthesia Development Project (GADP) is an international, volunteer-led charity made up of anaesthetists in the UK, Zambia and Ethiopia who are working towards safe surgery.

For millions of people around the world, the lack of specialist physician anaesthetists means a lack of specialist care for the most unwell patients requiring surgery and intensive care. Commonly this is often babies, children, pregnant women or young people experiencing trauma but anyone can find themselves needing surgery at some point in their life. Sadly for millions, that surgery can be very difficult to access and when it is available, can lack essential safety standards.

International partnerships like ours have been working to make surgery safer around the world through training, sharing experience and developing systems of care. Such partnerships are essential now more than ever.

Despite the challenges affecting charities and international partnerships in particular, we are committed to continuing to support anaesthetists in Zambia and Ethiopia. We have adapted and have found new, effective ways to support the specialist anaesthetist training programmes and development of anaesthetic practice using remote methods and mentoring. We have continued to use our experience and strong relationships to do whatever we can to continue our work, and with your help we can take it further.

With this campaign we are working to ensure the essential role of international health partnerships remains on the global agenda and that we can continue to provide specialist training and support to anaesthetists in Zambia and Ethiopia. Contributions will allow us to continue to provide training and support online, pioneer new methods of remote training, and continue to advance vital programmes.

Please give what you can to support our volunteers who will be running, cycling, walking and undertaking many other activities to complete the distance from London to Lusaka, via Addis Ababa, in October, symbolising the importance of GADPs continued work.