Friends of Kagando
National (UK) Meeting
You are warmly invited to join us for a time of information and vision sharing
on Saturday 8th May 2010 from 12.00 to 5.00pm
at St Luke’s Church, Redcliffe Gardens, West Brompton, London SW10 9HF
Please join us to share your own and hear others’ experience
Bring a friend, especially a first-timer considering their own visit to this beacon in Western Uganda or just wanting to support as a ‘Friend’
Guest of Honour – Dr Frank Asiimwe
Specialist General and Fistula Surgeon and
Medical Director, Kagando Hospital
Please bring own lunch
Hot drinks, soft drinks, fruit and tea-time cake provided
RSVP
Ceri Settatree, Fox House, Ashford Road
Cheltenham GL50 2QZ Tel: 01242 701166
email: ceri.settatree@blueyonder.co.uk
If you have visited Kagando you are invited to bring photos, posters or a short talk:
Posters (max size 841x1189mm – A0) welcome
Offers (in advance) for short ‘free’ presentation welcome
Your best (max five) digital photographs (.jpg) with prize for the best!
Travel to West Brompton
St Luke’s Church is between Redcliffe Gardens and Finborough Road about five minutes walk from Earl’s Court Tube and West Brompton Rail stations - click on link below for map
http://www.stlukeschurch.co.uk/#/where-we-are/4532072405
Car Parking is difficult and limited. The nearest sizable car park is: Metropolitan Car Parks Ltd
Whistler Tower, World's End Estate, London SW10 0ED
Tel: 020 7376 7948
This is just north of the Thames between Cheyne Walk and Edith Grove 5 –10mins walk from St Luke’s Church - click on link below for map
Friends of Kagando Newsletter
There were a record number of operations performed in Kagando Hospital in 2009.
Read this and other stories in a newsletter from a recent visitor to Kagando
(Click HERE to go to newsletter)
The main items discussed include:
- Electricity – bad news and good news.
- Senior personnel changes.
- Projects completed or in progress: Neonatal Extension, Water Projects, Water Filter Project.
- Theatre Project – Extension and Re-Furbishment.
- Fistula surgery.
- International medical support
- IT: internet access, computers and network.
- Balancing the budget.
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12.00 |
Arrival – Posters – Photograph displays Coffee, tea and soft drinks Time for own lunch/sandwiches and meeting one another
Session One |
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13.00
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Worship and Prayers – Frank Asiimwe and Andrew Dow ‘Kagando – Healing and Hope’ – Andrew Dow |
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Session Two |
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13.25 |
Brief history of Kagando and the Friends of Kagando -Keith Waddell and Rob Morris |
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13.40 |
Hospital activity – statistics and recent trends – Ralph Settatree |
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13.55 |
Finances - KARUDEC and Friends of Kagando - Andrew Holt |
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14.10 |
Infrastructure - Water, electricity, IT, microfinance - Phil Hickling |
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14.25 |
Education - Schools and student welfare - Ann Bennett
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14.40 |
Break – Soft drinks, posters, photographs
Session Three |
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15.00 |
Short presentations |
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1. Kagando in the 1960s and 70s – Gerry Rineer |
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2. Dental care in Kagando – Gill Morgan |
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3. Update on Nzirambi Orphans Talent Development Centre (NOTDEC) – Janet Johnston, John and Carlee Leftley |
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4. Our medical student elective – Paul Shepherd and Helen Reid 5. Three months in Kagando as a surgery trainee – Morwena Marshall
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15.40 |
Kagando Hospital – Reflections on the last 14 years and the challenges that lie ahead – Dr Frank and Mrs Sharon Asiimwe |
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Session Four |
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16.10 |
Open discussion and feedback – submitted questions to speakers |
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16.35 |
Concluding remarks and future plans for KARUDEC and Friends of Kagando – Rob Morris Photo competition results!
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16.45 to 17.00
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Tea and Cakes |
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Friends of Kagando is a registered charity in England and Wales number 1100302
www.friendsofkagando.org.uk email: admin@friendsofkagando.org.uk
