As Christmas is the season of goodwill (and good eating) we decided to host a cake sale to raise funds for the link. We asked students from the College of Medicine to bake for us and had an absolutely phenomenal response. We had hundreds of cakes and biscuits including a few Christmas classics.. mince pies …
On November 23rd Swansea Gambia Link hosted a fundraising house party which turned out to be a huge success. The party was held at the house of two of the committee members and was given a “Lion King” theme, which involved the house being kitted out in animal print décor, East African music playing and …
2012/13 was a mixed year for the Swansea-Gambia Link. On the one hand, we raised nearly £5,000 through a combination of the Auction of Promises (brilliantly auctioneer-ed by Paul Jones) and a number of us running the Llanelli Half Marathon in early March. A huge thank-you to all those who gave, ran, donated and bid …
A project aimed at sharing diabetes know-how with nurses in The Gambia has been awarded £6,400 by the Welsh Assembly Government. “The visiting nurses will get the opportunity to see first-hand how patients with diabetes are managed in Swansea… [It] can be used as a reference tool to educate students and qualified staff in wound …
Late license, live music, drinks promos and a few very special surprises… On Wednesday the 3rd of February the Swansea-Gambia Link hosts the Auction of Promises at The Vault under No Sign Wine Bar. Last year was an outstanding success raising over £3000, and this year we hope to do even better! We’re happy to …
Thank you all so much for your wonderful support of the Cake Sales so far this year. It has been tremendous! Thanks to the sales, we were able to buy 10 copies of the World Health Organisation‘s Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children to donate to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul. This …
On the night of Wednesday 28th January, the Swansea-Gambia Link held its largest fundraising event of the year with the second annual ‘Auction of Promises’. The Cricketers’ had been transformed for the evening from a local Swansea pub into an all singing, all dancing, cabaret themed auction room to host the occasion. The entire event …
A generous sum of £3000 was awarded in December 2008 by the Tropical Health and Education Trust. This Link has developed an action plan and this funding will allow the first stages of this to be implemented.
The Talent Show, organised by the Swansea medicine students, was a great success. Acts from the students themselves, doctors from the NHS Trust, housemates, friends and family included pop and ethnic dancing, music and song. Featured acts included: A101 – Live music from Phil Maull, Sean Doherty, Shaun Favell & Martin Fawcett Uma Rajesh – …
As part of the pathology project, a decommissioned tissue processor has been donated from the Swansea NHS Trust to the pathology department at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital. Prior to this, all tissue specimens for analysis in the Gambia were being processed by hand – a laborious and time-consuming process. The tissue processor will greatly …
