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Amalthea Trust at EBME 2025
Once again we were hosted by Hilditch Group on their stand at the annual EBME Conference at the Coventry Arena, and our thanks go out to...
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14 minutes ago1 min read
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Amalthea Trust working at Kyambogo again
In February we once again began sending volunteers to the Biomedical Engineering Diploma course at Kyambogo University, Kampala, after an...
martinw51
Apr 141 min read
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Autumn Newsletter 2024
For a number of reasons largely beyond our control 2024 has been a very quiet year for the Trust, which is in stark contrast to last...
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Jan 273 min read
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Autumn 2023 Newsletter
It has been a busy Summer and Autumn for the Amalthea Trust. We have had three programs running, eight volunteers placed for two weeks...
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Nov 17, 20233 min read
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Marathon Runners Support Our Work in Africa
Last year the Hilditch Hammer’s, Danny O’Brien, Hilditch Group’s Facilities & Transport Manager and Jamie Howes, their Operations...
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Aug 9, 20231 min read
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The Zambia Program Goes Off well
Two first time Biomedical Engineer volunteers from the Royal London Hospital, Delroy Gray and Luciano Piccinini, went out to Zambia on...
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Nov 9, 20221 min read
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We are once again sending volunteers!
After more than two years of suspended operations overseas the Trustees have taken the important decision that it is time that the...
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Jul 7, 20222 min read
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Two More Online Sessions For Zambia
The Amalthea Trust ran two more online sessions in February for Evelyn Hone College BME students in Lusaka, Zambia. Both online workshops...
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Mar 3, 20222 min read
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Happy New Year to all our partners and volunteers!
The Amalthea Trust would like to wish all of our partner organisations and volunteers a very happy, successful and above all healthy...
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Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Amalthea Trust Summer 2021 Newsletter
It has been a year now since our previous newsletter came out, and what a year it has been! All of our field operations were put on hold...
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Aug 2, 20213 min read
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Amalthea Trust at the EBME 2021
On June 30th the EBME Conference 2021 took place at the Milton Keynes Arena in the UK, and it was great to be a part of this big annual...
martinw51
Jul 6, 20211 min read
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Online Workshop for Zambia
On Saturday 24th April the Amalthea Trust, in partnership with The Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and Hilditch Group, conducted...
martinw51
May 11, 20212 min read
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Collecting BME data on your mobile for FREE.
We have recently been discussing possible applications for the new APP developed by Medical Aid International, which is explained below...
martinw51
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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Virtual Volunteering with the Amalthea Trust in 2021
A Happy New Year to all of our partners and volunteers, and of course to anyone else who may be reading this blog post. We all hope very...
martinw51
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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Volunteering in the time of COVID19
Unfortunately all field activities have currently been suspended as we cannot send volunteers out to Uganda, Zambia or anywhere else in...
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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Zambia Scoping Visit
Martin returned recently from a one week visit to Zambia where he teamed up with representatives from the Tropical Health Education Trust...
martinw51
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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Recent Travels and Covid 19
Having just returned myself from a one week scoping visit to Zambia for our up-coming new program there in partnership with the Tropical...
martinw51
Mar 24, 20201 min read
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So, what's it like to volunteer?
Earlier this year a professional film maker followed the work of two of our volunteers for a week at Kyambogo University, and managed to...
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Jan 13, 20201 min read
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Amalthea Return to Ethiopia
July/August saw an unexpected return to Tegbareid college in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Unexpected because the original arrangement between...
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Sep 10, 20191 min read
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Amalthea Trust at the EBME
Last week we had our usual stand together with Hilditch Group (who paid for it all on our behalf so huge thanks to them!) at the EBME...
martinw51
Apr 12, 20191 min read
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