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...

It has been a busy Summer and Autumn for the Amalthea Trust. We have had three programs running, eight volunteers placed for two weeks...

Two first time Biomedical Engineer volunteers from the Royal London Hospital, Delroy Gray and Luciano Piccinini, went out to Zambia on...

After more than two years of suspended operations overseas the Trustees have taken the important decision that it is time that the...

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...

On Saturday 24th April the Amalthea Trust, in partnership with The Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and Hilditch Group, conducted...

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...

Last weekend our last two volunteers flew home having completed the latest semester of practical sessions for the Kyambogo University...

Amalthea Trust training at FINS, Fort Portal,  Uganda. 18th to 27th October 2019. Tired, and with aching limbs after travelling for over...

The Amalthea Trust is currently looking at starting up a new program in partnership with the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and...

July/August saw an unexpected return to Tegbareid college in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Unexpected because the original arrangement between...

Back in April Jas Bilkhu returned from another successful semester of practical classes at Kyambogo University. He was there together...

September/October in 2018 saw a team of 6 volunteers head out to Kyambogo University in order to deliver the Autumn semester of practical...

This week our Programme Manager, Jas Bilkhu, will be flying out to Uganda once again with a team of volunteers for the start of the...

Satish Thakar and Ray Emslie have recently returned from Addis Ababa where they have been volunteering for the Amalthea Trust in the TVET...

Well, it wasn’t a very auspicious start to my journey.  The BBC news was full of dramatic stories of accidents, travel chaos, school...

This semester Jas taught the first topics, Electrical Safety Testing and Management of Medical Devices, himself as the relevant volunteer...

The Autumn Semester of 2017 for the Kyambogo University BME Diploma programme has just recently come to an end, with Jas Bilkhu returning...

Ray Emslie returned from Addis Ababa on 11th August after completing the second two-week stint at the Training-of-Trainers Programme at...

This summer the Trust sent 2 highly experienced volunteers, Ian Crummey and Ray Emslie, for two weeks each to the Tegbareid Technical...