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The Autumn Semester of BME Practicals at Kyambogo University
September/October in 2018 saw a team of 6 volunteers head out to Kyambogo University in order to deliver the Autumn semester of practical...
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Jan 21, 20191 min read
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A Happy New Year to all our partners
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our partner organisations and volunteers a very Happy New Year. We hope that 2019...
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Jan 2, 20191 min read
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Newsletter: Autumn 2018
When the Summer newsletter came out we had two volunteers at Tegbareid Technical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, working on a...
martinw51
Oct 25, 20183 min read
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Our Volunteers Teaching Both Diploma and New Bachelors Courses at Kyambogo This Month.
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...
martinw51
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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Elisabetta Maria Frijia
I’m very grateful for the opportunity that I had to make this great experience in Kyambogo's University, all the four weeks have been...
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Oct 2, 20181 min read
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The Trust's Second Summer at Tegbareid College, Addis Ababa
Satish Thakar and Ray Emslie have recently returned from Addis Ababa where they have been volunteering for the Amalthea Trust in the TVET...
martinw51
Aug 21, 20182 min read
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Newsletter: Summer 2018
A lot has happened since we were last in touch. The Kyambogo University BME Diploma goes from strength to strength and has now been...
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Aug 14, 20183 min read
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All Set for Ethiopia Once Again
Two of our most experienced volunteers are getting ready to fly out to Ethiopia for the second installment of the Amalthea Trust'a...
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Jul 16, 20181 min read
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Mr Ben Johnson: BMET Diploma (Ultrasound Systems)
I have been back for a month after the experience of a lifetime, an experience I would do again tomorrow and one I would recommend to...
martinw51
Jun 20, 20181 min read
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Amalthea Trust at the Global Health Forum 2018 in Geneva
The Trust was represented at the 3 day Global Health Forum in Geneva last week by Martin Worster, who also attended the annual meeting of...
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Apr 25, 20181 min read
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A volunteer’s trip to Fort Portal International Nursing School (FINS), Uganda, March 2018
Well, it wasn’t a very auspicious start to my journey. The BBC news was full of dramatic stories of accidents, travel chaos, school...
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Apr 5, 20187 min read
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New Volunteering Opportunities
Martin Worster, our Programme Director, has just returned from a visit to Uganda where he has been discussing a number of exciting new...
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Mar 5, 20181 min read
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A Very Happy New Year to all of our volunteers and partners!
We hope that the coming year will be a good one for one and all, and with some interesting new projects in the pipeline there should be...
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Jan 3, 20181 min read
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Autumn Semester at Kyambogo Successfully Completed
This semester Jas taught the first topics, Electrical Safety Testing and Management of Medical Devices, himself as the relevant volunteer...
martinw51
Nov 28, 20172 min read
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Volunteering opportunities for Qualified BMETs in Uganda and Ethiopia
The Autumn Semester of 2017 for the Kyambogo University BME Diploma programme has just recently come to an end, with Jas Bilkhu returning...
martinw51
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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Volunteer Conference 2017
Tuesday September 19th saw a group of our volunteers joining us and some of the Hilditch Engineers for our Annual Volunteer's...
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Sep 19, 20171 min read
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A successful conclusion to this summer's Ethiopia Programme
Ray Emslie returned from Addis Ababa on 11th August after completing the second two-week stint at the Training-of-Trainers Programme at...
martinw51
Sep 11, 20172 min read
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Conclusion of Summer 2017 Ethiopia Programme
This summer the Trust sent 2 highly experienced volunteers, Ian Crummey and Ray Emslie, for two weeks each to the Tegbareid Technical...
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Sep 11, 20171 min read
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Ian Crummey's report on the first two weeks of teaching at Tegbareid Technical College, Addis Ab
Prior to departure there was a meeting of interested parties at Malmesbury to go over the safety briefing and sign a few documents, and...
martinw51
Sep 8, 20178 min read
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Amalthea Trust on the BBC about possibly working in Jamaica
Martin Worster joined BBC Radio West yesterday evening for a brief account of the work of the Amalthea Trust. It was part of a series of...
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Jun 12, 20171 min read
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