top of page
Search
martinw51
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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...
7 views0 comments
martinw51
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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...
19 views0 comments
martinw51
Aug 21, 20182 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Aug 14, 20183 min read
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...
7 views0 comments
martinw51
Jul 16, 20181 min read
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...
3 views0 comments
martinw51
Jun 20, 20181 min read
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...
12 views0 comments
martinw51
Apr 25, 20181 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Apr 5, 20187 min read
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...
25 views0 comments
martinw51
Mar 5, 20181 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Jan 3, 20181 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Nov 28, 20172 min read
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...
9 views0 comments
martinw51
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Sep 19, 20171 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Sep 11, 20172 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
martinw51
Sep 11, 20171 min read
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...
3 views0 comments
martinw51
Sep 8, 20178 min read
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...
14 views0 comments
martinw51
Jun 12, 20171 min read
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...
12 views0 comments
martinw51
Jun 12, 20171 min read
Amalthea Trust are going to Ethiopia this summer
Some months ago we were approached by the Dutch Development organisation CINOP who have asked us to send two volunteers to Tegbareid...
11 views0 comments
martinw51
Mar 23, 20171 min read
Mr Dave Robinson: training student nurses at FINS
I have just returned from a week in Fort Portal, Uganda, training student nurses in their final year on the care and use of medical...
2 views0 comments
martinw51
Jan 25, 20171 min read
Two short video testimonials from two of our Biomedical Diploma students at Kyambogo University
Two of our students talking about the Amalthea Trust's contribution to their Biomedical Engineering training at Kyambogo University,...
15 views0 comments
bottom of page