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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- Aug 9
- 1 min
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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- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
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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- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
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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- Jan 4, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
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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- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
Online Workshop for Zambia
On Saturday 24th April the Amalthea Trust, in partnership with The Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and Hilditch Group, conducted...
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- Jan 26, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
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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- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
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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- Sep 10, 2019
- 1 min
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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- Apr 12, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
Checking the Asset Register at Kyambogo University BME lab
Martin Worster, our Programme Director, has recently returned from a short visit to Kyambogo University in the expert company of Ray...
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- Jan 21, 2019
- 1 min
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 2, 2019
- 1 min
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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- Oct 2, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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- Jul 16, 2018
- 1 min
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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- Apr 25, 2018
- 1 min
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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- Mar 5, 2018
- 1 min
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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- Jan 3, 2018
- 1 min
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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- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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- Sep 19, 2017
- 1 min
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 11, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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- Jun 12, 2017
- 1 min
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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- Jan 16, 2017
- 2 min
1st Ugandan National Conference onBiomedical Engineering
Last week Martin flew to Uganda to represent the Amalthea Trust at the very first National Biomedical Engineering Conference to be held...
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- Dec 11, 2016
- 2 min
3rd European Roundtable on Medical Equipment in Low Income Countries
On 11th December last year Mike Hilditch and Martin Worster flew to Paris to attend the above conference called by THET and HUMATEM to...
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- Nov 15, 2013
- 1 min
Even More Employment Success!
Another email from a student updating us on great progress being made.
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- Nov 1, 2013
- 1 min
Employment Success!
The Amalthea Trust was delighted to receive an email from one of our recent graduates informing us that...
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