We are very pleased to have connected Holy Spirit Hospital in Makeni to the UK charity Inter Care, who provide valuable medical aid to Africa. The photo shows the third shipping container from Inter Care UK arriving safely in Makeni. The contents are worth £150,000 and are 100% donated! Dr Patrick Turay, lead Doctor at the Holy Spirit Hospital will distribute the health care goods to 4 hospitals,
The latest figures from the World Health Organisation
The UK Government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) publishes this economic factsheet which summarises key economic data for Sierra Leone on just 2 pages. It offers a snapshot of economic data under headings such as trade/investment, economic development and government finance.
Makeni Trust Fund is very pleased to hear of the success of one of the UNIMAK students that we have sponsored. In November 2020 Rebecca Gibateh (pictured right) wrote:
“It was your support that has ensured I get this far and can boast of being a graduate a few months from now. We were away from lectures due to the intensiveness of the covid 19, but thanks to God we finally came back
Masters students from Sheffield University have been undertaking their study placements at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) for the past five years. One of the first of these was Jessica Jones in 2014. Later, in 2018, Hannah Lewis and Shaza Dous successfully completed their placements in Makeni. All three of these enjoyed their placements in Sierra Leone so much that they have returned to continue
Teresa Kay confidently prepared to run her first marathon
Thousands of runners pounded the pavements and streets in and around York on 20th October for the 2019 Yorkshire Marathon. Many were running for charity, others for personal goals, each one cheered on by supportive spectators lining the route. Now in its seventh year, the event started and finished at the University of York with a mass warm-up in University Road.
Teresa Kay had travelled from Sheffield
