I don’t have any sisters (or brothers for that matter) but what I love about the Soroptimists in my Club is the wisdom and advice that they are always so willing to share with me and the positive way they direct my over-enthusiasm on occasion.
Ok so some of my friends think I should be committed. Husband Dave tells me that he has finally booked the flights, just as well as we are due to fly in 8 weeks. As he says ‘we have to go now’! I’m a bit
Well they say that in every cloud there is a silver lining. Before the end of flaming June we have deluge Saturday. Our plant sale to raise funds for Friends of Sick Children in Malawi at the Lion’s Show is a complete wash out in
We’ve just come back Holland from a fabulous friendship week-end with our sister Soroptimists in Arnhem and Remscheid to the utterly brilliant news that – We have been short listed for the next Quadrennial Project! Wow!!! As Elaine, our President points out, now
I contact the paediatric department and offer the luggage space. The shopping list they come back with is not at all what I had expected. Antibiotic and antiviral drugs yes but the rest seems very basic. Digital thermometers, for all staff to carry in a
Life can be very odd. We live in leafy Kenilworth, population approximately 25,000. My recently retired husband, Dave, went on a walk with U3A. There were 6 people on it, three of whom were retired pharmacists and one was the associate professor for the School
The April newsletter on the Friends of Sick Children in Malawi (FOSCiM) website makes salutary reading. It gives a comparison of UK to Malawi statistics. Although improving they still make heart-breaking reading. From the newsletter: The figures for child mortality under one – For
Agghh!!! After some difficulties I’ve finally heard back from the Lead Pharmacist at the hospital. He wants me to organise the hospital wards inventory in order to come up with the exact list of medicines that a ward can keep. They are just in the
Where the heck is Malawi? The way my husband is behaving you’d think it was the back of beyond and that he’ll be waving me off a la Paddington with a marmalade sandwich in my pocket and a label attached to my coat! We’ve made
OUR PRESIDENT ELECT PUTS THE IDEA TO CLUB AND I HATCH A PLAN. I’ve never done VSO, this might be my chance to do a mini version. My New Year’s resolution is to do things now rather than wait until I retire. I contact Gordon
