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
OUR PRESIDENT ELECT SOWS THESEED OF AN IDEA FOR BOTH OF US. We’ve hit our target of £2000 in one year instead of two to train a paediatric nurse, and at the dinner meeting I enjoy the update from Alexis and Gordon Cowie, trustees of
Eight energetic Kenilworth Soroptimists took part recently in a Race for Life at Stoneleigh to raise money for cancer research. They were among over 2000 taking part in a 5 kilometre run (or walk!).
“How to put a smile on her face” Kenilworth and District SI are delighted to report that their bid “Child Mortality in Malawi” has been shortlisted for the next SIGBI four year project. Working through the charity Friends of Sick Children in Malawi
Soroptimists were at the recent Lions Show in Abbey Fields, Kenilworth – despite the miserable weather – selling plants to raise funds for a charity we support: Friends of Sick Children in Malawi. A large array of bedding plants, kindly donated by Borden Hill Nurseries, was
