By
Kitty Acton
Kasese
We're trying to raise £2000 to visit Kagando Hospital in Uganda on a medical elective.
My name is Kitty and I'm currently a fourth year medical student at Manchester University. I will be accompanied on the trip by Steve, a fellow medical student from Cambridge University. We met whilst at school in York, and have remained friends ever since. We got very lucky that our electives are at the same time!
We're hoping that this will be more than just an elective. We have strong links not only to Kagando hospital but also to 'Accomplish' - a charity helping disabled children and their families. We therefore plan to get involved with outreach and community projects.
We also plan to undertake an ethics-based research project focused on informed consent. Relatively few studies look at this issue in developing countries, so we are excited to try and add a new perspective to the way medical decisions are made. This will help the hospital as we plan to present our findings at a medical education session whilst in Uganda, allowing them to assess their practice to see if they are always acting in the best interests of their patients.
We have organised this project with the aim of being useful to both the hospital and Accomplish, but we also expect to gain a huge amount ourselves. The diseases and the medical practice seen in Uganda will be completely different to anything either of us has experienced before. This will equip us with invaluable knowledge for our future careers.
Some of the money donated will be needed for practical costs such as travel and accommodation. We have tried to still make this worthwhile by negotiating special travel plans and hospital accommodation - in other words, we hope you will feel that this money is still helping others!
There will of course be additional costs such as vaccinations, insurance and expenses whilst there that we will be busy saving up for!
If we manage to exceed our target any extra money will be spent on equipment for the hospital and games, bubbles and balloons for the children we visit.
We've come up with some fab rewards to help say a massive thank-you from us for anyone that donates! Have a look over at the right hand side of the page for details of these :)
If you can't give any money you can still help! Please share this project with anyone and everyone that could support us - the more people that know about it, the greater the chance of success.
If you'd rather give an object instead of money this is the list of equipment the hospital needs:
You're welcome to buy the equipment and give it to us to take (most things are available on amazon) or just let us know that you would like your donation to go on equipment only.
If you have any questions about the project we're both more than happy to be contacted via the following:
Kitty
Email: catherine.acton@student.manchester.ac.uk
Twitter: @kittyacton
Steve
Email: sjw239@cam.ac.uk
We're also both on Facebook and will be posting regular updates about how its going!
Useful links
Kagando hospital website: http://www.kagando.org
Accomplish website: http://www.accomplishtrust.org.uk
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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A handwritten thank-you card with photos and a report on how our trip went.
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Estimated delivery: 1 September 2018
A home-baked traybake of your choice delivered to you :) A handwritten thank-you card with photos and a report on how our trip went. (This reward is available for York and Manchester addresses only)
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Beautiful Uganda craftwork (e.g. a bag, jewellery etc.) made by young people with disabilities through a project run by Accomplish. A handwritten thank-you card with photos and a report on how our trip went.
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Estimated delivery: 1 September 2018