Hospice Ethiopia UK is delighted with the amazing support that they received during the donation
week in December. The success of the week means that the project to develop a range of
standardised palliative care courses approved by the Federal Ministry of Health can start early in 2021.
Read more about The Big Give Christmas challenge in ehospice news.
The Big Give 2020 launches on 1st December
We’re very excited to let you know that Hospice Ethiopia UK has again been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020, the UK’s largest match funding campaign.
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Get ready for 2021 with a Hospice Ethiopia Calendar
This year, in addition to our popular Christmas cards, we’re pleased to announce the 2021 Hospice Ethiopia UK Calendar.
The calendars include a selection of stunning photographs of the animals, landscape, people and culture of Ethiopia.
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Support Hospice Ethiopia With your Christmas Cards
We’re pleased to announce that this year’s Christmas Cards in aid of Hospice Ethiopia are on sale. Be quick! They’re selling fast!
Mixed packs of 10 cards, £2 + postage
This year, cards are on sale directly from Marion Bryce:
Phone: 01953 607501
Email: celia.bryce@btinternet.com
Each pack includes a mixed selection of four exclusive designs by local artist, Alice Roberts.
Patient Profile: Maaza
Our fundraising is used to care for people like Maaza (not her real name) in Addis Ababa. She was a 30 year old lady with cancer of her lower jaw. Following surgery, the wound became infected so it didn’t heal. Her face became distorted by the mass which did not respond to chemotherapy. By the time the Hospice Ethiopia nurses met her, she hadn’t had a proper might’s sleep for 3 months. The pain & distress were overwhelming. The nurse reported Maaza “felt sad, hopeless and unworthy”.
The nurses visited her frequently at home; they provided medicines & dressings to control the pain & infection. They also gave her information about her illness as she previously had no understanding about it.
Although her illness could not be cured, her quality of life was greatly improved and she and her husband were able to sleep at night. Two months later, Maaza died peacefully at home with her family, free from pain & distress.
Fundraising at Mannington Hall
Hospice Ethiopia UK has continued to support Hospice Ethiopia during the pandemic with financial support, assisting with the procurement of PPE and advice about adjusting the day to day running of the hospice. The day unit has been closed and these patients are now supported by phone. Our fundraising has been severely curtailed this year by the pandemic but we were delighted to raise £439 at the Mannington Hall Charities day on September 6th. We’re also very grateful to donors who have set up a standing order, which ensures regular funds for Hospice Ethiopia. If you would like to help Hospice Ethiopia in this way, please email info@hospiceethiopia.org.uk
2018 Annual Report
You can view the annual report for 2018 by clicking the below link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0myqe1kw7ujhp3c/HEUK%20Report%20Autumn%202018.pdf?dl=0
Successful fundraising in November & December 2018
We had a number of successful events to round off 2018; in particular the Big Give, which ran from 27th November to 4th December. We had hoped to raise £8,000 which meant we needed our donors to give £4,000 which would then be matched to raise £8,000. In fact, our donors gave £5,007 (£4,000 of which was doubled) and with Gift Aid the total raised was over £10,000. A fantastic result, which we could not have achieved without so many of our donors taking part.
Other events included Mary Lamb’s Open House event in December, which raised over £2,477, and the Bridge event at the Bishop’s Palace in Norwich, which raised over £1,450.
Below is our Hospice Ethiopia tree, at the St Michael’s Church Christmas Tree Festival in Aylsham:
Many thanks for all your support in 2018 and wishing everyone all the best for 2019!
Video: Palliative care training with Clinical Officer Yohanna
Clinical Officer Yohanna speaks to Dr Mumford about her work towards a Diploma in Palliative Care in Uganda
The Big Give is Live. Your donations matched for one week!
Many of you have generously made donations in the past that have helped provide care for many patients. We’re very excited to let you know that Hospice Ethiopia UK has been selected this year to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2018, the UK’s largest match funding campaign.
We will be raising money for our project, which is to pay for the nurses’ salaries at Hospice Ethiopia for six months. These nurses provide vital care and symptom control in people’s homes for those dying from cancer and other terminal illnesses. They are often their only point of contact, bringing relief to truly desperate people.
One donation, twice the impact!
Donations to this project will be matched for 7 days from 12pm on 27th November. So every pound you give during that period means two pounds for Hospice Ethiopia.
What happens during the Christmas Challenge?
Donations made to our project via theBigGive.org.uk will be doubled during the campaign. If you would like to support our work this year, we highly recommend doing so during the Christmas Challenge when your donation will make even more of a difference to Hospice Ethiopia.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at info@hospiceethiopia.org.uk
Finally, please pass on this message to anyone who you think might be interested in supporting us and having their donation doubled.
Many thanks in advance,
The Trustees of Hospice Ethiopia UK
