Huge thanks to everyone who came to hear Lord Dannatt’s talk in June (see above photo). His talk was fascinating from responding to questions about 19th century warfare right up to analysis of the conflict in Ukraine. His insights into Putin’s Special Military Exercise were particularly thought provoking. With a packed audience an amazing £1083 was raised to support the work of Hospice Ethiopia.
We were delighted to be invited by Kate MacNicol to provide the teas at their Open Garden at the end of May. Alongside 200 varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas, this open garden in North Norfolk also has some wonderful magnolias, camellias, expansive lawns, woodland walkways and vast carpets of spring bulbs. Its 4-acre Azalea Water Gardens holds 2,000 Azalea mollis plants which is believed to be the largest single planting in the UK.
We are extremely grateful to all of the many volunteers who helped with baking cakes, serving teas, setting up, clearing up, parking and more. Thanks also to the Blakemore foundation who donated some cakes.
We were extremely lucky with the weather, the sun shone down and it was a glorious spring afternoon. Overall we made a fantastic £684 for Hospice Ethiopia!
Please see below video of Ephrem Abathun, the director of Hospice Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, thanking UK donors for all their support.
Rev Canon Nick Garrard’s talk on Artists, Sitters and Settings on the 18th January raised just over £300 towards the running costs of Hospice Ethiopia. Many thanks to Nick for this fascinating and stimulating event. Rev Dr Nick Garrard is Bishop’s Officer for Christian Spirituality through the creative arts (Norwich).
One donation, twice the impact
Many of you have generously made donations in the past that have helped provide crucial care for patients. We’re very excited to let you know that Hospice Ethiopia UK has been selected again this year to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022, the UK’s largest match funding campaign.
We will be raising money specifically to pay for 2 senior hospice staff to undergo continuing professional development, in order to ensure the future sustainability of Hospice Ethiopia. The accountant, Gullilat Korbu, wishes to undertake a course in leadership and management training and Nurse Filagot Tadele plans to do her Masters in Palliative Care at Hospice Africa Uganda.
We have secured £4000 in matched funding, now we need donations to equal this amount to benefit completely from the matched funding pot. Donations to this project will be matched for 7 days, from 12pm on Tuesday 29th November. So, every pound donated during that period means two pounds for Hospice Ethiopia. More information will follow on how to donate, closer to the time.
The sun shone on this annual event on Sunday 4th September, and we were delighted to see many supporters at the event. Our bottle Tombola raised £259 which will again be sent to Addis Adaba to help fund care for Hospice Ethiopia’s patients in their own homes. Many thanks to our trustee Marion and her volunteers who organised this fundraiser.
We have 2 beautiful designs for Christmas cards for 2022, including a new design showing an Africa-focussed Christmas bauble, and a popular design from a previous year. Both designs are exclusive to Hospice Ethiopia by linocut printmaker and artist Alice Roberts. Cards in packs of 10 are priced at £5 per pack (+postage if applicable) and are available from Marion (celia.bryce@btinternet.com), Sue (info@hospiceethiopia.org.uk) or the pop-up Christmas card shop at St Peter Mancroft church, Norwich (from 19/10/21).
We also have a new calendar for 2023, featuring amazing photos from around Ethiopia -these make ideal Christmas presents! Calendars are £10 each (+ postage if applicable) and are available from Sue (info@hospiceethiopia.org.uk).
Very many congratulations and thanks go to Dr Freddie Collins for her amazing fundraising swim between the 2 piers in Brighton. She raised a staggering £1,375 from 44 supporters. Thank you so very much to all those who donated to this valiant effort. This money will go to Hospice Ethiopia to provide care for people desperately in need. Dr Freddie Collins has now arrived in Addis Adaba taking with her much-needed medical supplies for Hospice Ethiopia for example stoma bags. She is volunteering at Hospice Ethiopia and we look forward to hearing about her experiences.
Hospice Ethiopia is delighted to be welcoming Dr Fredrika Collins to work as a volunteer for the next few months. Before she leaves the England’s shores, she is raising money for the Hospice by swimming between the 2 piers at Brighton – a distance of about 1km. Please support this valiant effort by donating via JustGiving.
Fredrika is an internal medicine trainee in Brighton, exploring a career in palliative care. In September 2022 she is moving to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to work for a year as a teaching fellow within the internal medicine department of Addis Ababa University. During this time she will also be volunteering for Hospice Ethiopia, by working clinically in their Day Care, Outpatients, and Home care programmes and assisting with education and training.
She completed her undergraduate medical degree at King’s College London, and foundation training at Croydon University Hospital. Between 2019-2020 she worked as a research assistant in Peru on a trial investigating the health benefits of clean cooking gas, before moving to Brighton to commence her internal medicine training.
She is particularly interested in the role of healthcare professionals in tackling local health inequalities, and set up the Health Education England approved ‘The Global Health Series’ in 2018, which continues to run at several trusts across London and the Southeast.
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