Opening a new medical learning resource centre in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

During her first four days in Cambodia, Dr Joan Livesley has been developing a new space at M’Lop Tapang for medical and nursing team members at the children’s health centre to learn and develop their skills. Opened today, the new learning resource centre has been made possible by the provision of text books by the …

Joan gets to know the community at M’Lop Tapang

After 48 hours travelling, our second grant recipient, Dr Joan Livesley, arrived in Sihanoukville this morning. We believe M’Lop Tapang is among the best health care centres for children and young people in Cambodia. For the last two years we’ve been working closely with them to to support the relief of health issues facing children …

How to build a sensory room – Part Two: It’s good to talk!

While we’re continuing to seek funding to build our first two sensory rooms, we’ve been busy making exciting plans about how to design these spaces, which will enhance the wellbeing of children and young with developmental delay. Our Director of Nursing, Dianne Cook, has met with Ruth Bell, Learning Disability Specialist Nurse for Pennine Acute …

How to build a sensory room – Part One: Raise some money!

This year we aim to build two sensory rooms. One in the children’s A&E at North Manchester General Hospital (which will be one of a shockingly low number of sensory rooms in a UK emergency department), and the first sensory room in Cambodia. We believe sensory equipment is a vital part of enhancing the wellbeing …

We’ve awarded our second outreach grant

Thanks to support from the British Medical Association Humanitarian fund, a fund designed to support and encourage the development of new initiatives to help teams undertake humanitarian projects in low income countries, we’ve awarded our second outreach grant to Dr Joan Livesley. It means Joan will join our Chairperson, Professor Andrew Rowland, on his outreach …

Sharing essential skills in the local community

As part of our medical outreach project, today we’ve been delivering essential Children’s First Aid skills to members of the local community in North Manchester. We believe it’s important that members of local communities have these skills, yet such training workshops often carry a hefty price tag. Working with our friends at UKIM Khizra Mosque, …