by Power Of Pads | Jan 17, 2018 | Newsletter
Steven is 20 years old, lives with his mother and two sisters and arrived at the clinic with terrible burns. The family usually cook outside on a fire made from wood. However if it’s raining they cook inside on a jiku and charcoal is used, but charcoal is expensive so...
by Power Of Pads | Sep 11, 2017 | Newsletter
As a small charity, fundraising is a vital part of what we do. After all, we wouldn’t be able to support Buburi Clinic without it. In the past year we have been spending a lot of time applying to grant giving organisations, with some success. We have also organised a...
by Power Of Pads | Sep 11, 2017 | Newsletter
As a volunteer for Friends of Buburi and a midwife in the UK, I was really excited to see the completed maternity unit when I visited this year along with another midwife volunteer, Yaa. I last visited Buburi in 2012 when I helped Noreen, one of the Trustees, set up...
by Power Of Pads | Sep 11, 2017 | Newsletter
In June we ran our 100 Friends Campaign, when we asked people to make a regular donation of £10 per month. We aimed for 100 donors and although we didn’t quite achieve that we raised a staggering £4000 and most of this is in regular donations. It’s...
by Power Of Pads | Sep 11, 2017 | Newsletter
Fostine was 20 years old and pregnant with her first child when she arrived at the clinic at 2 pm in the afternoon. For the first few hours it was incredible to believe she was in labour as she preferred to sit outside with her sister in law rather than lie in a bed...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 4, 2016 | Newsletter
As many of you know, we took part in a crowd funding campaign in June this year. We had never done anything like this before, in fact our understanding of crowd funding was pretty hazy to say the least. However, fundraising is an ongoing necessity to continue the life...
