X-ray Project – Fundraising completed!

I am very pleased to provide you with an update on the x-ray project and happy to announce that we have reached our fundraising target! This is great news for Ola During Children’s Hospital and the children in Sierra Leone.

More good news is that the equipment is scheduled to arrive on the 18^th of May and a clearing agent is already processing the paper work so that we get the equipment out of the port within days of its arrival. Meanwhile, the recruitment process for x-ray technicians is underway and a Canadian radiographer arrived last week to help set up the x-ray department and further train the technicians over the next 4 months. The radiography staff will undergo a radiation protection safety training in May 2013 and the Radiation Protection Board will come to inspect the x-ray department in June, which is when we hope to have the x-ray department up and running.

I continue to be very excited about this project because I know that a functioning x-ray department will have a positive impact on the care we can provide for the children in the hospital. I look forward to the day that we no longer have to send children across town to Connaught hospital for x-rays!

I would like to extend my appreciation to everyone who raised money for this project, as friends and family of Welbodi Partnership staff made over 150 contributions over the past 9 months. I would also like to thank the various Foundations that have made significant contributions to this project.

Tenki plenti.

Welcome to our newest team member: Dr Paul Gibson

We are excited to welcome our newest team member: Dr. Paul Gibson

Paul is a paediatrician from England who has come to work at the Ola During Children’s Hospital for a year through the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Global Links programme. He qualified from Manchester Medical School, England, in 1981. He studied and worked in the UK (Manchester, Liverpool, London, Northern Ireland, Lancaster and Cumbria), India, South Africa and Papua New Guinea. He is taking a sabbatical from paediatrics and child health in Lancaster and Cumbria from March 2013.

Paul will work alongside the paediatric consultants at the hospital to provide clinical services on the wards as well as support and supervise the Sierra Leonean house officers during their six-month rotation. Paul will also help pioneer the postgraduate training programme for doctors at the hospital.

Welcome to the team Paul!

Would you like to get involved? Contact info@welbodipartnership.org

Two Vacancies with Welbodi

The Welbodi Partnership is looking for people to join our team in Freetown to work at the Ola During Children's Hospital. We are advertising for two positions: a volunteer project coordinator and a project manager. If you are interested, please click on the links below for further details including the job description and application procedure. 

Vacancy: Volunteer Project Coordinator

Vacancy: Project Manager

Will you help us improve healthcare for the children in Sierra Leone?

If you know of someone else who might be interested, please forward this message to them.

Best wishes for 2013 on behalf of the Welbodi Partnership team

Vacancy: Project Manager

The Welbodi Partnership has a position available for a Project Manager in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Please distribute this notice widely to those who might be interested in this great opportunity to help us improve child healthcare in Sierra Leone.

Position Available – Project Manager

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Assignment Length: 12 months, from 13^th May

Salary & Benefits: Commensurate with experience

Reports to: Welbodi Partnership Directors

Application Deadline: 1^st February 2013

The Welbodi Partnership seeks a Project Manager for a Comic Relief-funded project to improve healthcare services for children in Sierra Leone, based at the national children’s hospital, the Ola During Children’s Hospital (ODCH) in Freetown.

The Welbodi Partnership works with the Government of Sierra Leone, the ODCH management and other stakeholders to fund, implement and evaluate locally-conceived projects through the Sierra Leone Institute of Child Health (SLICH).

The Welbodi Partnership welcomes applicants of all nationalities, but actively encourages applications from qualified Sierra Leoneans at home or in the Diaspora, as well as individuals from other African countries.

Please see the full job description and application details here.

PLEASE NOTE: The Welbodi Partnership will not accept CVs and Cover Letters for this position. Please fill and email our Application Form. Otherwise your application will not be considered.

Interested candidates should please complete and send the Welbodi PartnershipApplication Form to Dr Tom Pearson, email: jobs@welbodipartnership.org

Vacancy: Volunteer Project Coordinator

The Welbodi Partnership has a position available for a Volunteer project coordinator in Freetown,  Sierra Leone

Please distribute this notice widely to those who might be interested in this great opportunity to help us improve child healthcare in Sierra Leone.

Position Available – Volunteer project coordinator

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Assignment Length: 12 months, from 13^th May 2013 or earlier

Salary: volunteer post

Benefits: Shared accommodation in Freetown, roundtrip flight, insurance, transport to and from place of work

Reports to: Welbodi Partnership Directors

Application Deadline: 1^st February 2013

The Welbodi Partnership seeks a Project Coordinator to join the Welbodi Partnership team in improving healthcare services for children in Sierra Leone, based at the national children’s hospital, the Ola During Children’s Hospital (ODCH) in Freetown.

The Welbodi Partnership works with the Government of Sierra Leone, the ODCH management and other stakeholders to fund, implement and evaluate locally-conceived projects through the Sierra Leone Institute of Child Health (SLICH).

The Welbodi Partnership welcomes applicants of all nationalities, but actively encourages applications from qualified Sierra Leoneans at home or in the Diaspora, as well as individuals from other African countries.

Please see the full job description and application details here.

PLEASE NOTE: The Welbodi Partnership will not accept CVs and Cover Letters for this position. Please fill and email our Application Form. Otherwise your application will not be considered.

Interested candidates should please complete and send the Welbodi PartnershipApplication Form to Dr Tom Pearson, email: jobs@welbodipartnership.org

Happy New Year

The Welbodi Partnership would like to wish all of its supporters, the staff at the Children's Hospital and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone a very Happy New Year.

We are thankful for everything that we have been able to achieve at the Ola During Children's Hospital in 2012 and we look forward to the opportunities and successes that 2013 will bring. We could not do this work without you. Thank you. With your help we will continue to improve healthcare for the children in Sierra Leone.

Last chance to give in 2012...

31 December 2012. The year is drawing to a close. And that means that this is your last opportunity to donate money towards the x-ray project this year. Please help us improve the only government run Children's Hospital in Sierra Leone. The money donated will go directly to the x-ray project. We're getting closer to our goal, can you help us reach it?

If you are from the UK (or elsewhere outside of the USA) and would like to make a tax deductible donation you can at: http://www.justgiving.com/xrayappeal

If you are from the USA and would like to make a tax deductible donation you can at: JustGive. (make sure program says: welbodi partnership and you can dedicate the money to the x-ray project.

2012 is almost over, but you can still make a difference. Help us help others.

Thank you for all of you support in 2012. We are looking forward to an amazing 2013.