£70,991 Raised to date
Thank you to all those who donate so faithfully to the Bursary Fund. The fund has now enabled three family doctors to have completed their training and now 6 others will begin in September.
Exciting News for Family Medicine in Kenya:
New Department of Family Medicine in Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya
The money raised will now cover the study costs of 6 more family doctor scholars over the coming 4 years. They will start in September. Dr Bruce Dahlman has now found a sponsor to cover part of their salaries. There are 8 prospective candidates and we will know who the final 6 will be by the end of June, after they have done interviews both at Kabarak and their prospective hospitals . I hope to be able to tell you a little about each of them in July.
Tuition will be 250,000 Kenya shillings for each year. That equates to £1,625 per person per year for four years.
Almost there... Dr Ochieng and Dr Towett have both now completed their training but met with challenges in completing the final step in their training. One of the challenges they faced was the local government failing to pay salaries between July and November till they went on strike and the national government stepped in. They are both now preparing to defend their dissertations and sit their final exams in September.
Dr Tembu is now working as a trained Family Doctor - I hope to be able to give you more news on him in July.
Exciting News for Family Medicine in Kenya:
New Department of Family Medicine in Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya
The money raised will now cover the study costs of 6 more family doctor scholars over the coming 4 years. They will start in September. Dr Bruce Dahlman has now found a sponsor to cover part of their salaries. There are 8 prospective candidates and we will know who the final 6 will be by the end of June, after they have done interviews both at Kabarak and their prospective hospitals . I hope to be able to tell you a little about each of them in July.
Tuition will be 250,000 Kenya shillings for each year. That equates to £1,625 per person per year for four years.
Almost there... Dr Ochieng and Dr Towett have both now completed their training but met with challenges in completing the final step in their training. One of the challenges they faced was the local government failing to pay salaries between July and November till they went on strike and the national government stepped in. They are both now preparing to defend their dissertations and sit their final exams in September.
Dr Tembu is now working as a trained Family Doctor - I hope to be able to give you more news on him in July.
Last Year - 2014
£627 Abseil
Rose Schmundt, Mark Towriss's niece undertook a sponsored and dizzying abseil down the side of the Europa Hotel in Belfast N Ireland. Many, many thanks, Rose, you are brave girl!
Rose Schmundt, Mark Towriss's niece undertook a sponsored and dizzying abseil down the side of the Europa Hotel in Belfast N Ireland. Many, many thanks, Rose, you are brave girl!
£965 Lent Lunch
Dr Neville Silverston (retired local GP, founder of MAGPAS and Mark's GP trainer) had us laughing down the aisles at the antics of his predecessors, the esteemed GPs of Bottisham, Cambridgeshire. With humour and a mischievous twinkle in his eye, he recounted tales of intrigue and adultery - as well as the huge changes in general practice since the Second World War. Thank you, Neville!
Dr Neville Silverston (retired local GP, founder of MAGPAS and Mark's GP trainer) had us laughing down the aisles at the antics of his predecessors, the esteemed GPs of Bottisham, Cambridgeshire. With humour and a mischievous twinkle in his eye, he recounted tales of intrigue and adultery - as well as the huge changes in general practice since the Second World War. Thank you, Neville!
Thank you Loder and Julia Bevington - together with Patrick and Diana Ridsdill Smith - for turning your home into a fine hostel providing a delicious array of soups and bread and fine cheeses.
