A team from Swansea visited The Gambia on 27th October for one week.
The team consisted of Michael Austin (Consultant Ophthalmologist), Stella Elliott (Link Co-ordinator), Susan Pickering (Glaucoma nurse), Paul Lawrance (Medical Physician) and Huw Bellamy (Optometrist)
Click here to read a report of the visit
Click here to read Paul’s blog
In August an article on The Gambia Swansea link was published in the monthly newsletter of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society. “Parallel Vision” is circulated to over 1000 Orthoptists throughout the British Isles.
Click here to read the full article
A team of four from the Sheikh Zahed Regional Eye Care Centre visited Singleton Hospital, Swansea on two occasions during September and October. As well as benefiting from a varied educational programme their itinerary included a visit to the Welsh Folk Museum in Cardiff and an invitation to a charity ball.
A major fundraising evening will mark the start of a new joint effort in South Wales to help people in need of healthcare in Africa. Click here to find out more.
Keep up to date with The Gambia-Swansea Vision 2020 Link by reading our latest newsletter. Click here to find out all of the latest developments.
Photo of the winning team
The Gambia-Swansea Vision 2020 Link would like to thank everyone who attended the first “Glittering and Glamorous EyeBall” which was held on Saturday 25th April at The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
The event was a huge success and £2515.30 was raised for the charity. We aim to use this money to purchase essential equipment for The Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre such as tonometers. This piece of equipment is vital in monitoring glaucoma.
A team of 5 from Singleton Hospital visited The Gambia on March 20th.
Stella Elliott (Link Coordinator), Suzanne Martin (Orthoptist), Cheryl Madeira-Cole (Orthoptist), Lindsay Bater (Optometrist) and David Laws (Paediatric Ophthalmologist)
Click here to read their blog!
The first charity quiz night of the link was held on Saturday 7th February. The event was held at The Vivian Hall, Blackpill, Swansea and was a great success. Andrew Martin was the highly entertaining quiz master who presented seven rounds of often impossible questions ranging from sport and music to the more amusing “ladies round” which appealed more to the female contestants.
Half way through the evening was a welcome food break where the contestants dined on a beautifully presented ploughmans supper consisting of a variety of bread, cheese and pate. This was accompanied by drinks from the licenced bar.
The evening concluded with a raffle of fabulous prizes including a voucher to the popular Welcome to Town restaurant and a cut and blow dry at the newly opened b.ten hairdressers.
The eventual winners of the quiz whose team was strangely entitled “Sunderland 2, Stoke City 0″ beat the team in second place by only half a point and were presented with a tasteful food hamper.
It is anticipated that the quiz night will be an annual event so look out for details next February as tickets will be in great demand!
