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Amalthea Trust working at Kyambogo again
In February we once again began sending volunteers to the Biomedical Engineering Diploma course at Kyambogo University, Kampala, after an...
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Apr 141 min read
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Autumn Newsletter 2024
For a number of reasons largely beyond our control 2024 has been a very quiet year for the Trust, which is in stark contrast to last...
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Jan 273 min read
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Autumn 2023 Newsletter
It has been a busy Summer and Autumn for the Amalthea Trust. We have had three programs running, eight volunteers placed for two weeks...
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Nov 17, 20233 min read
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Marathon Runners Support Our Work in Africa
Last year the Hilditch Hammer’s, Danny O’Brien, Hilditch Group’s Facilities & Transport Manager and Jamie Howes, their Operations...
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Aug 9, 20231 min read
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Calling All Volunteers!
This year's EBME conference saw a great deal of interest in the work of the Trust and we were able to sign up around 30 new potential...
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Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Amalthea Trust at EBME this year.
Once again, Martin will be speaking about the work of the Trust at this year's EBME conference at the Coventry Building Society Arena...
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Jun 7, 20231 min read
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New Volunteering Opportunities
With three of our programs getting into gear for the Summer/Autumn semesters we are once again on the look out for volunteers interested...
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Jun 7, 20231 min read
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The Zambia Program Goes Off well
Two first time Biomedical Engineer volunteers from the Royal London Hospital, Delroy Gray and Luciano Piccinini, went out to Zambia on...
martinw51
Nov 9, 20221 min read
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We are once again sending volunteers!
After more than two years of suspended operations overseas the Trustees have taken the important decision that it is time that the...
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Jul 7, 20222 min read
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Two More Online Sessions For Zambia
The Amalthea Trust ran two more online sessions in February for Evelyn Hone College BME students in Lusaka, Zambia. Both online workshops...
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Mar 3, 20222 min read
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Happy New Year to all our partners and volunteers!
The Amalthea Trust would like to wish all of our partner organisations and volunteers a very happy, successful and above all healthy...
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Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Amalthea Trust Summer 2021 Newsletter
It has been a year now since our previous newsletter came out, and what a year it has been! All of our field operations were put on hold...
martinw51
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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Walking 100km for the Amalthea Trust!
Finding funding for any charitable work related to Biomedical Engineering is a very tricky task indeed. Although it is an essential area...
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Aug 2, 20211 min read
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Online Training for Uganda
On Saturday 3rd July we conducted our second online practical workshop, this time for a small group of BMEs from Uganda on behalf of...
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Jul 8, 20211 min read
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Amalthea Trust at the EBME 2021
On June 30th the EBME Conference 2021 took place at the Milton Keynes Arena in the UK, and it was great to be a part of this big annual...
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Jul 6, 20211 min read
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Online Workshop for Zambia
On Saturday 24th April the Amalthea Trust, in partnership with The Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and Hilditch Group, conducted...
martinw51
May 11, 20212 min read
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Collecting BME data on your mobile for FREE.
We have recently been discussing possible applications for the new APP developed by Medical Aid International, which is explained below...
martinw51
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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Virtual Volunteering with the Amalthea Trust in 2021
A Happy New Year to all of our partners and volunteers, and of course to anyone else who may be reading this blog post. We all hope very...
martinw51
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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Volunteering in the time of COVID19
Unfortunately all field activities have currently been suspended as we cannot send volunteers out to Uganda, Zambia or anywhere else in...
martinw51
Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Testing and Calibration in Low Resource Settings
The Amalthea Trust is working together with it's partner organisations within the European Network for Medical Engineering in Low...
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Jun 2, 20201 min read
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