Charities we have worked with - Charities at Festival Medical

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Here are some of the many other charities that we have recently supported:

AAF Akamba Aid Fund – Health, education and water in sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.akambaaidfund.org/
Abaseen Foundation (UK) – supports people who live in rural North West Pakistan to find a path out of poverty. https://www.abaseenfoundation.org.uk/
African Initiatives – supporting displaced communities in Uganda. http://www.african-initiatives.org.uk/
African Palliative Care Association UK – life-changing work across Africa, promoting palliative care in Africa. http://www.apca.org.uk/
Aid for Nepali Children – A charity providing relief of financial hardship for disadvantaged children living in Nepal.
Anchor of Hope Haiti Project – A nourishment centre and maternity hospital in rural Haiti. https://www.anchorofhope.net/
Big Heart Island Vanuatu Physio – health and education projects in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. https://www.facebook.com/bigheartislandvanuatu/
Bridge2Aid – promoting oral health literacy in deprived areas. https://bridge2aid.org/
Bury Bolton ME/CFS Support Group – supporting ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers and their carers. http://www.mesupportgroup.co.uk/
Care Africa Network – Empowering communities in Africa to care well for orphans and vulnerable children. http://careafricanetwork.org.uk
Children of Bangladesh – Advancing the education and welfare of poor children in Bangladesh through grants. childreninbangladesh.org.uk
Clean Ascent – Supporting people in the UK recovering from addiction. http://www.cleanascent.org/
Cyfeillion Sankwia Friends – A registered charity set up to provide assistance and support to Sankwia a small village in the Gambia. http://www.sankwia.co.uk/
Doctors For Nepal – Supporting healthcare projects in Western Nepal. https://doctorsfornepal.org/
EAU Equal Aqua Uganda – Sanitation and hygiene in Uganda. https://www.equalaqua.org/
Ethiopian Prolapse Project – Supporting the Buccama clinic in Ethiopia. http://www.ethiopiamedicalproject.com/
Faculty of Public Health – Promoting public health in Yemen. https://yemenmobilehealth.org/
Friends of Mandritsara Trust – Supporting a hospital in the Mandritsara district of Madagascar. http://mandritsara.org.uk/
Haiti Communitere – Supporting children with long term care needs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. https://haiti.communitere.org/
Hamlin Fistula UK – A charity dedicated to the treatment and prevention of childbirth injuries in Ethiopia. https://hamlinfistulauk.org/
Harbour Cancer Support – charity that offers practical and emotional support to anyone affected by any cancer across South East Hampshire. http://www.harbourcancer.org.uk/whatweoffer.html
Hemelkasa Health Foundation – Supporting a local hospital in Hemalkasa in Maharashtra state India. https://hhf-uk.org/
HIPZ Health Improvement Project Zanzibar – Working to transform Zanzibar’s healthcare. http://www.hipz.org.uk/
Humanity and Inclusion UK – An international charity working with people with disabilities in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. https://www.humanity-inclusion.org.uk/. Read more here and for the latest update with more details click here.
IHP International Health Partners – Providing vulnerable and crisis-hit healthcare systems with medicines and medical supplies. https://www.ihpuk.org/. Read more here for the latest update.
Jessie May – Jessie May nurses provide at home nursing and respite care for children and young people with a life-limiting condition. http://www.jessiemay.org.uk/
Kambeng Trust – Supporting and funding a village school and clinic and community in the Gambia. http://www.kambengtrust.org.uk
Kinando Sanitary Pad Project – Camps International, company providing educational travel. https://www.campsinternational.com/
Lalibela Trust – Building and supporting healthcare facilities in the remote Ethiopian Highlands. http://www.lalibela.org.uk/
MAG Mines Advisory Group – Assisting people affected by landmines and unexploded ordinance around the world. https://www.maginternational.org/
Mali Birth Attendant Project – Supports grassroots development projects in Mali. https://www.jolibatrust.org
Maternity Worldwide – A charity which works in low-income countries to help women and girls access high quality maternal health care. https://www.maternityworldwide.org/
Matt Carapiet Charitable Trust – Supporting healthcare and education in Nepal and Cambodia. https://www.mattcarapietcharitabletrust.com/
Move the mind – Helping children with autism and other neurocognitive disorders through interaction with animals. https://www.movethemind.net/
Nepal Leprosy Trust– a UK-based Christian agency that provides services to people affected by leprosy in the country of Nepal. http://www.nlt.org.uk
NEWSAR North East Wales Search And Rescue – Search and Rescue in North East Wales. https://www.newsar.org.uk/
Operation Hernia – Charity treating hernias in less privileged communities. https://operationhernia.org.uk/
Ovacome – A charity focused on providing support and information to anyone affected by ovarian cancer. https://www.ovacome.org.uk/
PONT Partnership Overseas Network Trust – Improving health, livelihoods, learning and the environment in Mbale, Uganda. https://pont-mbale.org.uk/
Project Harara – Cleft lip surgery in Ethiopia. https://www.projectharar.org/
RE-ACT Disaster Response – Disaster response to major incidents around the world. https://www.re-act.org.uk/
Rowans Hospice – Hospice care in Portsmouth. https://www.rowanshospice.co.uk/
SGAA Sandy Gall Afghanistan Appeal – Surgery, physiotherapy and limb fitting in Afghanistan. http://www.sandygallsafghanistanappeal.org/
Sightsavers – a charity working to prevent avoidable blindness, support equality for people with disabilities and advocate for change. https://www.sightsavers.org/
Special Friends Club – Parent volunteers providing support for families of children with special needs and disabilities. http://specialfriendsclub.org.uk/
St Anna’s Infant Orphanage – Missionary care for orphans of HIV affected families. https://www.mbsmissionaries.org/worldwidemissions
St Peters Lifeline – Supporting a school and poor community in Kenya. http://www.stpeterslifeline.org.uk/ : Read more here
Stand Against Violence – Working in the UK to give people the chance to live in a world without violence. http://standagainstviolence.co.uk/
The David Nott Foundation – Trauma surgery training in conflict zones. https://davidnottfoundation.com/
The Factory Youth Zone – Basic Life Support for young people in Harpurhey, Manchester. https://www.manchesteryz.org/
The Oesophageal Patients Association – Raising awareness, supporting patients, caregivers and their families about oesophageal and gastric cancers. https://opa.org.uk/
Throw a Starfish – Linking volunteers to small projects around the world. https://www.throwastarfish.org/
Tulsi Trust – Healthcare and education for a disadvantaged community in eastern India. http://www.thetulsitrust.org
UNICEF – The United Nations Children’s Fund, works to build a better world for every child. https://www.unicef.org.uk/about-unicef-uk/
Vital – Protection, education and healthcare for underprivileged children in Kolkata, India. https://www.vitalforchildren.org/
White Ribbon Alliance – WRA advocates for women’s and girls’ health, rights, and gender equality. https://whiteribbonalliance.org/
WHY We Hear You – Counselling and emotional support for people affected by cancer in and around Somerset. https://www.wehearyou.org.uk/
World Medical Fund – Works to bring professional and effective mobile healthcare to children and communities in Malawi. https://www.worldmedicalfund.org/
World Water Works – supporting rural Malawian communities gain access to safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities. https://www.waterworkscharity.org/
Yeovil Hospital Charity – Working to fund capital projects in a Somerset hospital. https://www.lovemusgrove.org.uk/

See here how donations made through FMS make a real difference.

Here are some of the many other charities that we have recently supported:

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