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The Gymbia supporting The Gambian Maternity Foundation!
This is a donation page for all those who are doing Gymbia's 6 week challenge for sponsorship from family & friends :)
We would massively appreciate any donations which will help us send a shipping container of supplies & equipment to The Gambia for Christmas this 2018.
From there we will distribute the supplies to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Essau clinic & Albreda clinic on the north bank of the river.
The Gambia is one of the poorest countries in Africa & as a result has one of the worst health records in the world. The infant mortality rate there is incredibly high at 7 in 100 compared the the UK’s 4 in 1000. This is due to a huge lack of the most basic of medical supplies as well as more advanced equipment that is common place in all UK hospitals. One clinic the GMF visited on the north bank in an area called Albreda had 5 pairs of surgical gloves left & once they were used there were no more disposable gloves available.
Tragically many children have the opportunity of life taken from them before it has even begun due to this dire shortage. We believe that the children & mothers are the foundation of any country & so if they pass on, the countries chances of developing itself towards a brighter future diminish with them.
There is much work that can be done to help this situation by providing aid & developing social projects where the need is greatest. It is the Gambian Maternity Foundation’s ultimate goal to contribute to lowering the infant mortality rate in a country rich in the quality of it’s people but poor in the quantity of it’s resources.
Any donations would be greatly appreciated as well as your involvement in the fantastic work we do at Gymbia to benefit health, fitness & wellbeing :)
This is a donation page for all those who are doing Gymbia's 6 week challenge for sponsorship from family & friends :)
We would massively appreciate any donations which will help us send a shipping container of supplies & equipment to The Gambia for Christmas this 2018.
From there we will distribute the supplies to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Essau clinic & Albreda clinic on the north bank of the river.
The Gambia is one of the poorest countries in Africa & as a result has one of the worst health records in the world. The infant mortality rate there is incredibly high at 7 in 100 compared the the UK’s 4 in 1000. This is due to a huge lack of the most basic of medical supplies as well as more advanced equipment that is common place in all UK hospitals. One clinic the GMF visited on the north bank in an area called Albreda had 5 pairs of surgical gloves left & once they were used there were no more disposable gloves available.
Tragically many children have the opportunity of life taken from them before it has even begun due to this dire shortage. We believe that the children & mothers are the foundation of any country & so if they pass on, the countries chances of developing itself towards a brighter future diminish with them.
There is much work that can be done to help this situation by providing aid & developing social projects where the need is greatest. It is the Gambian Maternity Foundation’s ultimate goal to contribute to lowering the infant mortality rate in a country rich in the quality of it’s people but poor in the quantity of it’s resources.
Any donations would be greatly appreciated as well as your involvement in the fantastic work we do at Gymbia to benefit health, fitness & wellbeing :)
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Jess James Farmer
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