Bo Children's Hospital Ebola Crisis
Bo Hospital Ebola Crisis - Funds needed
EBOLA VIRUS THREATENS BO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
DONATIONS URGENTLY NEEDED TO FINANCE ISOLATION WARD
East Cliff Rotary Club in Bournemouth partnered Bo Rotary Club in Sierra Leone and Turramurra Rotary Club in Australia to build a Children's Hospital at Bo in Sierra Leone, to provide essential hygiene, basic health care and education for local mothers and young children. The hospital was opened in 2012 and has served more 6000 patients to date and reduced the infant death rate substantially.
The Ebola virus is rapidly spreading across Sierra Leone with 1000s of deaths already. Bo Children's Hospital is desperately trying to provide an isolation ward to enable them continue their work. This facility is now a matter of life and death for this impoverished and endangered community and $40,000 dollars is targeted as the sum required.
The most recent information is that more than 3500 cases have been recorded in Sierra Leone with more than 1000 deaths (including at least 200 health workers) and many additional suspected cases. The infection rate is high and the virus continues to spread. In the nearby town of Kenema more than 200 deaths have been reported with many additional cases in isolation.
Bo has now incurred deaths from the disease with many more forecast. Bo Children's Hospital provides a vital focus for the treatment and containment of the disease locally and has started to build the isolation unit in the unfinished phase 2 of the hospital. East Cliff Club sent $6000 to the hospital in October.
Individuals can help by donating any amount online (Gift Aid available) to our MyDonate page:
Bo Children's Hospital Ebola Crisis, Donate here
Or send cheques to: Bo Children's Hospital Ebola Crisis, 1 Mount Pleasant, 111 Mudeford, BH23 4AE. Please make cheques payable to 'Bournemouth East Cliff Rotary Club'.
All money goes direct to the Hospital Trust, managed jointly by the Turramurra Rotary Club and Bo Rotary Club in Sierra Leone. Bo Rotary Club have members on the hospital management board.
'What We Do' Main Pages:
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On Tuesday 29th August two members of East Cliff Rotary Club built a shelter at the BH1 Project Drop in Center.
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On Thursday 1st February we had the pleasure of inducting David Ryan and Bob Lawton as members of our club.
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Join us for World Polio Day as global health experts and partners share our progress on the road to polio eradication. Visit the Rotary International Facebook page to watch with other end polio supporters.
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On Saturday 23rd September Bournemouth East Cliff Rotary Club hosted a concert featuring The Boscombe Salvation Army Band and The Moonlight Swing Band at Christchurch Priory in aid of the BH1 Project. Please click on details to see the review.
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Giacomo Rastelli is a lecturer in Chiropractic at AECC in Bournemouth and graduated in 2011 from the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic. Welcome Giacomo!
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On this page you will find some of the awards, achievements and presentations received by the club and its members and made by the club to other charities, businesses and organisations.
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Here you will find some letters of thanks from the charity's we support and from our sponsors
moreHere you will find photographs of our social events
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Below are some of the articles East Cliff Rotary have had published in the Media
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A little bit of humour from some of our members
moreThis page contains information about children we sponsor in Ecuador
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A very interesting and enjoyable assortment of meetings and events
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