Interface is helping Mohamed Abdelrahman in his training in burns and plastics.  He is currently in Taiwan - at Chang Gung memorial hospital.  Interface has paid for his flights, some subsistence money, and some surgical loupes - essential equipment for a plastic surgeon.  Mohamed is from Sudan, where there are presently no plastic surgeons.  He is in Taiwan for 2 years to complete his training, then he will return to Sudan to work there.

Have a look at his report that he has just sent us - see the attachment.

Martin Pearson-Wiggs is doing the London Marathon, and is getting sponsorship for Interface Uganda.  Martin is Maggie's son (Maggie is part of the IU team - she does a lot of fundraising and she has been to help in Uganda as she is a theatre nurse).  He says:

Its been great experience so far, though I am still at the beginning.  They gave me the first few days to accommodate and adapt myself, and for administrative procedures.  Also, I had a chance to sit with the well known Prof Fu Chan Wei, who is responsible for International Fellowships, and Prof C H Lin, Chairman of Plastic& Reconstructive Surgery Department.  They both welcomed me and discussed my training plan.  I got the advice not to focus only on knowledge and skills but also the setting, which I will have to think of when I am back home.

Interface Uganda has agreed to help Mohamed Abdelrahman, a general surgeon from Sudan, in his training to become a plastic surgeon.  He worked with Andrew Hodges briefly - visiting and working for a short while at Corsu hospital.  The training  fellowship is for 2 years at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan - it is a renowned Plastic and Reconstructive Unit (Vikram Devaraj spent 3 months there when he was training in Plastics).   Interface has funded his air fare and a bit of subsistence money for the first 6 months.