Splinting material helping children in Uganda
29th February, 2016
Interface Uganda regularly sends out splinting material to CoRSU hospital. This allows the therapists there to help maintain good joint positions while wounds heal, or to stretch out scars which make joints stiff, or to protect structures such as bones or tendons that have been damaged and repaired by the surgeons. The splints are good, because you can remove them to allow movement, and so enable the patient to exercise. In this way, it is much better than having to [...]
More equipment on its way to hospitals in Uganda
25th February, 2016
6 more boxes of used equipment saved by therapists at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are on their way to the therapy team at CoRSU hospital. One box is going to Ken in Kagando with TENS machines, therabands and a gym ball all funded by Interface.
Dartmoor Challenge 2016
22nd February, 2016
Come and join us for 5, 10 or 20 mile walks on Dartmoor.
When: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd May 2016
Starting at ‘The Fox and Hounds’ pub on the A386 near Lydford, Devon.
Come for the whole weekend, or just one walk. There are B&B rooms, a camping barn and a campsite at the pub if you want to stay. To go to The Fox and Hounds website, click here.
Suitable for anyone (you must be fit to do the 20 mile walks, [...]
Rebecca Cook is fundraising for Interface
6th February, 2016
A HUGE thank you to Rebecca Cook, who is running The Reading half marathon on 3rd April. You can sponsor her at:https://www.justgiving.com/R-Cook
Her is her story, showing why she has chosen Interface Uganda as her charity to support:
In July 2015 our wonderful son George was born with a cleft lip and gum. George has been fortunate because the outstanding care and expert treatment he has received from an amazing team in Oxford means that there will be no [...]