Welcome!

Welcome to our blog. We are third year UBC students - Carole, Jody, Sarah and Tina. We will be in Uganda from June to mid-July 2009 as part of our 4 year UBC degree in Midwifery. This elective placement has us in low resource labour and delivery wards in Kampala and Masaka. We are supervised by UBC instructors and two BC RMs as well as Ugandan midwives and physicians. We have set up this blog to share our experience and so our friends and family can keep track of us in Africa this summer.

Honorary Consulate to Uganda in Vancouver

The Honorary Consulate to Uganda in Vancouver hosted a dinner for us and our instructor Lorna at Samosa Gardens restaurant.  We had the pleasure of meeting the Honorary Consulate to Uganda along with other individuals who were from Uganda. The evening was very important to us and we had a great time.  We hope to see the group again at a fundraiser for the Jan Project (http://www.janproject.org/) which trains Ugandan medical residents and provides medical equipment and supplies. Stay tuned for more details and how you can attend. 

Where in the world are Sarah, Jody, Carole and Tina?

Hi, everyone. I thought you might want to have a sense of just WHERE it is we are going. We will be landing in Entebbe May 31, then placed in Kampala and Masaka.

Fundraising

Thank-you for visiting our blog. We are currently preparing for our trip to Uganda. Flights are booked, student vaccines are up to date and HIV medication and other supplies are being ordered. Students pay for all of their trip expenses and extra supplies to leave with Ugandan Midwives. This year we have personally purchased enough fetoscopes for each Midwife and HIV medication for the hospital.

What can you do to help? Support UBC Midwifery by donating to: Midwifery Students for Global Citizenship Fund at 604-822-0771 or send a cheque to Division of Midwifery, B54-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z3.

All donations are tax deductible and a receipt will be sent to you. Donations of any amount are appreciated.