August 2022 Newsletter

 

Hi Friends This is an early and brief newsletter to share a wonderful short video made by Nick (Dr Nicholas Laing) St Phillip's Health Centre previously We love because he first loved us The video shows the heart of both Nick and of the project. It is a Ministry of love and one that seeks to glorify God. When Peter worked in Gulu, Saint Phillips health centre was tiny and manned by a nurse who had no training whatsoever (although actually she was quite good) and a clinical assistant who was way beyond retirement age. Now the facility is massively expanded including having a delivery suite and inpatient ward. The clinical assistant, Sam, who spoke to camera is brilliant. Also brilliant is Nurse Emma (Emmanuel) who has a supervisory and training role and is also developing the Christian spiritual side of the work. We hope you enjoy the video which you can watch by following this link : Video for Churches 2022 Blessings and love Gemma and Pete IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP... You can donate by : Bank transfer and adding your name as reference. Bank name: TSB Account Name: Nechells and Overseas Care Fund Account number : 00190468 Sort code: 30-90-95 Or by making a cheque payable to Nechells and Overseas Care Fund and then sending it to the following address : Mr Peter Hill - Charity Administrator 47 Heneage Street Nechells Birmingham B7 4NF If you would prefer not to receive our emails – please reply with unsubscribe in the subject line

Gulu Connection June 2022 Newsletter

 Hi Friends

Like buses on an out of favour route our newsletters are becoming increasingly infrequent but, as  one has arrived, I hope you enjoy the “journey.“ Thank you for being involved with the Gulu Connection family.

This newsletter will be a little different as we will shine a light on some of the activities of the overall charity (Nechells and Overseas Care Fund) of which Gulu Connection  is a part.

What is going on in Gulu and are we making a difference?

Main man, inspirational Dr Nick Laing continues to set up new units in unserved areas but also develops established units – and that is our main area of interest. We are very proud to play our part and the recent annual report demonstrates success despite challenges. 

 

When good news is bad news - Malaria down but so is income. 

The bad news is that numbers of patients and financial income at Oberabic and St Peters Aware health Centres fell because of the good news that malaria levels were extremely low due to seasonal factors and distribution of mosquito nets. Financial constraints due to Covid and rural depopulation added to the numerical decline.

Rising to the Challenge - Oberabic and St Peters Awere

These established units continue to give excellent cost effective medical care.  As warmly recognized by the latest diocesan annual report, both units are significantly subsidized by your generous help without which some truly poor people would not have accessible health care. Thank you.

Amazing Success Story - Pwunu Dyang - Started with your support 4 years ago.

Pwunu Dyang, to quote the diocesan  annual report “ has been one of the most incredible stories in the diocese in recent years.“ It started from nothing in the middle of a conflict area and it is now one of the busiest units in the diocese with each month an outpatient number averaging 200, 80 antenatal visits and 5 deliveries. 

A word about us. Gulu Connection part of Nechells and Overseas Care Fund.

Gulu  connection is part of the charity Nechells and Overseas care fund and we are proud to say that 100% of donations to Gulu connection go direct to the Diocese of Northern Uganda. Nechells and Overseas Care Fund is tiny but has an impressive 99.5% effectiveness, The only administrative charge being our accountancy costs.

Because of the appalling effect of Covid, we have been providing some support to trusted personal contacts of Peter. The first is an amazing Church that works in a slum area in Southeast India and more recently humanitarian support in Sri Lanka where the economy has collapsed and society is devastated. We are not fully comfortable with the pictures giving accountability and will ask for them not to be repeated but one is shown here to demonstrate this aspect of our work. 

A story of a donor

I recently met with one of our donors. He has a standard job, walks to church so as to avoid the emission charge in Birmingham, is very frugal with his personal expenses yet is one of our biggest monthly contributors. I am exceedingly grateful to him and to others amongst you who are supporting us financially and with prayer.

We are hoping for more with any of the following: one off gifts, regular donations, using Give as You Live or  Amazon Smile to make your own personal purchases. Please remember us in all these areas. Large charities are inefficient and a lot of their projects are corrupt, but we hit the target. It would be great to be able to do more.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP...

You can donate by :

Bank transfer and adding your name as reference.

Account Name. NOCF

Account number : 00190468

Sort code: 30-90-95

Or by making a cheque payable to Nechells and Overseas Care Fund and then sending it to the following address :

Mr Peter Hill - Charity Administrator

47 Heneage Street

Nechells

Birmingham

B7 4NF