The story below was written by Dr Zoe Marshall about her time on Amazon Hope, the photos are by Dr Faha Jamil. There are many people around the world who lack basic healthcare. Being ‘out‐of‐programme’ I had some free time and wanted to get involved in a project that addresses this. The Amazon Hope is an ex‐navy ship that, in 2001, became basic healthcare provision for 100,000 villagers living in remote areas of the Amazon who are inaccessible by land. Mortality rates are high, with villagers suffering from ailments that could be easily combated with some basic, regular medical attention.…

We recieved the story below from Finlay Kirk, who headed out on a trip for the first time last September and is heading out again in August! Before arriving in Tanzania I wasn't really sure what I was doing, I had signed up as my friend was going. I thought it sounded really cool as a trip like this was something that I had always wanted to do. I signed up and started to raise the funds when my friend had to pull out so I was left with the decision to go myself with a group of people who…

Dr Ronald Ramirez came to speak at our medical conference last weekend and we thought it was the perfect opportunity to hear a little bit of his story. So we sat him down and asked him a few questions, look our for more of his answers in the future.

In October 2014 a team of our volunteers helped build a home for the family of James Mosha. Liz who heads up our Tanzania home-building expeditions was passing the home in November 2015 and popped in to say hello. "The family are all doing well and it was exciting to see that they now have a solar panel on the roof providing electricity in the home! They proudly switched the lights on and off, on and off to show me the difference the solar lighting has made to their situation! If you look close enough at the pictures, hopefully you…

I went to Tanzania in July 2014 as part of a home-building team from BAE as an apprentice at the time. I chose to go to experience another culture and try to help those in need and hoped to have left a positive feeling with those I met. As a team of 15, we worked on 2 smaller houses (one in memory of a team mate who had sadly passed away while we were planning the project) and on a larger orphanage. We also worked in Fuka school where we organised activities for the children to tie in with our…