En route to Lake Victoria!
Recently we shared with you the exciting news of Vine Trust’s latest ship, the MV Lady Jean. A lot of hard work has taken place over the past few months to get the MV Lady Jean ready for transportation and we’re delighted to report that the ship is now currently on its way to Lake Victoria. We are particularly grateful to Babcock International for their incredible support in making this possible.
Unlike Vine Trust’s other ships, the MV Lady Jean is not sailing under its own power but, rather, transported within a container ship. However, like the MV Jubilee Hope, it will cross Kenya overland from Mombassa to Kisumu before making the final leg of the journey, sailing south on Lake Victoria to the city of Mwanza, Tanzania.
The MV Lady Jean will enter into service with the Jubilee Hope Medical Programme towards the end of the year, significantly increasing its capacity to reach patients on the remote islands of Tanzanian Lake Victoria. A significant part of this ship’s work will be to create a new supply chain of life-saving medication (antiretrovirals) for people living with HIV, as well as enhance existing testing, counselling and treatment services provided by the Programme. We look forward to sharing with you more news about its arrival!