Zambia Blog
International Women's Day in Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 11 March 2013
Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting our Vision Centre in Kabwe with Dr Muma, Zambia’s National Eye Health Co-ordinator. He has been very supportive of Vision Aid Overseas and our Vision Centre programme and expressed an interested in seeing our work first hand. One of the ophthalmic clinical officers, Foster Mamo has recently returned from…
Happy New Year from Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 11 January 2013
Dear All, A very happy new year to you all! It seems like a long while since I last wrote my blog and there’s quite a lot to tell you about. Firstly Kasama Vision Centre is going well and all training for the refractionists in Northern Province is now complete. A huge thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who have made it work so well, in…
World Sight Day in Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 18 October 2012
Hello there. I’m sitting in the office at Crawley writing this as I’m currently in the UK for our AGM and conference. I’m pleasantly…
A Visit to Kasama General Hospital in Northern Province
Karen Edwards
Posted: 10 July 2012
Hello everyone. I want to tell you about the exciting visit to I had to Northern Province recently to meet with the management team at Kasama General Hospital…
Recent events in Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 24 May 2012
Last time I wrote, our wonderful volunteer Ian Bowers was working here. Ian spent time with the team at the Mansa Vision Centre where he helped develop…
Exciting new development for Southern Province
Karen Edwards
Posted: 20 March 2012
It’s rather a long time since I updated my blog so I hope you’ll forgive me when I tell you that my excuse is that I’ve been very busy.Firstly…
A new year in Zambia!
Karen Edwards
Posted: 31 January 2012
May I start off by wishing you a happy and successful 2012. I’m looking forward to all the exciting activities we have lined up for our Zambia programme…
Christmas is coming
Karen Edwards
Posted: 6 December 2011
Greetings from a rather hot and humid Zambia. It’s well into the rainy season now and although we’ve not had too many days when it has poured…
November
Karen Edwards
Posted: 3 November 2011
It’s been quite a long time since I updated this blog and my apologies to those of you who have been waiting with baited breath to hear what on earth…
August
Karen Edwards
Posted: 17 August 2011
I do apologise that my blog update is a bit later than usual this month; I’ve been on leave and have had a lot to catch up with since I returned…
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