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International Women's Day in Zambia

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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…

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Happy New Year from Zambia

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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…

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World Sight Day in Zambia

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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…

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A Visit to Kasama General Hospital in Northern Province

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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…

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Recent events in Zambia

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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…

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Exciting new development for Southern Province

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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…

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A new year in Zambia!

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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…

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Christmas is coming

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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…

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November

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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…

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August

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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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