Event Details

Promoting education and health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Aberdeen NGOs

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12 May 2011, 12:00 - 13:30

Venue: MacRobert Building room 028
Speaker: Speakers from Arrow, and Tillydrone Vision
Host: Centre for Sustainable International Development

Representatives from local NGOs give short presentations of their work in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Jim Weir and Ross Grant will present the work of Tillydrone Vision with a school in Uganda and provide an update of their recent visit. Carolyn Adams will give some background to the work of Arrow Kenya, including some reflections on overcoming the personal challenges of  working with a small hospital in the Nairobi slums.  She will include some of the ethical dilemmas and practical challenges she has faced. 

All are welcome.

Contact: csid@abdn.ac.uk