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St.
John Ambulance Brigade of Lytham-St-Annes donated an older
ambulance (left) to us after upgrading to a more modern vehicle
(right). The older Landrovers are more suitable for African
terrain and easier to maintain and repair than newer models.
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A
gift from a saint
Derek
Perry reports on the gift of a potential lifesaver for Africa
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Monday 1st September 2003, a team of four members of Tavistock
Community Church, led by Derek Perry (projects co-ordinator for
Great Lakes (Africa) Mission), drove to Lytham-St-Annes. The reason
for this was to receive a wonderful gift of a purpose-built landrover
ambulance.
Recently G.L.A.M
had sent many letters & e-mails all over the country to various
organisation asking for help in funding for ambulances. St. John
Ambulance Brigade answered within a few weeks, offering us one of
their older ambulances (see picture right). The team were shown
around the St. John building by the divisional superintendent Kevin
Olsen, pictured below with Derek exchanging the documents for the
vehicle.
Tavistock Community
Church need to raise £7,000 to pay for a forty-foot container to
transport the ambulance and much more needed medical equipment to
one of their new projects in Central Africa. We are also looking
for help in equipping the Landrover 110 series with a good selection
of mechanics tools, spare parts, tyres, wheel brace, jack and a
winch. We also need someone who can take a look at the electrics
for us.
This ambulance
is one of the most vital pieces of equipment we've been given so far.
We already have enough equipment packed ready to put in a 40-foot
container, with more supplies in stock and more being offered on a
weekly basis. These goods are so desperately needed in Africa. There
is a building with staff on standby in Fort Portal in Uganda ready
to receive these goods. Fort Portal is about 50 miles from Bunia in
the Congo, where civil war is leaving thousands of people maimed and
wounded.
Please pray:
- for the resources to come in to enable us to send a container.
It costs around £7,500 to get a container to Fort Portal.
- for a manual and toolkit for the ambulance (a Landrover
110 series 3)
- that these supplies will reach the people that so desperately
need them.
We are hoping
soon to be able to have the ambulance on display at various locations
in and around the Tavistock area. For more information on how you
can help us in our work, or if you can help with equipping the ambulance
or help in any other way, please contact us on 01822 616625.
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Kevin
Olsen (left) of St. John Ambulance Brigade of Lytham-St-Annes
exchanging paperwork for the ambulance with Derek Perry, projects
co-ordinator for Great Lakes (Africa) Mission
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