In support of AMURT's Abha Light projects and promotion of homeopathy in Africa join us in re-inventing tourism for the benefit of local people, the environment and you!
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ABHA LIGHT FOUNDATION is a unique health care program. Since its inception in 1998 the ALF has pioneered and fostered homeopathic and naturopathic clinics in rural is not easily accessible and slum areas of Kenya where medicine is not affordable. As natural therapies are relatively inexpensive and require little infrastructure they are well-suited to such communites.

Another avid supporter of AMURT UK decided to make a journey from Jon O'Groats at the farthest tip of Scotland to Lands End in Cornwall on his trusted bike with three friends in aid of AMURT.

It's amazing what lengths our supporters will go to to raise funds for our needy projects. One supporter decided to go 10 rounds in the ring to raise money for our African projects - we wish you every success.

UPDATE - our budding boxing champ, who wishes to remain anonymous raised over £2000 for our relief work. May your bruises heal extra quickly!!!!

Bungelay, a midwife, practising on a resuscitation doll

Donated teaching aids give practical hands on training sessions with mannequins and teaching dolls to community midwives.

Since 95 % of the women in the Deou area are illiterate and find it difficult to follow theoretical workshops. Past experience has shown that visual aids such as mannequins, teaching dolls, charts and other practical equipment are invaluable during the training sessions. This enables the women to absorb the information through practical demonstrations as well as to get beneficial hands-on experience.

A midwife from the Bella community in training. This is an example of important piece of equipment – a life size pelvis and baby doll with placenta - that we have recently, thanks to donations, been able to purchase from the UK.

We also thank our supporters abroad for the kind donations which have recently allowed us to purchase further equipment from UK’s National Childbirth Trust, desperately needed in our projects.

In February we received the wonderful news that NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development) has renewed the contract for a third year to support AMURT’s expanding Safe Motherhood programme.

In 2002, at the request of the provincial health director, AMURT started a safe motherhood program in the Deou area in northern Burkina Faso. The area has among the highest maternal mortality figures on the planet. The program focuses on the training of village midwives chosen by the women in each of the villages.

Mr Lawson overseeing the dam construction

Due to lack of ground water in the project area, the Mafi-Zongo water project harvests surface water in small dams on a seasonal river. In 2005 the rains failed and the dam level fell very low. In 2006 we had excess rain and flooding that damaged the dyke. The great news is that we have finally secured the services of an experienced dam engineer, Mr. Lawson, assisted by volunteer engineer Selassie Diaba, is now helping us to repair the damage to the dam.

The bulldozer work started at the beginning of April, and if things go well it will be completed by the end of the month. The bulldozer work will repair the damage caused by last year’s flooding, strengthen the dyke and increase the storage capacity by raising the dam. In this way we will be able to store enough water to see us through the years when the rains fail.