January 2021 – Ai Ya Sister

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Nursing in the Hottest Place on Earth

My amazing mum was part of the British Red Cross Emergency Rescue team who went out to Ethiopia in 1974, during a terrible famine. Here she is in a ‘pop up’ clinic, in the middle of the Danakil desert (the hottest place on earth). Dandakil Desert, Ethiopia. July 1974…

SURVEY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS TEAM

To:Chier Delegate, Addis Abab From: Team Leader, BRCS Medical Team Jijiga Date: August 12 1974 Subject: Survey of the activities of the BRCS Team in Jijiga March 26 - August 8, 1974 Survey-of-the-Activities-of-the-BRCS-Team-12081974Download

The Baja Boy is Dying

This poem was written by the ambulance driver David Ellaway and was read out by Eamon Andrews on 'This is Your Life'. The Baja Boy is dying, that’s what they said to me,And they took me by the hand and led me there to see.To where he sat on seat…

Visiting a kampong* near the hospital (Keningau Cottage Hospital), Borneo

“The babies always smelt dusty. The lady stood beside me is Gloria Waters, who was a VSO with her husband, who was something to do with the water industry. The natives always respected you, both in Borneo and in the Solomon’s. We were always treated well”. *A kampong is a Malay…

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Month: January 2021

Nursing in the Hottest Place on Earth

SURVEY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS TEAM

The Baja Boy is Dying

Visiting a kampong* near the hospital (Keningau Cottage Hospital), Borneo

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