We have received yet another large consignment of medical supplies from the Edinburgh organisation Helping Hands with Charity. What makes this most recent consignment different is that the organisation based their donation on specific requests from the clinic at Meserani Snakepark. The clinic at Meserani Snakepark provides free medical care for the local population, and is funded voluntarily by Meserani Snakepark and their supporters. The clinic is an absolute lifeline for the local people, who would not be able to afford the fees if they had to visit hospitals and clinics in the nearby town. The work that the clinic does is amazing, and many lives have been saved over the years.

Obtaining medical supplies and equipment is a constant problem for the clinic, and a drain on their resources, so all donations are invaluable to them. The delivery of medical supplies and equipment from Katharine Trotter and her husband Simon, who drove down from Edinburgh last week with a huge amount of resources ranging from Resuscitation Ambu Bags to Baby Weighing Scales, is an amazing bonus for the clinic, and the people it treats. Katharine obtains the equipment via her organisation ‘Helping Hands with Charity’, based in Edinburgh, and we are eternally grateful to her. Katharine is a former school nurse, and Simon a former G.P.

Everything has now been packed into boxes, and is being taken out to Meserani in August by a group of adults who are travelling to Tanzania to spend time working on The Meserani Project.