Welcoming Rhys to our board of trustees
Welcome to our new trustee, Rhys!
We are so excited to welcome our new trustee, Rhys, to the AHL team. Rhys has been a long-term supporter of AHL, and we are sure that his experience and skills as a health librarian and Library Services Manager at the Morriston Hospital will bring huge value to the work of AHL in Sierra Leone.
Welcoming our newest trustee!
We welcome our new trustee, Fatmata K Jalloh
We are so excited to welcome our new trustee, Fatmata K Jalloh, to the AHL Board of Trustees. Fatmata is an experienced Hospital Matron in Sierra Leone.
Sheik Umar Sesay joins the team!
We welcome our first AHL Professional Librarian!
Welcome to Sheik, who joined the team in April 2021! Sheik is based in Makeni Government Hospital Resource Centre and is also supporting AHL staff in Bo and Kenema, and link-up libraries in Makeni and Freetown. You can find out more about Sheik on our "Meet the Team" page.
Resource Centre open!
The Resource Centre at Makeni Government Hospital was officially opened in March 2021!
Thanks to all who have supported the construction of an educational Resource Centre at Makeni Government Hospital! The official opening took place in March 2021 - a huge thank you to all who participated in the opening ceremony!
We now look forward to seeing how the Resource Centre will contribute to the future of healthcare library services in Makeni. It provides a large space for study, as well as a group study room and toilet facilities.
Shipment of books and computers
33 boxes of books and 2 desktop computers were collected for shipping at the end of September 2020. These are going to the new Makeni Resource Centre, as well as Bo and Kenema Hospital Libraries. Thank you to Book Aid International and Oxford University Libraries (Radcliffe Science Library, Knowledge Centre, Cairns Library, Harris Manchester College, Christ Church College, Oriel College) for the amazing donations. Thank you also goes to Computer Aid International, and to our wonderful volunteer Sandro for setting up the computers!
New library service opens
Princess Christian Maternity Hospital/ Ola During Children's Hospital/ COMAHS Library Service
AHL has been working with PCMH, ODCH and COMAHS, with support from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and our partners Book Aid International and Oxford Book Transplant, to open a shared maternity and paediatric library service, based at PCMH.
The shared library service officially opened to hospital staff and students in February 2020.
Dancing for AHL!
Thank you so much to the Oxford Swing Dance Society for choosing to support African Hospital Libraries during their December 2019 Christmas Social!
Half marathon for AHL!
Thank you to Rhys for raising money for AHL by running the Cardiff Half Marathon in October 2019! Impressive! Thank you to all who donated for your support.
2-Wheel Challenge: Cycling the Oxford Healthcare Libraries
On May 24 2019, Claire and Phil (Claire's dad) undertook the challenge to cycle between all 37 university medical and hospital libraries in Oxford in one day - a distance of 30 km!
See the Oxford Mail's coverage here.
If you'd like to support African Hospital Libraries through a fundraising effort, then please do get in touch! We would really appreciate your support.
2-Wheel Challenge: Fatmata's okada challenge
Also on 24 May, Fatmata M Kamara, library administrator at Makeni hospital library, travelled by motorbike taxi (okada) to libraries in Makeni.
If you'd like to support African Hospital Libraries through a fundraising effort, then please do get in touch! We would really appreciate your support.
Sponsored 5k run!
Well done Stevie!
Stevie Russell (AHL Trustee) raised a whopping £1685 for AHL, also in May 2019, from her 5k sponsored run! Thank you to everyone who kindly sponsored Stevie - everyone at AHL is very grateful of your support!
