Welcome to Poole Africa Link

Who we are:

Poole Africa Link is a charity that sends highly skilled doctors, nurses, and midwives to Lira, Uganda, twice a year to further the education of other healthcare professionals in the hospital and two schools of nursing.

A Brief History:

Poole Africa Link was established in 2009 when a link was set up between Poole Hospital and Wau Hospital in South Sudan. Twelve successful visits followed, with healthcare professionals visiting for 2-3 weeks. During this time, we trained doctors, nurses, and midwives in the hospital and two nursing schools. Unrest in South Sudan has meant that we have had to withdraw our practical support, but strong links with friends there remain.

In November 2014, we formed links with Lira in Northern Uganda, both with Lira University and University Hospital and Lira Regional Referral Hospital. We sent two of the three teams a year until we were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, we continued contact online and via Zoom and sent supplies of much-needed PPE from Kampala to Lira.

Our visits resumed in October 2022, and six very successful teams have made the long journey since then.

More information on some of our projects can be found here!

The Link is supported but not funded by University Hospitals Dorset.

‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life’