The Society has managed to raise over $53,000 from various corporates and well wishers around the globe. This funding will enable us carry out hundreds of Fistula operations in East Africa, transforming the lives of hundreds of women and families in the process. Some of our Donors include: DAK FOUNDATION- AUSTRALIA FDSA has managed secure ...Read More Read More »

2011 marked the 40th year since the inception of the Society. Whilst we celebrated our achievement of having raised Kshs. 1 billion for AMREF’s Outreach Programme, we used the time to reflect on the work we have done serving communities in East Africa. As a Council, we agreed that moving forward we will continue to ...Read More Read More »

What work have you done for AMREF’s Outreach Programme? I joined AMREF as the Outreach Manager for the Programme in November 2003. During my tenure, I have overseen the expansion of outreach in terms of number of hospitals and number of patients benefiting. Due to funding from FDSA, outreach has tripled in their projects (FDSA ...Read More Read More »

Our core mandate, as the Flying Doctors Society of Africa is to fundraise for AMREF Outreach programme and charity evacuations. We carry out Charity evacuations in special circumstances where a victim is in a life threatening situation and requires urgent and specialized medical attention. The charity evacuations are mainly carried out in areas where medical ...Read More Read More »

AMREF Outreach Specialist Programme held a Urology Medical Camp at the Turiani Hospital in Tanzania in February 2012. Dr. Frank Bright, one of the doctors who assist in AMREF’s specialist outreach programme. His specialty is urology. The inhabitants of Turiani refer to him as ‘bingwa’, a name he was given after performing surgeries in Turiani ...Read More Read More »