Charity

Help grow the medical school library in Mtwara, Tanzania:

We need your books
PaLM is a small, not-for-profit organisation that is supporting the growth of clinical officer training college (COTC) in Mtwarra. The current COTC library run by Martha, has hardly any books to speak of, and students usually need to share one book between 10. Your help will allow PaLM’s work to continue as it supports the medical library.

How you can help

• Donate your unwanted medical books

Here’s a list of the books we’re after

• Volunteer to help BMJ4Life by collecting books at your medical school – we need help from medical students and librarians at each UK medical school.

Why get involved?
There are severe shortages of teaching staff and learning resources across all of Tanzania’s health training institutions.

Make a difference
Make a difference by training doctors and nurses and help improve the quality of health care in Tanzania. If you feel you can contribute to this project or would like more information, please contact BMJ4Life at bmj4life@bmjgroup.com.

Visit PaLM’s website to see more about their work in Mtwara

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More details on BMJ4Life Charities below

What is BMJ4Life?

BMJ4Life, BMJ Group's charity initiative launched in February 2010 and has been going from strength to strength. It gives BMJ Group staff the opportunity to get involved with charity in a work capacity. The five members of the BMJ4ife team have recruited numerous champions and volunteers from each department to help them with fundraising and volunteering events.

Feb 2010 - Feb 2012 charities
Cancer Research UK
PaLM

These two charities (one UK based, one international) were voted for by BMJ Group staff in 2009 following a poll Stella sent around.

Who are PaLM?

PaLM is described as a 'motorway' linking work in Mtwara, Tanzania with work in London. PaLM links movement of health expertise, resources, and finance. The aim of PaLM is to support the growth of a medical school by training doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. Dr Paula Baraitser, Dr Sue Mann, Dr Hussein Kilwanila, Mr Rak Patel, and Mr Grant Smith are the founders of PaLM and work closely with the BMJ4Life team and Group volunteers.

Current BMJ4Life-PaLM projects include…
1. Building a medical library in Mtwara
2. Offering internet mentoring to doctors, nurses, and pharmacists in Mtwara
3. Editing the current PaLM course materialSRH

Who is Cancer Research UK?

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. Their groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has saved millions of lives. Survival rates have doubled in the last thirty years and they have been at the heart of that progress. However, one in three of us will still get cancer at some point and CRUK's vital work, funded entirely by the public, will help ensure that millions more people will survive. Charity Registration No 1089464

Your support counts

First of all, thank you to all who are directly involved, supported, or helped out on BMJ4Life projects. With your help, we have been able to raise over £3 500 so far.

Fundraising target: £5 000 by February 2011; 
£10 000 by February 2012
Money raised in 2010: £5 657