We believe this time of year is all about giving. So this year we have chosen to support various charities and our Seasonal Donation has been included.
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
Around 28,500 people of all ages are diagnosed with a blood cancer in the UK every year. Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research are determined to give every person suffering with this illness the best possible chance of survival. Their research is focused on finding the causes, improving diagnosis and treatments as well as running ground breaking clinical trials. By funding research across the UK they ensure that all blood cancer patients receive the best possible care as well as being able to provide free information to patients and their families when they most need it!
Our main inspiration here is a very brave two year old little boy and grandson of Barbara our Accounts Manager. Sadly this year he was diagnosed with Leukaemia and is now undergoing treatment at Great Ormond Street hospital.
http://leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk
MEAK – Medical and Educational aid to Kenya
MEAK originally provided the collection, transportation and distribution of medical and educational aid free of charge, by UK donors to needy organisations in Kenya. Even though this work is still regarded as important they have prioritised their funding and now organise medical and surgical missions in the fields of paediatric cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology and orthopaedics.
In 2001 Professor David Anderson, one of the UK’s foremost paediatric cardiac surgeons was approached by MEAK and subsequently agreed to work on an on-going basis with teams from The Evelina Children’s Hospital at Guys and St Thomas’, all working without payment, on missions to Kenya. The first mission took place in January 2002 – then in 2003 MEAK provided a heart-lung machine to The Aga Khan hospital in Mombasa – and that same year MEAK carried out the first ever open-heart surgery in Kenya outside the capital.
http://www.meak.org
East Africa Crisis Appeal
More than 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and the newly-formed Republic of South Sudan have been left in need of food, water and emergency healthcare because of one of the worst droughts in 60 years. Crops grown earlier in the year have failed due to lack of rain. Animals have been forced to go without food and many have died. Combined with this there has been a huge rise in global food prices.
The most severely affected areas are parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia and South Sudan.
High levels of malnutrition are leaving children vulnerable to diseases and cases of life threatening illnesses such as diarrhoea and measles are on the rise. Children and families are dying needlessly
http://www.dec.org.uk/appeals/east-africa-crisis-appeal
With very best wishes for a Happy Festive Season from all of us at A. Warne
Jonathan, Mark, Lee, Andrew, David, Susan, Barbara, Mary, Albert, John, Susan, Yan, Aleks, Kraig, Danny, Bachu, Raja, Matt, Ivan Johnathan and Courtney
