Guernsey Aid continues to go from strength to strength and our 5th birthday celebrations this year have given us a chance to reflect on the work we have done since we started in 2020. By the end of 2025 we will have raised a total of approximately £185,000 in support of 18 different projects addressing basic needs in 9 of the least developed countries around the world.
At the beginning of the year, Dr Nick and Claudine visited 6 of the 15 schools in NE Cambodia where Guernsey Aid has upgraded the WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) facilities including new boreholes, wash stations, water filters and accessible toilets. They then went on to Nepal and spent several days with the two auxiliary nurse midwives at the remote mountain healthpost in Manbu Village where a grant from Guernsey Aid has provided a new ultrasound scanner and other items of much needed equipment. Seeing at first hand the difference that our grants make to the communities involved and the value for money that they represent is always a very rewarding and humbling experience.
Our project summary for 2025 (in addition to the regular contribution we make to the running costs of the Children’s Ward and Special Care Baby Unit at St Francis Hospital in Katete, Zambia) is a follows …
New school build at Tep Nimith in Mondulkiri Province and WASH upgrades at 3 other schools in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia
Despite some delays due to flooding and the need for the site at Tep Nimith to be declared safe from mines and unexploded ordnance, this project is on schedule for completion by the end of the year. It is being implemented by UWS Cambodia and a project visit is planned for the beginning of 2026.
‘The Ship of Life’ – the Jibon Tari Floating Hospital in Bangladesh
A donation from Guernsey Aid to the Jibon Tari Floating Hospital in Bangladesh will enable more life-changing operations to be carried out there.
Wash station and girl’s hygiene block at St Paul’s School, Chinhenga, Zimbabwe
Having installed a solar powered borehole at this rapidly expanding school in rural eastern Zimbabwe last year, we have gone on to provide funding for a new sanitation block to be built alongside. It will include a wash station, gender-specific latrines and a girls hygiene room which should help to reduce absence and drop out rates Work has already commenced and a further report is anticipated in the New Year.
New school build at Namatoa in Atsimo Andreafana Region, SW Madagascar
In an exciting joint project with United World Schools scheduled for 2026 we will be contributing to a new school build at Namatoa in the remote and impoverished SW corner of Madagascar. The classrooms will be block built so that they are cyclone-resistant and once completed the school will serve 816 children from 4 different local communities.
New nursery unit at St Felix School, Ntenefor Village, Bamenda, Cameroon
This project is nearing completion and more photos will be posted shortly. The new nursery school is entirely separate from the main primary school where it was previously based. It has two classrooms, a sleeping/calming room, a kitchen, three toilets, ample storage space and an enclosed outside garden.
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