Over the past five years Help the Hospices has awarded 191 grants, totalling £315,555.
Examples of projects funded
The Shepherd's Hospice, Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Palliative Care Association was awarded £500.
The aim of the project was to develop a National Association of Palliative Care in Sierra Leone that could work with the National Health Service to promote pain relief and symptom management in patients with terminal cancer, HIV/AIDS and TB.
Kings Faisal Hospital, Rwanda
The Palliative Care training project was awarded £2,500 to support a five-day training seminar on palliative care. Participants included doctors, nurses and healthcare workers.
Training was seen as the starting point, before setting up a steering committee to start a hospice network in Rwanda. They hope to train at least 30 health workers in Rwanda.
Kijabe Hospital, Kenya
The Kijabe Hospital was awarded £1,500 to contribute towards the cost of a doctor to study at Cardiff University in the UK to gain the Certificate in Palliative Care (as phase 1 of the Diploma in Palliative Medicine).
The knowledge and skills the doctor gains will assist in the development of palliative care service provision at Kijabe Hospital. With the wide patient base of the hospital, this will benefit patients from all corners of Kenya.
Palliative Care Society, Manathavadi, India
Training community volunteers in palliative care is a project that was awarded £2,000. The award was made to let the Society organise a series of theory sessions that would introduce palliative care and the role of community volunteers.
Volunteers will be trained through this programme to be the first point of contact for patients in need of palliative care. They will work as the link between existing palliative care centres in the area and the patients in the community in identifying and following up patients. They hope that 400 volunteers will be trained under this programme.
Pallium Latinoamerica, Argentina
The Postgraduate advanced course in palliative care in Argentina was awarded £2,500.
This is a multi-professional course running over 28 weeks, consisting of nine modules using learning methods such as group study, teaching, role play, written assignments and discussions. The course includes many aspects of end of life care and follows recommendations from the European Association of Palliative Care. They hope that five doctors, three nurses and two social workers will be trained on this course.
Centre of Palliative Care in Kuzbass, Russian Federation
The Centre was awarded £873 to attend the European Congress of Palliative Care.
The Centre wanted to use the opportunity of attending the Congress to network with other palliative care professionals and to learn from their experiences. They will then disseminate the knowledge gained from the visit back into their workplace.
Previous years
You can read about grants awarded through the International grants programme in previous years:
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International grants awarded 2005
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International grants awarded 2004
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International grants awarded 2003
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International grants awarded 2002.
