Based on the success of last year’s partnership, the Irish university ‘Atlantic Technological University’ (ATU) St Angelas will return again in July 2024 with five student nurses, staff and volunteers to collaborate in our important work and enrich our communities.

Students representing both General Nursing and Intellectual Disability Nursing will deliver health check clinics here at BKU and at Noah’s Ark on the mainland. 

The work will also involve stocking the schools with much needed medicines and other supplies. Thanks to last years efforts, there is now a full-time nurse and midwife employed at BKU and fund also secured two additional care support workers at Noah’s Ark.

The team this year will also be engaging with the wider community through vision assessment clinics and workshop on hygiene and water sanitation. This transformative experience makes memories that last a lifetime and ATU St Angelas wish to continue offering these amazing opportunities to future students for many years to come.

Photo caption: ATU St Angela’s Dr Edel McSharry, Seán Kelly, Emily Kelly, Éabha Heffron, Erin Russell and Sorcha Higgins with some of the children based at Bright Kids Uganda school and orphanage