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Sal is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in West Sussex.  Sal has been involved in charity work for many years, conducting regular eye surgery camps overseas.  He joined IMPACT’s board in 2019.

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    Child Health on the Tonlé Sap

    We are dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children living on the Tonlé Sap Lake in northern Cambodia...

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    Tasty Team makes an IMPACT!

    Our UK programme, The Tasty Team, aims to prevent a range of potentially disabling diseases and serious conditions, by providing cooking sessions, budgeting help and general nutritional advice to improve the health and well being of children and families in Mid Sussex.

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    In Tanzania, IMPACT’s local partner, Maternity Africa, restores hope to women who are injured giving birth.

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    Support mothers and their babies throughout Africa and Asia by providing maternal healthcare, safeguarding against disease and creating a healthier future

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Impact East Africa is on the road! The team in Kenya will be travelling far and wide over the coming weeks, taking Coronavirus health education to remote communities in Mwingi and installing handwashing tanks. First stop was Thitha Market 💦✋🤚💦 #CleanHandsSavesLives #KomeshaKorona #ActionTodayToPreventDisabilityTomorrow ... See MoreSee Less

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Taslima and fellow instructors at IMPACT’s Nursing Institute in Bangladesh have worked hard to support their nursing students throughout the pandemic. Online classes have enabled students to access teaching from home but everyone is looking forward to the school reopening in August #TheWorldNeedsMoreNurses #ActionTodayToPreventDisabilityTomorrow ... See MoreSee Less

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In places where Coronavirus restrictions are starting to ease, the challenge is ensuring that people who rely on IMPACT’s clinics and hospitals can once again access life-transforming operations and medical care. IMPACT Bangladesh's hospitals - including the floating hospital - are slowly and carefully reopening some services. 96 people benefited from sight-restoring cataract surgery in June. And in other hopeful news, IMPACT India's Lifeline Express hospital train is scheduled to arrive in Tripura next month, to stage its first project since the start of the pandemic #ActionTodayToPreventDisabilityTomorrow #TakingTheHospitalToThePeople You can support IMPACT here 🙏https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1001682&utm_source=extbtn&utm_campaign=donatebtn ... See MoreSee Less

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India's free hospital train — in pictures https://aje.io/uy4ll

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We continue to spread the message of keeping safe to rural areas of Mwingi. This was earlier this week at Ing'oi and Kyunduani markets in Mwingi. We keep reaching out as much as we can so we together can win the fight against Covid-19 #KomeshaKorona

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This week we have visited Katoo and Kakunguu markets in rural Mwingi where we sensitized the community on ways of keeping safe from Covid-19. #IEACares #KomeshKorona @KituiCountyGovt @KituiOnline @MOH_Kenya

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IMPACT East Africa - ‘We continue to sensitize t IMPACT East Africa - ‘We continue to sensitize the communities in rural Mwingi on how to protect themselves from getting infected with the virus. We visited Katoo and Kakunguu markets where we donated a handwashing station and also shared with the community on the importance of keeping social distance, regular washing their hands and having their masks on at all times they are in public spaces. More and more people in the villages are becoming aware of ways in which they need to protect themselves’ #KomeshaKorona
Impact East Africa is on the road! The team in Ken Impact East Africa is on the road! The team in Kenya will be travelling far and wide over the coming weeks, taking Coronavirus health education to remote communities in Mwingi and installing handwashing tanks. First stop was Thitha Market 💦✋🤚💦 #CleanHandsSavesLives #KomeshaKorona #ActionTodayToPreventDisabilityTomorrow
Instructors at IMPACT’s Nursing Institute in Ban Instructors at IMPACT’s Nursing Institute in Bangladesh have worked hard to support their students during the pandemic. Online classes have enable students to access teaching from home but everyone is looking forward to the school reopening in August #TheWorldNeedsMoreNurses
In places where Coronavirus restrictions are start In places where Coronavirus restrictions are starting to ease, the challenge is ensuring that people who rely on IMPACT’s clinics and hospitals can once again access life-transforming operations and medical care. IMPACT Bangladesh's hospitals - including the floating hospital - are slowly and carefully reopening some services. 96 people benefited from sight-restoring cataract surgery in June. And in other hopeful news, IMPACT India's Lifeline Express hospital train is scheduled to arrive in Tripura next month, to stage its first project since the start of the pandemic #ActionTodayToPreventDisabilityTomorrow #TakingTheHospitalToThePeople You can support IMPACT here 🙏https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1001682&utm_source=extbtn&utm_campaign=donatebtn
Health education materials at the ready! IMPACT Ea Health education materials at the ready! IMPACT East Africa are taking Coronavirus health education, including handwashing demonstrations, far and wide. Yesterday, Kenya recorded 184 Coronavirus cases - the highest daily number so far - so this is important work #KomeshaKorona
#VolunteersWeek2020 IMPACT has supported 10,500+ p #VolunteersWeek2020 IMPACT has supported 10,500+ people with emergency food parcels since the start of the pandemic. Hamid in Pakistan, Kassim in Zanzibar, Krishnan in Sri Lanka, Shamim in Bangladesh, Suraj in Nepal and Lucinda in the UK…just some of IMPACT's global volunteers who have made this happen #Thankyou 💙
#WorldBicycleDay!🚴‍♀️💚Cycling is not o #WorldBicycleDay!🚴‍♀️💚Cycling is not only a great form of exercise, it's also an affordable, reliable and sustainable way for IMPACT’s fieldworkers to take health education to remote villages. See how cycling delivers on the global goals bit.ly/2XXjaL7
@IMPACTTastyTeam volunteers have helped distribute @IMPACTTastyTeam volunteers have helped distribute over 300 emergency food parcels to people isolating or affected by the Coronavirus in Mid Sussex. Thanks to #OldPlawHatchFarm for their donations of eggs, cheese, onions & so much more😀
#MenstrualHygieneDay IMPACT projects in India, Ban #MenstrualHygieneDay IMPACT projects in India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Kenya are challenging taboos; building school toilets; teaching menstrual hygiene; & distributing sanitary & recyclable protection to help girls stay learning the whole month through #mhday2020
In memory of Yahya Al Sawafy, Chair of IMPACT Zanz In memory of Yahya Al Sawafy, Chair of IMPACT Zanzibar, who has died after testing positive for the Coronavirus. Yahya was in his early 60s and was a much loved and respected member of the IMPACT family. He was at the forefront of co-ordinating IMPACT's response to the Coronavirus in Zanzibar, having the foresight to put in place plans to protect healthworkers, feed hungry families and care for the seriously ill - well before there were any confirmed cases on the islands. His leadership and wise counsel will be greatly missed in Zanzibar and beyond.
‪A challenging 24hrs for IMPACT’s floating hos ‪A challenging 24hrs for IMPACT’s floating hospital as #CycloneAmphan made landfall in #Bangladesh. After a night of high winds and rain, riverwater has risen 10ft. Thanks to early storm warnings there was time to batten down the hatches & everyone on board is safe and well 🙏‬
Nice work IMPACT Nepal! PPE, medical supplies and Nice work IMPACT Nepal! PPE, medical supplies and emergency food aid getting right to where it's needed most. Thanks to everyone who is supporting us right now... facebook.com/IMPACTFoundati…
A busy week for IMPACTs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, I A busy week for IMPACTs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zanzibar - equipping healthworkers with protective clothing and life-saving supplies; taking action to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus; as well as feeding hungry people and keeping the most vital medical services going. Here in the UK, IMPACT Tasty Team volunteers have teamed up with our local foodbank to support vulnerable families. Please help us do more: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1001682&utm_source=extbtn&utm_campaign=donatebtn
Happy #InternationalNursesDay! IMPACT’s Nursing Happy #InternationalNursesDay! IMPACT’s Nursing School in Bangladesh has temporarily suspended teaching but will reopen as soon as safely possible – the Coronavirus crisis has highlighted one thing for sure, that the world needs more nurses 🙏💙 #ThankYouNurses #IND2020
IMPACTs in Africa and Asia are providing a safety IMPACTs in Africa and Asia are providing a safety net for some of the world’s poorest people, who are more vulnerable than ever due to the Coronavirus https://impact.org.uk/coronavirus/
Happy #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife! From Banglade Happy #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife! From Bangladesh through to Zanzibar, IMPACT-supported midwives and Traditional Birth Attendants, accompany women and their babies safely through pregnancy, birth & beyond. Meet some of the male midwives at Kivulini Maternity hospital – our local partner in Tanzania providing fistula treatment & maternity care in Tanzania http://maternityafrica.org/ #IDM2020 #Midwives2020 #midwives
#Coronavirus IMPACTs in Africa & Asia are preparin #Coronavirus IMPACTs in Africa & Asia are preparing hospitals & clinics to act as treatment & isolation wards; educating communities on hygiene measures/#SocialDistancing; providing frontline medics with PPE & medical supplies; & feeding hungry people. facebook.com/IMPACTFoundati…
Our longstanding supporter Emma is an NHS midwife Our longstanding supporter Emma is an NHS midwife 💙…Here in an interview with Instagram's @theNewNormalNow she describes the impact that coronavirus has had on her day to day: “The women that are coming in...they're really worried for the health of their babies mainly” . "But you can't prepare them for when they actually come in, you can see on their faces the shock and the kind of realisation, the seriousness of it, you know” . “As soon as that lady leaves the delivery suite, her husband says goodbye and that's it. They don't know when they're gonna meet again” . “I mean, it could be the next day if breastfeeding goes really well. It could be five days if suddenly we find an infection and the baby's got to go on antibiotics. It's a very unknown thing for the father to have to leave and not to be able to support his wife and not to have that bonding time with his baby. It's really sad and stressful. It's not easy for anyone to say goodbye at that stage. It's the time where you're supposed to be celebrating the arrival of your new baby. And its the saddest thing ever” . “Then to have to sit there and comfort the mum when you've got a face mask, hat, gown and gloves on. I'm trying to reassure her when she can't even see the whole of my face and you can't even have that nice skin to skin contact when you are holding her hands” . “After a twelve and a half hour shift I find it difficult coming home and talking to my husband about anything. I normally just sit on the sofa and watch a film and go to bed. But now you're going home, there's nothing left. Because it is just so emotional” . “We are still midwives at the end of the day and we still love our jobs. We still want to be there for you, we still want to support you. We're gonna be a team with you through this childbirth process. Please be reassured, we are smiling underneath our masks” . “And remember the end goal of this is you're gonna walk away with a lovely little bubba in your arms and this will be just a memory. You'll be at home feeding your baby, thinking, what was all the fuss about?” . #nhs #health #nhsheroes #midwife #frontline #keyworker #covid19 #stayhome #documentary #interview #reportage #social
The #TwoPointSixChallenge launches on 26th April t The #TwoPointSixChallenge launches on 26th April to help UK charities in these challenging times. Want to support IMPACT? Easy! 🧠Dream up a challenge involving the numbers 2.6 or 26 (26 sit-ups? 26 minute dance? 26 person virtual Zoom party...) 😍 Make a donation, or set up a fundraising page to involve your friends and family. You can find IMPACT on Virgin Money https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/giving/ 🌏Share and nominate others to join in too! #SaveUKCharities #HomeHeroes
IMPACT Pakistan has set up an emergency kitchen to IMPACT Pakistan has set up an emergency kitchen to feed hungry families in Islamabad. 70 food parcels distributed tonight. As everywhere, the poorest people are already struggling to meet their basic food needs during the coronavirus lockdowns #StaySafeStayAtHome 💙
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