Bridge Airlifts Medical supplies To Afghanistan

Afghan Aid (ITV Report )
A doctor from London is organising an airlift of medical supplies to  Afghanistan, where she's setting up a clinic in a women's prison. Some of the  supplies stockpiled by Karen Woo come from British hospitals... which would  usually destroy them if they weren't used.
Doctor Woo quit her job here in London so she could work in the war-torn  country. Thanks to her efforts and those of her organisation, called "Bridge  Afghanistan", forty pallets of medical supplies will be landing in the Afghan  capital, Kabul, later this week
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or the link
http://www.itv.com/london/afghan-aid68188/

BRIDGE AFGHANISTAN IN BMA NEWS

Associate medical director Karen Woo (pictured) has swapped a comfortable job with private healthcare firm BUPA for aid work and film-making in Afghanistan.

Currently in Kabul making a documentary and delivering medical supplies collected in the UK, Dr Woo told 'BMA News' she was ‘flat broke and living in a war zone’ but enjoying helping people in great need. On graduating from medical school, she commenced surgical training before joining BUPA.

She now works for medical evacuations company Remote Medical Solutions International, and is leading Bridge Afghanistan — a non-profit organisation delivering, and making a documentary about, aid in the country. For more details about donating medical supplies or funds to Bridge Afghanistan, contact THE BRIDGE AFGHANISTAN
DR KAREN WOO AND FIRUZ RAHIMI at bridge150@gmail.com

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A Musical Soiree

Saturday 3rd October 2009 – 7.30pm

The Tabernacle, Powis Square, Notting Hill

Caasi Michael, Vincent, The Great Shakes , Justine Frances
Jess Mae, Angie Dixon, Robbie Chard, John Burnett-Hall

An evening of music and entertainment
Raffle, drinks and food
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Read more about 'Conflict of Interest' Project of Bridge

Broadcast Journalism Training Course

Bridge Afghanistan is going to hold a week of Broadcast journalism training course in capital Kabul and Northern Province of Jawzijan. A week of free Journalism course will coverbasic radio journalism, news writing, news varieties, technical skills and media law. At the end of one course Bridge Afghanistan will issue certificates to Male and female participants of the course. The course will start on 25^th of September. If you need more information please contact the Bridge Afghanistan.

A Conflict of Interest

I (Dr Karen Woo MBBS,MRCS) met Firuz Rahimi at the Afghanaid fashion show back in March 2009. The fashion show was the brainchild of Lady Bridget Cowper-Coles wife of the British Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Mina Bavary and her sisters. I was the producer of the show and Firuz was covering the story for the BBC World Service – central Asia. We got chatting back stage and I discovered that Firuz had originally trained as a doctor back in Afghanistan before becoming a journalist and moving to the UK. As we talked we both discovered that we held the same opinion; that many things can be done if you have a will to do them. We shared the same spirit that whatever you dream to be possible can become a reality; and so a partnership was born.

Bridge Dormitory Welcomes Backs Students

After lengthy summer holidays students will be back to Jawzijan Province to continue their studies .life will be different for 120 students who are housed in Bridge dormitory equipped with more equipments and facilities to ensure the comfort living space for students. in mean time Bridge still continues to over come the shortages and problems .currently we are short of proper beds for students .donations are still continuing with every donation we keep solving problems . we are raising money any one wishing to contribute will be more then welcome.
with more updates soon.

We have a Library Now

Finally construction of hostel's library has finished. For further research and studies ,library is an essential part of an educational establishment.In order to create a library for students who are living in Bridge dormitory ,one of the huge rooms of the building has been dedicated for library.Book shelves prepared by local carpenters and fitted in the rooms. Chairs and tables were also provided and fitted in the library.