November 2010

One of the largest PONT teams to date has just returned home from Uganda, after a week of intense activity. The team was made up of 24 professionals including six engineers, five GP’s, four midwives, 3 ambulance staff, 2 hospital consultants, a nurse, and the Chief Medical Officer for Wales.

The central focus of the team was to launch an innovative pilot ambulance service, using a combination of pushbike and motorbike ambulances. These will help evacuate emergencies out of the remote mountain villages in the Mbale region, which is twinned with Rhondda Cynon Taff. The idea for the ambulances was developed by Paramedic Julian Newton and his team, who had witnessed on previous visits mothers losing their lives in labour after being carried to hospital on the back of a bicycle.

A BBC article detailing the effects of the recent landslide in Mbale, and PONT's response to the disaster.

Rhowch Gymorth i'r Apel Trychineb Tirlithiad

Llygad dystion yn son am debygrwydd i drychineb Aberfan 

Yn dilyn glaw trwm ar Fawrth 1af 2010, dinistriwyd rhannau mawr o ardal Bududa yn Mbale gan dirlithiadau. Mae dros 300 o bobl ar goll neu wedi marw, yn cynnwys dros 100 o blant oedd yn trio dychwelyd o'r ysgol.  Mae dros 2000 o bobl wedi eu gadael yn ddigartref heb unrhyw ffordd o wneud bywoliaeth a chynnal eu teuluoedd.  Maen nhw angen eich cymorth chi ar frys.

Mae partneriaid lleol PONT yn gweithio yn yr ardal nawr er mwyn darparu cysgod, blancedi, bwyd a moddion. Ar hyn o bryd rydym ni'n casglu rhoddion ariannol fydd yn mynd yn syth at ein partneriaid elusennol yn Mbale. Gallwch chi roi'n ariannol  trwy ddilyn un o'r  camau sy'n cael eu disgrifio ar dudalen rhoi a chefnogi y wefan. Dylai sieciau fod yn daladwy i PONT gyda Disaster Relief Fund wedi nodi ar y cefn.

This video is an excerpt from a short film one of our partners made describing the goat rearing project which is designed to help orphans and needy children in Mbale.