Our Goal
Deliver high-quality, specialty healthcare capability to Rwanda through training, equipment and volunteers.
Priorities
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Ensuring that our services are accessible to all, including the financially disadvantaged
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Contributing to the long-term socioeconomic development of Rwanda in a sustainable manner
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We value excellence, compassion, and respect. Collaboration and partnership are also central to our approach in delivering international standards of care for all our patients.
Successes
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330 Doctors trained
14 Hospitals supported
6000 Hernia patients treated
From 2012, Rwanda Legacy of Hope has provided specialist consultant surgeons as volunteers twice a year. These specialists include experts in laparoscopic gynaecology, laryngology (ENT), neurosurgery, anaesthesiology, spine surgery, plastic surgery, orthopaedics, breast cancer, allergy and immunology, and hernia repair. The teams work in 14 hospitals across Rwanda. Comprising 164 volunteer specialist consultant surgeons and skilled theatre nurses from 12 countries in Europe and the USA, the teams perform various surgical operations and engage in capacity-building by training local doctors, specialists, and residents twice a year, after training, they provide CPD certificates.
Online Training of Surgical Residents during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown
In April 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, our annual surgical residents’ hernia training could not be organized as a face-to-face session. Instead, a successful webinar was organized for seven postgraduate residents. The Postgraduate Hernia Training Program has now been integrated into the postgraduate curriculum by Prof. Faustin Ntirenganya, Head of Surgery at the University of Rwanda. The faculty of the Hernia Course Webinar comprised 13 consultant surgeons from the UK, Germany, Rwanda, and the USA.
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Over £445,000
in medical equipment donated
Donations of Medical Equipment and Medicine
The Rwanda Legacy of Hope medical volunteer team has provided medical equipment and medicine to 14 hospitals, valued at over €530,000 (RWF 795 million). The equipment ranges from routine surgical instruments to theatre tables and air conditioners fitted in operating theatres. In 2016, Rwanda Legacy of Hope equipped two theatres in Rwamagana as a training centre, investing $50,000 (RWF 73 million).
Partnership with the Ministry of Health and CHUK Hospital
The success of the RLOH missions would not have been possible without the substantial support of the Ministry of Health. This partnership has been formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) since 2016.
£1,500,000+
donated medical hours
Our Team
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Impact Through The Years
Our Missions
- RWANDA LEGACY OF HOPE MISSION 2012
- RWANDA LEGACY OF HOPE MEDICAL REPORT 2013
- HERNIA OPERATION AT GAHINI HOSPITAL 2014
- KIRINDA HOSPITAL 2014
- MISSION 2014 NYAMATA HOSPITAL
- MISSION 2014 PLASTIC SURGERY AT REMERA RUKOMA HOSPITAL
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DONATED TO 4 HOSPITALS 2014
- Rwanda Legacy of Hope Mission Feb 2016 – Medical Equipments
- Rwanda Legacy of Hope Mission Feb 2016 – Medical Training
- Rwanda Legacy of Hope Mission 2017
- Rwanda Legacy of Hope Mission 2018
- Rwanda Legacy of Hope Mission 2019
- Hernia Operations