We are the graduates and former teachers of Jaffna Medical Faculty, in northern Sri Lanka, who have settled in the UK. We formed JMFOA-UK with the intention of helping our faculty, hospitals, their staff and our people back home. Our objective is the relief of sickness and the preservation and promotion of good health for the public benefit in Sri Lanka. Our projects were initially centred on teaching and training, but our current Resuscitation Project also involves donating vital life-saving equipment (see Projects page); we have also supported infrastructural projects. We are proud to preserve our identity and work as an independent, not-for-profit, non-political organisation.
JMFOA-UK Standing Order/ Giftaid Form
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Please complete and return our Standing Order/ Giftaid form - if you are able to make a regular contribution, however small, it will help us to plan and expand our charity work in the North and East of Sri Lanka.
JMFOA-UK Annual General Meeting and CME Programme - Saturday 13th January 2018
The JMFOA-UK AGM and CME programme will take place on Saturday 13th January 2018 at Carlton Lounge, 232-234 Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury, London NW9 0BH. We will kick off with the CME Programme (see PDF of programme below) with an 08.30am registration, followed by lunch and then the AGM. Everyone is welcome and we need your support.
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JMFOA-UK Annual Fundraising Concert with dinner: 30th September 2017
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The JMFOA-UK Annual Fundraising musical concert took place on Saturday 30th September 2017, at Beck Theatre, Grange Road, Hayes, Middlesex.
Three International Super-Singers, Bharat from India, Jessica from Canada and Nirujan from Germany, accompanied by local artists, put on a fabulous show and entertained the sell-out crowd for the whole evening. We urge you all to return your ticket money and pledged donations to us. If we receive all of these we anticipate a net profit of approx. £40,000. Thanks to your generosity we have already started using this money for the medical benefit of the people of the North and East Sri Lanka, for example, the autoclave/ steriliser urgently needed by Thirukovil hospital in the East has been purchased and donated in December 2017 (see the newspapaer clipping and television news footage below). |
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2017 Update on Resuscitation Project
In the past year we have expanded the coverage of our Resuscitation Project from 14 to 25 hospitals in the North and East of Sri Lanka (see map opposite): Analaitivu, Batticalao (Teaching Hospital), Chankanai, Chavakachcheri, Echilampaththai, Jaffna (Teaching Hospital), Kalmunai North, Karainagar, Kayts, Kilinochchi, Mallavi, Mankulam, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Nainativu, Oddusuddan, Point Pedro, Pungudutivu, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Tellipalai, Thirukovil, Trincomalee, Vaharai, Velanai and Vavuniya
We have performed Needs Assessments and, using funds generously donated by our supporters through our annual fund-raising programmes, as well as from our sister JMFOA organisations in North America and New Zealand, have donated more vital equipment to these hospitals, to monitor deteriorating patients and treat cardio-respiratory arrest (see table opposite). Specialist members of our team have, in addition, continued their programme of on-going training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for these hospitals, and in the past year we have included training in the resuscitation of children. We want to concentrate now on supporting two of the most deprived hospitals we have identified - Mallavi Hospital in the North and Thirukovil Hospital in the East (see map opposite), including the purchase of an essential medical steriliser for Thirukovil Hospital. In addition we are working with Teaching Hospital Jaffna to set up a 24/7 Cardiac Arrest emergency team, which would be one of the first of its kind in Sri Lanka. 
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