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Forth Hope completes epic voyage to the Amazon
Forth Hope ....... is now at anchor some 8 miles from the Amazon City of Iquitos where we will be arriving at 6.30am later this morning 7th September. We will have covered just under 6800 miles in 42 days. (40 at sea). Already plans are being made for the ships deployment and a high level visit to see the vessel at work in just over a weeks time from various…
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Vine Trust volunteers help build a brighter future in Tanzania
Vine Trust has had an exceptionally busy summer of Home-Building in Tanzania, with over 170 dedicated volunteers, working in collaboration with our in-country partners, Tanzania Women Research Foundation (TAWREF), supporting sustainable development projects in the Moshi region. Throughout June and July 2017, 5 School Expedition teams, composed of pupils and staff from 8 UK Schools, in addition to the university student “Tanzania Twenty” Home-Building Expedition team from The Robertson Trust, helped to construct…
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HRH The Princess Royal names Forth Hope
On Saturday 20th May, Vine Trust was delighted to welcome our patron, HRH The Princess Royal, to name our new medical vessel, “MV Forth Hope”, at Babcock International in Rosyth. The Amazon-bound 35 metre Forth Hope, currently being outfitted in a project supported by Babcock and 30 marine and medical organisations, sailed into Rosyth at the end of 2016 to be transformed into a fully-equipped medical ship - complete with a…
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2018 Medical Expedition Dates Announced
Vine Trust is delighted to announce 2018 Expedition dates for both our Jubilee Hope Medical Programme on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, and our Amazon Hope Medical Programme on the Peruvian Amazon. Be part of a clinical team making an extraordinary difference in some of the world's most vulnerable communities. With regular 2-week expeditions throughout 2018, use your medical, dental or nursing skills to provide primary healthcare to riverine communities on the Amazon or to people living on…
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#FloatTheBoat Crowdfunding
Since 2003 Vine Trust has been involved in delivering primary health care on the Peruvian Amazon and more recently on Lake Victoria Tanzania, utilising ex Royal Navy vessels. This new ship MV Forth Hope will build on our 1.2 million treatments already given on the Amazon by adding capacity for up to 100,000 additional treatments per year. Over the next 20 years Forth Hope is expected to deliver an additional…
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