Friday 12 March 2010
The Ryder Albania Association has been the country's leading provider of palliative care services since 1993.
"On behalf of my wife who is struggling for her life in your centre, where you are relieving somehow her sufferings, I want to congratulate for everything you are doing. We are aware of the life and pain which lie ahead of us, but the existence of this service is the biggest, dearest and most sacred thing. " Rexhep Kerçiku, Relative
Albania is one of the poorest countries in Europe. 40% of the population have no access to basic services such as education, water, sanitation and heating. The Ryder Albania multidisciplinary teams provide home-based care in Tirana and Durres. Medical, psychological and social care is provided free of charge to over 2,500 individuals and their families every year.
Ryder Albania also publishes learning materials, trains around 500 doctors, nurses, social workers and psychologists every year and plays a leading role in the Albanian National Association of Palliative Care which it helped to establish.
Ryder Albania is entirely dependent on charitable funds. This year Sue Ryder Care will need to raise £50,000 to support its work.
We urgently need your support.
Watch and learn more 48 Hours in Albania (a short film by David Bird)
Please take 15 minutes to watch this video, filmed on location in Albania and produced by David Bird of DB Sound and Vision. The people Ryder Albania help are often in extreme poverty, frequently with little or no income and sometimes with no running water or sanitation. Because of the lack of funds the care teams are not always able to give all the drugs required. If the patient is unable to buy the drugs and oxygen they need the have to go without.
Interview on the Ryder Albania Appeal (with Louise Barrett – Fundraiser at Sue Ryder Care)
For more information:
Email international@suerydercare.org
Call: 020 7400 0637
Donate online (and tick the international box)
Images of Ryder Albania are courtesy of Martin Beck-Burridge
