We have the privilege of organising our own elective placement at the start of our third year. We have chosen to go to Nepal to gain an insight into how midwifery care is practised and accessed.





Tuesday 18 May 2010

Might as well jump. Jump !

So while thinking of ways to raise money to donate to the birth centre we are visiting we thought of walking a few miles, washing a few cars, making a few cakes......all a bit boring. So we came up with the idea that makes both our mums go weak at the knees. SKYDIVE!

We will be jumping out of a plane on August 7th with a few crazy student midwives and will be purchasing a video for you all to watch and laugh at later, well as long as we don't break anything anyway lol.

Here is a link to where we are jumping so you can watch a video of what we are letting ourselves in for.

The Jump is £165/each so we hope to raise about £400/each so we can give a good size donation to the birth centre. Please donate what you can, any amount is great.

Donations can be made to our paypal account at moodripdrip@hotmail.com or contact us directly for further information.

Thanks

Laura and Sam!!

Thursday 13 May 2010

WOW!!

Thank you soooooo much to the Wellbeing of Women for chosing both Sam and I to win the student elective bursary

We are both very proud and excited. Those expensive immunisations are now reachable! We also made a promise that if we did win we would fundraise for the birth centre we are visiting by jumping out of a plane!! Yes our mums are not best pleased, but it will be such a great way to start our journey to Nepal, kind of like "Im a student get me out of here!"

Will keep you posted on how to sponsor us!

Thanks again so much to the wellbeing of women for making our trip to Nepal a reality!

Sam and Laura xx

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Leaving on a Jet Plane!!

We have booked our flights....its definitely happening now! We are flying August 30th arriving in Nepal via Delhi on the 31st of August and we return to London on the 27th of September. Now all we need to do is figure out how we are going to fit all our donations and clothes into just one suitcase each. This is no easy task for two ladies! Looks like only two pairs of shoes lol.

We would like to thank Peter Harris at STA who helped us to book our flights. Definitely recommend using STA as they have friendly staff who will find you the best deal and with a student card you can save a lot of money! Peter finished at 500pm but stayed on until after 6pm to help us book our flights.

Thanks Pete!