Hospice Africa France
since 2009
About Us
Hospice Africa France (HAF) was established in 2009 in a small village in Brittany with the objective of raising funds to support Hospice Africa Uganda’s International Programmes (IP) department, and in particular its outreach to Francophone countries in Africa.
This support includes funding the running costs of IP’s Francophone Course as well as funding any shortfall on the costs of Francophone training, mentoring IP alumni and for participants to attend training in Uganda.
This remains our main focus. However, we also work with other French organisations to raise awareness in France of Africa’s need for palliative care. In addition to this, we finance visits to France by IP personnel for that purpose. In addition, we fund some of the HAU Community Volunteer Programme.
Our links with these different groups have made it possible to provide French-speaking professionals to support IP’s francophone training both in Africa and online. HAF has also provided funding to young French-speaking volunteers to work with the IP team in Uganda.
In future, it is hoped that we can provide funding to palliative care services established by former beneficiaries of IP training, to help them develop those services in their own countries, hence further sharing the Merriman Method for francophone Africa.
Whilst HAF was established by English-speaking residents of the Jugon-les-Lacs village, our board and volunteers are now mainly from the local community. Most of the funding comes from a charity shop in the village which has become a point of exchange. As well as a wide range of funding activities, our initiative receives financial support from local and regional government.
Our work with International Programmes
We work closely with the International Programmess Department in Uganda. On the one hand, we fund the French-speaking program for initial palliative care trainings that are held in Uganda. We also provide French-speaking human resources for this training. In France, we work to raise awareness of the need for affordable palliative care in Africa. We develop links with organizations with similar goals and make presentations at conferences, in schools, etc. We organize and fund presentations by Ugandan teams in France.
Our Partners
Meet the The HAF Board of Directors
Chair
Amanda Hanley
Vice Chair
Yves Joël Merdrignac
Treasurer
Jean-Baptiste Dufour
Sandy Ewart
Stephen Miller
Angela Daly
Geneviéve Pierrat
Activities and Events
Charity Shop Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday: Morning: 10.30 am to 12.30 pm, Afternoon: 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm
Sunday: 10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Would you like to volunteer?
If you would like to support our work by volunteering we would love to hear from you!
Take Part in Our Bilingual Quizzes
Test your general knowledge through French and English in our fun Bilingual Quizzes.
They are held on the 1st Monday of every month, apart from July and August, at the P’tit Forum in Jugon Les Lacs, or you can join by Zoom, at 7.30 pm
To take part gather a team of 4 and register by email at Batlands@wanadoo.fr
It is €5 a team to enter.
Our Charity Shop
Donations to Hospice Africa France are eligible for a reduction in French Income Tax. The necessary paperwork needs to be registered at the time of the donation. Donations can be made in our shop in person or by post.
The Charity Shop, Hospice Africa France, 17 Place Martray, 22270, Jugon-les-Lacs, France
How to Donate to Hospice Africa France
We'd love to
hear from you.
Whether you would like to find out more about Hospice Africa France or discuss fundraising ideas we'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch using the following channels:
Envoyez-nous un email
hospiceafricafrance@gmail.com