Cardiff Bay Rotary

We award Dr Nicci Maxwell with a Paul Harris Fellowship for her tireless work in South Sudan.

Congratulations Nicci on your award. Conditions in South Sudan are extreme on any measure - climate, conflict, poverty, corruption and welfare. In particular South Sudan's chances of survival for mothers and newborn babies are the most desperate.

Currently, Nicci spends just over half her week in the neonatal ward at Al Sabbah Children’s Hospital in Juba, which is South Sudan’s national referral hospital for children.

The rest of the week is divided between general paediatric clinics in a UN camp for refugees from the war in Sudan as well as various other clinics and activities focussed on trying to unite medically complex children with the life-changing or life-saving services they need but struggle to access in the world’s newest and poorest country.

Cardiff Bay Rotary made some funds available to assist one young girl, Amana, undertake life changing surgery and were delighted that Nicci could find time to come and thank us.

We were also delighted to welcome Israa Mohammed, Chair of Global Health Partnerships Cymru, herself a native of Sudan.