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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 265 No 7104 p46
July 8, 2000 The Society

Sponsored abseil from Society's roof meets £5,000 target for Neema project

A sponsored abseil from the roof of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Lambeth headquarters has reached its target of raising £5,000 to help the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation's Neema village concept project.
Organised by the British Pharmaceutical Students Association, the event took place on July 1, when 25 individually sponsored volunteers took part. The first to abseil from the building's fifth floor roof terrace was the Society's Treasurer, Mr David Allen. Among those who followed Mr Allen were a fellow Council member, Mr Sultan Dajani, and the Society's deputy secretary, Mr Philip Green, who is also secretary of the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association.

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Photographed on the Society's roof terrace before their descent are, left to right, Mr Green, Mr Allen, Miss Emily Horwill (BPSA graduate officer and incoming vice-president), Mr Dajani and Miss McClure

Mr Allen said: "I am pleased to be involved in the event and represent my Council colleagues who have contributed sponsorship to this fun day. On a serious note, both the Society and the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association look forward to seeing this project develop and to help medical and pharmaceutical services for the people of Kiromo."
Miss Lindsay McClure (outgoing BPSA vice-president) said that the money raised would make an enormous difference to the people of Kiromo. She added that the day had been a complete success, with everyone having a great time and nobody breaking any windows on the way down.
Miss McClure also gave special thanks to Mr Allen, whose company, A. D. Allen Pharmaceuticals, has agreed to sponsor a new Neema promotional leaflet, which is to be distributed world-wide to promote opportunities for involvement in the project.
As its main goal, the Neema project has built, and runs, a dispensary in Kiromo village, near Bagamoyo, Tanzania (PJ, July 17, 1999, p97). The abseil target of £5,000 was the sum needed to cover the costs of extending the dispensary building to provide a mother-and-child health centre.

Further information on the Neema project can be found on the International Pharmaceutical Student Federation website at www.ipsf.org/projects/vcp.html.