Mwangala Mwangala of class 7B, 11 years old, in clean school uniform, steps forward in front of all his teachers, clears his throat, and stands in front of the…
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CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: April 2025
A Renovated Labour Ward at Ronald Ross General Hospital delights local people in Mufulira
by Polina Sparks April 7, 2025MMTA Charity Update In 2023 MMTA’s charity Friends of Mufulira received a request from our twinned hospital, Ronald Ross General Hospital, to assist with restoration of their labour ward. Our…
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Our MMTA Charity, Friends of Mufulira (FOM), arises out of The Minor Metals Trade Association’s wish to publicly recognize the communities in developing countries upon which we all depend for…
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CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: April 2024
Debt and drought threaten Zambia
by Polina Sparks April 18, 2024FOM work never so vital At the end of April our first elective of 2024, a medical student from the University of Edinburgh, travels to Mufulira in Zambia. She will…
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CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: April 2019
Don’t feel too Pious about your Prius!
by MMTA April 4, 2019Don’t feel too Pious about your Prius! Copper might be the wonder metal for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) but there are still copper smelters all over the world generating…
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CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: October 2018
Friends of Mufulira Medical Electives 2018
by MMTA October 12, 2018A brief introduction My name is Elizabeth and I’m a final year medical student at Liverpool University. This is an article written about my elective, which I carried out with…
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The MMTA’s chosen charity, ‘Friends of Mufulira’, now has an account on AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a platform that allows you to support a charity of your choice at no extra…
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CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: January 2024
Some positive signs for Mufulira in 2024
by Polina Sparks January 31, 2024What, you may ask, drives us at the MMTAs Charity, Friends of Mufulira, to plug away to support the community in Mufulira, Zambia? Perhaps anyone attending the MMTAs anniversary dinner…
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CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: September/October 2023
What does the future hold for Mufulira?
by Polina Sparks October 5, 2023How medical and economic health go together The MMTAs twinned relationship with Mufulira in which we send NHS medical students to the Ronald Ross General Hospital in Zambia is multifunctional.…