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APCA's Work

Some of the projects to be tackled by APCA during 2026, which you could help to fund through your involvement, are as follows:

  • conducting palliative care training and education for health workers, in order to strengthen the palliative care response in Africa;
  • working with teams in Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria to pilot the integration of the Children's Palliative Outcome Scale (C-POS) in routine clinical practice 
  • Developing the Africa Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care Research and Knowledge Translation, launched at the conference in Botswana.

 

Demonstration Project on Palliative Care for Elderly Nuns

 

 

This project began in September 2025 and aims to develop and assess a model of in-community palliative care for African nuns, which if successful can be rolled out to other religious communities across Africa and elsewhere.

 

You can find out more about the project here 

 

Buy the book "A Beginners Guide to Dying"

Simon Boas was a journalist and he died in 2025. He took the opportunity to speak out about the importance of and the quality of the palliative care he received. His book – “A Beginners Guide to Dying” – is Simon to a “t” – quirky, thoughtful but joyful, and an inspiration. In this book, Simon collates the things that have given him peace and contentment and why dying at 46 isn’t that bad. We were delighted that one of his dying wishes was to donate his advance to the International Children’s Palliative Care Network(ICPCN) and the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) with the potential for further donations from later profits on sales. A Beginner’s Guide to Dying, was published in September 2025 and we are delighted to have received some proceeds from its sale. Please do buy the book and support APCA as you are doing so - Thank you.

 

Support APCA every time you shop online

Do you shop online? If so you can raise money for APCA UK every time you make a purchase - and it wont cost you a penny more! Simply set up an account with the Giving Machine at www.thegivingmachine.co.uk. Then every time you want to shop online do so via your Giving Machine account where you will find a huge range of on-line retailers just waiting to donate to APCA! These include Next, Argos, B&Q, Tesco and many more. 

 

Take part in an organised event or your own event

If you're already taking part in a fundraising event e.g. the London Marathon, or are planning to organise one yourself - whether it's a run, a walk, a bike ride or a dinner party - do consider supporting APCA UK. Please contact us to discuss your ideas.

 

News updates

If you want to be kept up to date with APCA's groundbreaking work in Africa simply email us and request regular updates. Most will be via email from APCA. We will never pass on your contact details to third parties.