Hospice forges links with Ecuador

Thursday 23rd October 2008, 2:55PM BST.

JERSEY Hospice has joined forces with a similar charity in Ecuador set up by a Jerseywoman.

The partnership with Fundacion Jersey in the Ecuadorian capital Quito coincides with the announcement that the next Bedell Group-sponsored cycle challenge in aid of Jersey Hospice Care will be to the South American country.

Talking about the twinning, Hospice chairman Dr Gari Purcell-Jones said that the Mont Cochon-based charity was looking forward to providing its partner with as much help and support as it could.

‘The partnership with the Ecuadorian hospice, which has such a strong Jersey link, gives the Bedell trip an added dimension and makes it even more worthwhile,’ he said.

Pictured: Dr Nicola Bailhache, who has set up Fundacion Jersey in Quito

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