Your Donation can transform lives.
Thank you for supporting us. Your donation will help us to achieve our vision: training medical staff in West Africa to set up self-sustaining Reconstructive Surgery units across the region. In this way many thousands of people can be helped.
How do we spend your money?
We are an independent Scottish charity that raises part of our income from individuals and part from grants and trusts. If you are a current supporter or are considering donating and would like to know how your donation might be used, here are some examples of what your money could be spent on:
- £10 buys wound dressings for one operation
- £100 buys one cleft lip or palate operation
- or,
- £10 per month buys the release of one burn contracture per year
- £20 per month buys the skin graft to one ulcer per year
- £50 per month buys the correction of hand deformity for one patient per year
(See other examples of costs, below)
You can help in many different ways, either as a one-off, or as a regular donation. You can donate online securely using your Credit or Debit card, you can print off a form and post it to us with a cheque:
Donate Online
Make difference right now using our secure online donation.
Donate online securely via credit or debit card. This link will take you to our Virgin Money Giving site - Virgin will manage the secure transaction on our behalf, which makes it more cost-effective for us, and safe and efficient for you.
Our Virgin Money Giving site can be used for single donations or regular donations; you can even set up your own site there to raise funds on our behalf!
Single Donation
A single donation involves a one-off payment, made either by cheque or credit card. This method is a straightforward, one-time-only payment with no obligation to make repeat gifts.
View and print the Single Donation form to donate by mail
Donate online using our Virgin Money Giving site
Regular Donation
A regular donation involves you entering into an agreement with your bank to pay a sum of money towards the charity on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis. The agreement will continue until you want it to stop. Regular donations help us to budget because we know that we always have a certain amount of money coming in.
View and print the Regular Donation form
Donate online using our Virgin Money Giving site
Set up your own fundraiser?
Sponsored events raise vital funds to support our training work in West Africa. If you are planning to take part in a challenge event, why not take the opportunity to raise funds for us and help Reconstructive Surgery in West Africa?
With our partnership with Virgin Money Giving, you don't have to collect the money yourself: just set up a Virgin Money Giving sponsorship page and ask your friends and family to help you raise money securely online.
Legacies & Wills
This involves you making a gift to ReSurge Africa through yout Will or Legacy. Any charitable donation made in a Will is not subject to inheritance tax.
More information about Legacies and Wills
Giftaid It!
At no extra cost to you we can claim tax on your donation. This is of enormous benefit to us, and can add 28p to every £1 you give us. To qualify for gift aid, you must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax in each tax year at least equal to the tax we claim on your donations. Please be sure to check and sign the giftaid section of your donation form, or website form so that we can claim it.
Also, if you pay tax at the higher rate, you can reclaim 18% of your donation.
Other examples of our expenses
This list gives an idea of the major investments that Resurge Africa makes in order to provide Hope through Training:
- £65,000 - operating microscope, essential for free-tissue transfer surgery
- £30,000 - one West African surgeon trained in South Africa, per year
- £10,000 - one physiotherapist trained in Glasgow, six months
- £7,000 - one 50-delegate training course in Ghana
- £1,500 - one volunteer UK surgeon to Ghana to provides specialist training
Main Photo: Theatre Sister, Korle Bu, Accra. Martyn Webster
