The Vine Trust

The Vine Trust's headquarters, in Leith Docks
Amazon Hope 2, moored outside a rural village in Loreto, Peru.

The Vine Trust is an international charity based in Leith, Scotland. It is involved in volunteer programs and supporting the delivery of medical projects, principally the Amazon Hope project in Peru and the Jubilee Hope project in Tanzania. A common thread in both projects is the use of medical ships to deliver health care to remote communities. The Vine Trust has a wholly owned subsidiary, Programa Médico Esperanza Amazónica del Perú (PMEAP), through which it operates in Peru.[1]

The trust was established in 1985, founded by Albert Bogle, a minister of the Church of Scotland and former Moderator of the General Assembly of that church. The Vine Trust has the patronage of Anne, Princess Royal.[2]

The charity's headquarters are on the former naval oil barge 1713(U), converted into offices and conference facilities in 2011, and moored in Leith Docks.[3][4] Later in 2011 the barge was renamed Tom Dunn, in honour of the Trust's late volunteer naval architect.[5]

Projects in Peru

Amazon Hope is a project based in Loreto in northern Peru, run by PMEAP. The project operates two medical ships – Amazon Hope 2 and Forth Hope. The medical ships make monthly trips along the Amazon and other rivers in Loreto to provide medical assistance to rural riverside communities. The project plans to also look at the possibility of supporting public health, health education and safe water in partnership with the regional and national governments.[1][2]

Projects in Tanzania

Jubilee Hope is a project based in the Lake Victoria area of Tanzania, working in association with local health authorities and the Africa Inland Church Tanzania (AICT). The project operates a medical ship, the Jubilee Hope (MMSI: 236111935), delivering health care to remote island communities on the lake. It is Gibraltar flagged vessel, formerly operated by the Royal Navy.[1][6][7] It will feature in a four part STV documentary.[8][9][10][11]

Other projects in Tanzania include a house building program to build homes for children who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS and Malaria. They offer opportunities for schools to send an expedition party of students in S5/6 out to Tanzania to help with building process[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2016". The Vine Trust. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "HRH The Princess Royal visits the Vine Trust medical ship in Peru". Church of Scotland. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "MOD Barge 1713 (U)". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ^ "The Vine Trust Barge". The Vine Trust. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Boat tribute to Tom". Greenock Telegraph. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  6. ^ Ltd, Sanctus Media. "Jubilee Hope: Medical Expedition | Vine Trust". www.vinetrust.org. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Vessel details for: JUBILEE HOPE (Medical Trans) - MMSI 236111935, Call Sign ZDNI3 Registered in Gibraltar | AIS Marine Traffic". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ "STV plc". www.stvplc.tv. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  9. ^ "OSCR document". Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  10. ^ "A&P Falmouth Assists Ship 'Jubilee Hope' on Charity Voyage to Africa". World Maritime News. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  11. ^ Davies, Caroline (2 October 2014). "Royal Navy ship finds new life as mobile medical centre in Tanzania". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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