Thank you for our Christmas miracle!

A huge 'thank you' to all the African Oyster Trust supporters who helped us reach our Christmas Challenge appeal target in record time this year!

During the Big Give Christmas Challenge Week, all donations to our appeal were doubled by our charity champions The Reed Foundation.

We set out to reach at least £2,000, and to have that doubled to £4,000, for more diagnostic equipment for Jappineh Health Centre. We were thrilled to reach, and indeed slightly beat, that target.

The Health Centre, which treats 500-800 patients and delivers at least 20 babies each month, serves a very poor population of nearly 30,000 people in rural Gambia.

Thanks to your generosity, Jappineh can now look forward to a fully functional laboratory on site, which will not only ensure quick, cheap and accurate diagnosis, but also improve our ability to treat common but debilitating and deadlly tropical illnesses such as malaria.

A huge and heartfelt 'thank you' from everyone involved with the Trust and the services we support in Gambia. We hope these pictures of the new equipment bought thanks to the Big Give appeal tell the story of your support better than words ever could, and we wish you all a very Happy New Year.