What we do

Training and Scholarships

Everything we do is designed to support local teams and health systems. We work hand in hand to understand their particular needs and enable them to create impact that lasts. We never send in medical professionals from richer countries.

Training the next generation

Beyond the operating room itself, we support the people who work there. In partnership with Ministries of Health, we provide scholarships and training for medical professionals in specialised skills. Our aim is that after five years we can hand over each operating room to be run and maintained by the local health system.

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Surgical Scholarships

Kids Operating Room provides scholarships for trainees wishing to study paediatric surgery within the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) and the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) training programme.

Africa’s first paediatric
 surgery e-learning platform.

The pan-African e-learning platform was built by the Institute of Global Surgery at RCSI in partnership with Kids Operating Room and surgeons from COSECSA and WACS.