Congratulations and a huge TLC Thank You to the team cycling across the Australian Alps for Transplant Links. They reached the finishing line a few days ago, and so far have raised over £8k for TLC. If you would like to sponsor them please click here.

Pictures of their mission are on our blog.

Following a call for help from colleagues in Nepal, TLC visited Bir Hospital in Kathmandu this February. The TLC medical team provided expert advice and support to help develop the local living kidney transplant facilities. See the mission summary.

A slideshow of photos from our Trinidad mission is now available to view on You Tube here.

TLC are pleased to announce the launch of our new blog where you'll be able to read about the day to day goings on at TLC.

You'll also be able to read about the progress of the three cyclists Gary Roche, Dan Bridgeman and Geoff Clarkson who in February aim to raise £20,000 for TLC by cycling 12,000 km from Sydney to Melbourne! We wish them well.

In November 2009, TLC took a medical team to Trinidad to oversee living donor transplants within three families and medical training continued. See the mission summary and some images in the gallery here.

Portal Gallery, London, the world's leading idiosyncratic art gallery kindly supported TLC with a silent auction at its December Private View. Over £3,000 was raised.

TLC completed a successful mission to Nigeria, teaching local surgeons to perform two life-saving kidney operations. See the mission summary and pictures in the gallery here.

ITV sent a reporter with TLC to Ghana in May 2009. View the footage here and get a real feel for TLC’s work.

TLC's second mission to Ghana advanced transplant skills and saved more lives. See the mission summary and some images in our gallery here.

In 2008, TLC performed the first kidney transplant operation in Ghana. Charles Antwi's life was saved as he became the first donor recipient.

Click here to read about what it means his life-saving operation means to Charles, in his own words.

TLC has performed the first ever kidney transplants in Ghana with great success. The TLC team travelled to Accra to work with the local team at the Korle Bu Hospital, to demonstrate and teach live kidney transplantation.

We were able to help a father save the life of his son, a sister save her brother, and a wife save her husband. Kidney failure in Ghana usually means death as kidney dialysis is out of financial reach of most and transplantation has never been available before. The TLC visit is the first in a series to provide ongoing teaching and support towards a self-sustaining transplant centre serving the people of Ghana.

Click here to read the full press release (pdf format).

TLC has performed the first ever kidney transplants in children in Trinidad.

Click here to read the full press release.

Transplant Links recently arranged for Felix from Ghana to come to the UK for a life-saving transplant. His father donated one of his kidneys to save Felix' life when he had just a few weeks left to live. The operation was a great success.

Click here to read the full press release (pdf format).

Well done Aimee for helping raise funds for Felix by selling friendship bracelets. Aimee wanted to help with the fundraising for Felix by finding as many friends for him as she could and asking them to donate £1 for a friendship bracelet. Many friends came forward and Aimee raised a fantastic £400!

You can still buy friendship bracelets online to help TLC here.