Mama Jude: an Australian Nurse's Extraordinary Other Life in Africa

By: Judy Steel, Michael Sexton

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Paperback | 1 September 2009

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Despite plans to enjoy her retirement after working as a nurse for over three decades, Judy Steel found herself in Uganda, at the age of 58, providing medical aid to some of Africa’s most disadvantaged people. Since 2000, she has returned every year for several months at a time, establishing a small hospital, health clinics for mothers and babies, a physiotherapy centre, literacy school, micro-loan bank and farming infrastructure. She has done this almost single-handedly, with the financial support of other Australian retirees and a Federal government grant, and has become known among the locals as ‘Mama Jude’.

This is the inspiring story of a dynamic and determined woman of a certain age making a powerful change to people’s lives. It will appeal to all those readers who loved Dr Catherine Hamlin’s A HOSPITAL BY THE RIVER.

About The Authors

Judy Steel was a nurse for over 30 years. When she is not working in Africa, she lives in Adelaide with her husband. In 2006 she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for her work in Uganda. This is her first book.

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