Making a difference on a trip of a lifetime

Our mission? Reducing carbon emissions!

We’ve teamed up with CO2balance to offset Canon Medical UK’s carbon output and commit to changing lives for the better, focussing on those in rural Uganda and Kenya. The ripple effect of what providing clean and fresh water can do is hard to imagine, until you experience this in person. That’s why we sent out a team of carbon zero heroes from Canon Medical to one of the areas positively impacted by the programme. From journal extracts and discovering how communities live healthier lives, find out more about how this project works.

Take a look at the photos from the trip to Uganda


Children from a local school supported by the CO2 Balance programme

Happy communities living with the CO2 Balance initiative

A villager watching the team explore the surroundings

Changing lives for a better world

This is the source of drinking water they used to rely on

Now this village benefits from a clean and safe water source

Take a look at some of the highlights from our recent trip



Please accept preferences, marketing cookies to watch this video.


How do Canon Medical UK offset their carbon footprint?

From the carbon emissions created from the manufacture, packaging and shipping of our products, to the average energy our products use, as well as the operational CO2 emissions Canon Medical UK produces – we offset all of this by providing clean water boreholes and modern cooking stoves to villages in Uganda and Kenya.

What does this all mean?

All of this means BIG change. Water boreholes in villages means that people, including young children, don’t have to walk miles to find water and will no longer have to sacrifice their education. The supply of clean water, a basic human need, helps improve overall health and wellbeing, whilst equipping families with cooking stoves reduces deforestation and smoke inhalation. These are just some ways of implementing positive change and fighting climate change.

“When they heard the borehole project would run for 21 years the look of relief on their faces was indescribable. Although they had very little, no toilets, small huts to live in, limited clothes etc. they had an incredible community spirit and were very proud people.”

“Every village was completely different from the last and we were welcomed with open arms, dancing and traditional high-pitched cooing. Despite the conditions and poverty in these villages, the sense of community is thriving and the energy is contagious, you can’t help but smile and fall in love with the local people. I wonder if they will remember these visits just as well as we will.”