Apr 23, 2020 | Health, News
April 23rd is St George’s day – we share a patron saint – but there will be few celebrations in Ethiopia this year. Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency in the face of the corona virus -a pandemic, that is affecting us all. But we are not all...
Dec 15, 2016 | Health, News
Research into replacing Kerosene Fridges Prior to fitting solar fridges, the health stations in Addis Alem used kerosene fridges to keep their vaccines below the required eight degree Celsius. They had served the stations well enough, but were costly and rather...
Apr 7, 2015 | Health, News
Have a read of the article just published on The Rider’s Digest: I am not a biker. I am a retired GP from Bristol who is part of a small development project in rural Ethiopia, helping out with worthy aims such as wells, schools and health posts. So what am I...
Dec 2, 2014 | Health, News
A working holiday! Dr Sue Thomas and Dr Naomi Gillingham have just come back from a packed two-week trip in Ethiopia, where they delivered an antenatal course to midwives and health extension workers, oversaw the arrival of the new motorcycle ambulance as well as...
Jan 19, 2014 | Health, News
This year, the Health Authorities in Addis Alem have asked us if we can provide them with a Motorcycle Ambulance. In the remote villages, if a woman is having a problem in childbirth, or there is some other medical emergency, there is no way to get them to the health...
Nov 24, 2013 | Health, News
Feedback from our first Solar fridge 2 years on…. Meskerem and Tsehay are the two young health extension workers (HEWs) at the remote village of Besso, home of our first solar vaccine fridge. It’s installation in 2011 has made an enormous difference to their lives –...
