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 –...
Nov 22, 2013 | Springs, Water, Wells
Final Report on Water Projects in Ejere District, 2013. Since 2004, For-ethiopia have completed 15 water projects. Four springs have been capped, five hand dug wells and six drilled wells providing clean water to over 15,000 people. [slickr-flickr...
Mar 16, 2013 | Health, News
Trustee Sue Thomas and Dr Naomi Gillingham are back from their visit to Ethiopia where they saw the installation of three more solar refrigerators and had a chance to give training to the health extension workers and nurses as well as evaluate past health projects and...
Feb 25, 2013 | Health, News
Nigel Walker and Jenny Stanley Smith have today (25 February 2013) arrived in Ethiopia to install three more solar refrigerators. This will be Nigel’s third trip out to Addis Alem having already installed four in rural health posts. Nigel said ‘Its a real...
Feb 16, 2013 | Health, News
Trustee Sue Thomas is off to Ethiopia this evening (16 Feb 2013) on a self-funded trip to visit and evaluate our projects as well as oversee the installation of more solar refrigerators. Despite having to pack her suitcases she found time to visit BBC Radio...
Apr 13, 2012 | Health, News
Following the success of last year’s installation in Ethiopia, a team of three from Solarsense – Jenny, Nick and Nigel – returned to the Ejere district at the end of March 2012. Read the first report on their trip… [pdf-ppt-viewer...
Dec 31, 2011 | News, Water, Wells
Thanks to a generous donation six wells were drilled in Ejere District, West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia in 2011. The six sites were evaluated by water engineer Dr Ken Edworthy with the help of the British Consultancy Charitable Trust (BCCT). Ken visited all the sites and...
