Transforming lives in Ethiopia
Transforming lives in Ethiopia
In rural Gurage Zone, south-western Ethiopia the risk of unrest is high, the rainy season causes roads to be quickly flooded and washed away, leaving communities cut off for days or weeks at a time, with frequent power outages. It really brings home the many difficulties our partners face when working in remote and rural communities.
For pregnant women, even mild complications can rapidly become catastrophic with, increased cases of obstructed labour leading to obstetric fistula. Death of both mother and newborn is a reality for many.
Our partner’s Midwives on the Move programme ensures women can receive home visits from their midwife.
This Christmas will you help bring life-saving maternal healthcare to women, when they need it most?
By improving access to maternal health services, our partners are saving the lives of mothers and babies, preventing the childbirth injuries that are so prevalent with prolonged, unassisted labour and offering women choices in childbirth.
Providing midwife home visits, so that women in rural areas can access vital maternal health services.
Raising awareness of the importance of maternal healthcare and supporting women to access life-saving care.
Performing life-transforming obstetric fistula surgeries and providing post-operative support.
Please donate this Christmas to help reach more women.
Thank you.
With her husband working away from home, Hana was exhausted and struggling to take care of her family, herself and her pregnancy. With our partner’s Clinic an hour’s walk away, Hana was so grateful when the midwives explained they were able to visit her at home; even more so when they realised her baby was growing above the expected rate, which can be a sign of complications and required close monitoring.
Hana’s son was born safely, but her labour was not without risk. It turned out that she had a very big baby, 12lbs to be exact! Hana was left with a third-degree tear but with guidance from experienced midwife Atsede, avoided any other potential complications.
Hana went home with her beautiful son and was visited by her midwives over the following days and weeks – she is healing well, and her baby is happy and healthy.
By Hana’s own admission, it is likely that she would not have travelled to a health facility for her antenatal care nor for her birth. Given the size of her baby, this could have had a very different outcome.
We raise funds for local Ethiopian charities to transform lives and achieve lasting change.
Our partners know the context and solutions; we listen and provide appropriate support. Growth and development are tracked in local communities using robust monitoring and evaluation. Partnerships continue as long as there’s a clear need and opportunities to make a lasting impact.
Our vision – an Ethiopia in which every person has access to quality education, healthcare and a life of dignity.
Our mission – breaking the cycle of poverty by enabling the poorest and most vulnerable and their communities to live with dignity, to build resilience and achieve real and sustainable solutions to the challenges they face.
