The object of our short visit was to revisit the two Government Health Centers to ascertain the improvements and suitability of the Health Centers to receive our BSc Midwives graduating in July. Brian and I were very happy to be accompanied by Dr. Lil from Berlin...

The main objective of this trip to Ethiopia was to choose with our stakeholders suitable Government Health Centers to deploy our five midwives who will graduate in June 2017. Addis – On arrival in Addis we were met by Ahmed and taken to MSD’s office for a general...

It’s been a busy year so far…we made a decision to change our in-country partners and have now signed a contract with Mahibere Hiwot for Social Development to take care of our in-country interests (http://mahiberehiwot.org/). This is proving to have been a good...

At the end of December Wendy, Brian and Hugh travelled to Ethiopia to review project progress. During this time they were accompanied by Hawlt, the SMMMS in-country medical coordinator Upon arrival in Debark they went to the Hospital to view the first aid course being...

Between 11-20 July our treasurer Brian Lovatt travelled to Ethiopia to conduct an in-country project review with the new GRRDA Deputy General Manager/SMMMS Project Manager, Kassahun Demissie, and Hawlt, the SMMMS Medical Coordinator. Brian met with all of the SMMMS...

Our Vice-President Hugh Lovatt raised €800 euros for SMMMS after taking part in this year’s Peak District Challenge during which he completed a 90km run through the UK’s rugged Peak District in under 18hours – including a large part of night time navigation and one...

A big thanks to a retiring dentist for donating his entire dental surgery to us, and, also to Ethiopian airlines for agreeing to transport the equipment to Ethiopia at a greatly discounted price. Thanks also to Dentaid, a U.K NGO for their help and advise. The dental...

SMMMS’ medical advisor Dr Marcus Stevens visited Gondar, Debark and Keyit during the month. During the trip he met with Carole Ashurst, who has dedicated most of her life to helping those in need. Together they visited Gonder hospital where they met Dr Solomon and Dr...

Brian, our secretary, flew to Ethiopia to witness the signing of our 5 year plan by The Health Minister at Gondar. This has allowed us to move forward and opens a lot of doors for us in Ethiopia. Community Projects Africa has asked us to take over the running of the...

We have been busy pushing ahead with our 5 year plan. Hawlt is now our area supervisor and has been doing great work co-ordinating with health officials and the people of the Simien mountains and making them stake holders in the project. Hawlt now has an office at the...

SMMMS is currently providing community nursing services in the Janamora Woreda of the North Gonder Administrative Zone through the Gonder Relief, Rehabilitation and Development Association (GRRDA) and under agreements with the Amhara Region, North Gonder Zone and the...

We have 3 students at The Hamlin Midwifery College in Addis who started their 4 year Bsc midwifery course. We are still negotiating with the Government on our 5 year programme but are ready to fly to Gondar to finalize everything in the near future. Nurse Geru’s...

Report on Visit to Ethiopia Our original idea for visiting Ethiopia was to work with the mobile nurse and assess exactly how the programme was working. Unfortunately, the week before we flew, we were informed that the mobile nurse had quit due to ill health....

The mountains are proving to be not only testing for the people living there but for our nurses also as our 2nd nurse quit due to the tough conditions. Hopefully our third nurse will last longer especially as the weather should be improving. We are also an officially...

Our young, fit and enthusiastic nurse has been busy introducing himself to the elders and villages in his catchment area and generally getting organised to carry out his work. We will be going out to Ethiopia in January to work with him for a few days and to make sure...