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Working in Tanzania presents our Foundation with several challenges: changes in the structure of the local ultrasound training program and the limited number of training positions mean that we are...

Veronika Tarimo has been connected to the Mount Meru Foundation for five years. In 2019, with our support, she was able to attend a local ultrasound training program. In December 2020, she began using...

On a sunny spring day in April, the board of the Mount Meru Foundation gathered for an inspiring brainstorming session about the future of our Foundation. This resulted in an ambitious five- and...

In March, we were able to offer Jackline Shirima from Himo another training session with our regular trainer Regina Namumba. Jackline was very motivated to attend; she even brought her baby and nanny...

It's time to get acquainted with our newest trainees, Agnes Kimaro from Moshi, and Ahmed Tunda from Lushoto. We met these passionate junior sonographers during our recent trip to Tanzania and provided...

It's time to leave the mainland and head towards Zanzibar, the tropical island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of the United Republic of Tanzania. We make the crossing in a single-engine plane...

For two days, we traverse the mountains, moving from one health center to another, from government clinics to private ones, and from bustling centers to nearly deserted outposts. This provides us with...

Upon seeing the rented car, doubtful expressions immediately appear on our faces. However, the driver seems unfazed by our concerns and haphazardly secures a portion of the luggage on the roof. Even...

We crawl from Moshi to Himo at a snail's pace. We strictly adhere to the mandatory speed of 50 kilometers per hour, so we are not making much progress. Just when I fear that we are going to arrive at...

Early in the morning, we drive past endless sugarcane fields to Lower Moshi for a visit to the TPC hospital, the private hospital of the sugarcane plantation TPC. Upon arrival, it is immediately...

After a fruitful weekend in Karatu, it's time for a long road trip to the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. Along the way, we enjoy beautiful vistas, fascinating scenes on the road, and red bananas. In...

The Mount Meru Foundation is one of the charities that received a check from Kringloopwinkel d'n Einder in St.-Oedenrode. With the 750 euros we can train an ultrasound technician for the Mamabus in...

On a pleasant African summer evening, we have the opportunity to meet the busy and highly sought-after Dr. Simpa. He has been working at the Karatu Health Center, a bustling government clinic in the...

"It's Sunday, and we are already on the move in the rural areas of Karatu, the future project area of the Mamabus. Today, we are visiting the Endallah health post. We've just left the colorful Karatu...

The Mount Meru Foundation has returned safely from an impressive trip through Tanzania. In this blog series we would like to take you on a journey. We start in the north, where after some fantastic...

Nearly three years after the start of the coronavirus crisis, the Mount Meru Foundation is heading back to Tanzania in September! Of course, we are eager to take you along with us on our preparations...

The field research in the Moshi district regarding the opportunities for mobile ultrasound has been successfully concluded! Currently, the final touches are being put on the report. In September, the...

There is movement again in our project 'Mobile Sonographer in Himo'! The necessary permission for our field research has been obtained. This will be implemented in the coming weeks. Due to the lack of...

Deborah Laenen, a nursing student at Thomas More Hogeschool in Mechelen (Belgium), recently completed an internship in Karatu, Tanzania. She worked with, among others, Dr. Wilson Simpa, who was...

Thanks to your donations, midwives Andrew Simwinga and Johanna Omar were able to follow extensive hands-on training in December with our local trainer Regina Namumba. They look back with gratitude on...

The Mount Meru Foundation has been able to give on loan a mobile ultrasound machine to Johanna Omar, a German midwife on Zanzibar. With this we have been able to start her project for mobile pregnancy...

At the end of September, a Tanzanian delegation visited the Flemish Thomas More University of Applied Sciences. One of the visitors was Dr. Heriel, with whom we work. An excellent opportunity to...

It is with great sadness that the Mount Meru Foundation announces the passing away of its founder and chairman, Margriet van der Weel-Roem, on August 13, 2022. As a midwife, sonographer, and above all...

The recently purchased ultrasound device, the Minisono, has made a flying start. A week after installation, the device was ready to go to Tanzania. After signing the user agreement, the device was...

The decision is made! After extensive test rounds, two beautiful mobile ultrasound devices were purchased for our project, the Mobile Ultrasound Sonographer. For the first time we went into business...

While our first project The Mobile Echoscopist is taking shape in Himo, we seem to be able to make a flying start with our second project in Karatu! This is all thanks to Dr. Zachariah Heriel, the...

Hopeful news from Arusha: last year the Mount Meru Hospital again made more ultrasounds with the device that we were able to deliver to them thanks to your support.   In 2017, the Mount Meru...

Veronika Tarimo, our sonographer on the Mamabus in Moshi, followed a hands-on training last month at the Malola hospital in Tabora. The Mount Meru Foundation offered Veronika this training, which was...

Our project The Mobile Sonographer is gaining steam! Field research has been set up in Himo and the first selection for the mobile equipment has been made. Just like with the Mamabus in Moshi, in Himo...

As we reported earlier, we want to carry out the Mobile Sonographer project in the outreach of Himo. The women there can benefit greatly from mobile ultrasound. We would like to explain why. Arable...

As we mentioned, we want to offer mobile ultrasound in the outer areas of Moshi, where pregnant women can't get ultrasounds yet. We do this together with the Himo Health Center. What does this base...

Our project 'The Mobile Sonographer' has started: the first application for mobile ultrasound scan is in and promised. The Himo Health Center recently applied for a mobile ultrasound device. It wants...

Early this week, midwife Jackline Shirima left for Tabora for an intensive week of hands-on ultrasound training. After a bus trip of about 800 kilometers, Jackline finally made “live”...

As foundation Mount Meru we could not go to Tanzania in 2020. Fortunately, Tanzania was able to come to us last month: our coordinator Yona visited the Netherlands! After all formalities had been...

News from Tanzania! Mount Meru Hospital has named its Radiology Department the Best Performing Department of 2020. This has been made possible by your support. Thanks to the equipment, the knowledge...

Midwife Jackline Shirma has successfully completed the ultrasound course at the KCMC hospital in Moshi. Jackline told us she was very happy: “I feel so happy due to my exam results.” We...

Although Covid-19 has not yet left Tanzania, the ultrasound training at the KCMC hospital has been open again since July 1. The Mount Meru Foundation is very happy with the admission of one of our...

In mid-January 2020, Dr Wilson Simpa started offering midwifery ultrasounds at the Karatu Health Center. This is the result of a great collaboration. The Mount Meru Foundation has trained Dr. Wilson...

Tanzania also seems to be unable to escape the corona virus. The first infections were reported in mid-March and the Tanzanian government took measures to contain further spread. For example, all...

Mount Meru Foundation expands working area! Mount Meru Foundation, with its partner Driving Nurses Foundation, will develop a plan to make good mother and child care available in the outlying areas...

The revenue from the packaging promotion is already more than € 1000 after a few months! This allows us to offer someone in Tanzania an ultrasound training and thus improve mother and child care. That...

Our program "Adopt an ultrasound technician" is bearing fruit! Thanks in part to your support, various ultrasound scans in Tanzania were able to successfully complete their basic training. Our board...

Our program "Adopt an ultrasound technician" is bearing fruit! Thanks in part to your support, various ultrasound scans in Tanzania were able to successfully complete their basic training. Our board...

In August the kick-off of our new sponsorship took place at the Albert Heijn in Roosendaal. This yielded the nice amount of 237 euros! Are you also participating in the new promotion of the Mount Meru...

Wilson, Oscar and Veronika are the first three ultrasound students trained by our Mount Meru foundation. After obtaining their certificate, they completed an additional internship in July. These...

We are proud to announce that the first three students sponsored by the Mount Meru Foundation have obtained their ultrasound certificate at the KCMC Hospital! Oscar, Veronika and Wilson have earned it...

The coffee break of the WTC Zijtaart cycling club last Sunday-Mother's Day- raised 545 euros for the Mount Meru Foundation! A very nice contribution for the care of mother and child in Tanzania...

Our third candidate, Wilson Simpa, started the ultrasound training at the end of April! Wilson is a Clinical Officer at Karatu District Hospital in Karatu, a rural district in the Arusha region of...

We recently introduced you to Veronika. Before she started the echo course, our board member Saja went out with her for a day with the Mamabus 2.0. Veronika got a taste of ultrasound and that tasted...

Veronika, our second candidate, started the echo course on Monday 15 April 2019. We wanted to get to know her better, so that we could guide and support her remotely where necessary in the coming...

Double good news! Our board member Saja Erens is currently in Tanzania, where she visits our projects. In Moshi she met Oscar Issangya. Saja and Oscar signed the sponsorship contract, with which Oscar...

Meet our first sonographer in training! Our project "Adopt a sonographer" is bearing fruit. Obstetrician Oscar Issangya will start at the beginning of April, partly thanks to your donations, for the...

The action of the Filmhuis Kollum on International Women's Day for the benefit of the Mount Meru Foundation yielded a total of 476 euros! In April, the first Tanzanian midwife can now start training...

Meanwhile, our suitcases have already been unpacked long and wide and we have worked hard with the whole board on the continuation of the journey. All collected information is arranged and a report...

After a few intense and instructive days we travel to the island of Zanzibar. Last year we were able to help a German midwife to make ultrasounds. Because she wants to be trained, we now give her two...

This is Africa (T.I.A.): it is a much expressed cry during our journey when we once again fall from one surprise to the other, but especially when things are just a little different than we expected...

It's the little things that do it ... or better, that secretly takes a lot of time! In the thousand-and-one things that you have to think about when you travel (from suitable clothing to anti-malaria...

Hoera! Star-shl sponsored our Mount Meru Foundation! Now we can purchase the first ultrasound device, the Philips Lumify, for our new project in Tanzania. Through this blog we want to take you on a...

On Wednesday evening 11 April 2018, the Tilburg ladies' disco Alea Iacta organized the annual cabaret evening for charity. This year for the Mount Meru Foundation. In a sold-out room at Eve in...

In collaboration with the Driving Nurses Foundation, we want to equip the already driving "mamabus" of the Driving Nurses with trained health workers and a mobile ultrasound device. After last year a...

Proceeds for Mount Meru Foundation. The Tilburg Women's Disorder Alea Iacta organizes an annual cabaret evening for charity. It is an evening in which upcoming comedians get the opportunity to show...