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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” acquaintance with Regina Namumba. Until now, the contact between Jackline and
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 arranged, our board member could receive Saja
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 and the possibility of making specialist ultrasounds, the department
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 warmly congratulate her! Thanks in part to your
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 Simpa, the Wombs of the World Foundation has donated
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 schools and training programs are closed. This means that
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 around Karatu. During her visit to Karatu, our board
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 all little ones count for
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 Foundation? This month you
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 internships are supervised locally by local Tanzanian supervisors. Thanks to Dr. Maeda,
