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In the fourth quarter of 2024, Stichting Mount Meru successfully applied for a grant from Stichting de Vinckenslagh HL. At the beginning of 2025, we gratefully received an amount of €1,900. Stichting de Vinckenslagh HL focuses on providing “small donations”

The Mount Meru Foundation is proud to announce that two new students have started the ultrasound training program in Dodoma. One of these students is a familiar face to the foundation: Esther Mushi from Himo. Esther had previously applied for

This summer, three students (Yohana and Noela from Arusha, and Steven from Tanga) successfully completed the one-year ultrasound program at the Benjamin Mkapa Institute in Dodoma. They were able to achieve this partly thanks to your financial support of our

Over the past 10 years, a solid foundation has been laid in Tanzania and on Zanzibar for strengthening maternal and child healthcare through mobile ultrasound. A local network has been established. Educational opportunities have been mapped out. Several students have

Skilled and Enthusiastic: Senior Sonographers Dagmar de Bruijn, Marga Rietveld, and Saskia Brom Join Us to Train Sonographers in Dodoma Recently, senior sonographers Dagmar de Bruijn, Marga Rietveld, and Saskia Brom have started mentoring our trainee sonographers in Dodoma. Here’s

To secure the future of the Mount Meru Foundation, the board has been seeking new board members. Two prospective board members have now been found, and they would like to introduce themselves. Trudy Elskamp lives in Amsterdam and has worked

Initially, it seemed unlikely that we would secure placements for students in the one-year ultrasound program at KCMC in Moshi, Tanzania, this year. Unfortunately, our two registered candidates were not selected. But Tanzania wouldn’t be Tanzania without surprises. Three other

 Since the early days, Regina Namumba, senior sonographer and trainer, has been closely involved with the Foundation. Recently, she made the transition from Tabora to Zanzibar. We would like to congratulate her on her new position and challenge! For the

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 currently able to train fewer sonographers than we would like.

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 the Lumify mobile ultrasound device on