verbetert moeder en kindzorg in Tanzania
improves mother and child care in Afrika
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 Moshi. The checks were presented during d’n
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 city center, for several years. In
“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 behind, and the Landrover’s
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 private safaris we meet in
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 and plans, and we’ll keep
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 foundation will visit the area and continue discussions with stakeholders
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 that permission, the previously announced research not
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 trained in ultrasound by our foundation, and talks about the impact
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 their ten-day training. Andrew works as a midwife and
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 checks in the outreach
