verbetert moeder en kindzorg in Tanzania
improves mother and child care in Afrika
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
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 discuss the mobile ultrasound project in Karatu with
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 as a human being, Margriet was
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 handed over to Regina Namumba on behalf of
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 with Benetec. Martijn van Leeuwen, sales manager at Benetec, and
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 very passionate head
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 Foundation was able to positively
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 made possible in part by her employer TPC and
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 we work together with
