verbetert moeder en kindzorg in Tanzania
improves mother and child care in Afrika
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
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
