Projects
DURAME
Durame Hospital is the only one in the Kembata and Tembaro Zone and expected to provide services to the whole population of the Zone which is estimated to be 850,000. In addition to this newly constructed hospital there are 8 health centers, 5 health stations and 34 health posts in the Zone. An additional 90 health posts are expected to be constructed very soon with public participation.
Although the physical construction of the hospital building is completed, for shortage of funds, it currently lacks medical equipment for the Operation Theater, obstetric and in-patient services. There is also critical shortage of physicians and other health personnel. Durame town has inadequate water supply which also affects the work of the hospital
I am committed to helping the hospital raise funds for equipment such as operating tables, bicycle ambulances and birthing kits. It is our hope that we will be able to provide this hospital with the necessary tools to ensure proper care is given to mothers and their newborn children. Your contribution will assist in these endeavors.
If you would like to make a donation toward equipment for Durame Hospital, please send a check made payable to the Liya Kebede Foundation and indicate Durame Hospital in the memo portion.
The Liya Kebede Foundation
c/o Gelfand Rennert & Feldman
360 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 100
White Plains, NY 10601
HEALTH EXTENSION WORKERS
The Health Extension Program (HEP), an innovative Ministry of Health program that aims for universal coverage of primary health care. The program gives priority to the prevention and control of communicable disease with active community participation, with the goal of providing equitable access to health services. The government has decided to accelerate the implementation of the HEP in order to cover the whole country, through training and placement of 30,000 health workers by 2009. After training, the graduates will be placed in 15,000 villages (average population of 5,000 each) for a total coverage the country by 2009. The first 2800 and the 2nd batch 7100 health workers have already graduated their one-year training course at the end of 2004, and 2005 another 7505 will complete their training in Dec.2006.
The goal of improving national health in Ethiopia will be approached through four main program areas:
MOTHERS DAY
When I put my children to bed at night I give them a kiss, look at their faces and think about how lucky I am. I am lucky that I had access to proper medical care during my pregnancy. I am lucky because my children can visit the doctor whenever they are sick and get the medical attention they deserve. There are mothers and children in other parts of the world who are not as luck as I am. Even the simplest of resources are not readily available to them.
As a Goodwill Ambassador to the WHO focusing on Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, I have launched a Mother's Day initiative to help provide mothers and children with the tools they need to stay happy and healthy.
Your donation this Mother's Day even just $10, will help save the life of a mother and her child somewhere in the world and give them the chance to celebrate Mother's Day year after year.
To make a contribution and learn more about this initiative please visit www.WHO.int and click on Liya Kebede or www.liyakebede.com/foundation
Sincerely,
Liya Kebede
FISTULA HOSPITAL
Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital has been treating fistula patients for more than three decades. Located in Ethiopia, it is considered the preeminent hospital dedicated exclusively to victims of obstetric fistula.
Founded in 1974 by two Australian obstetrician-gynecologists, Drs. Reginald and Catherine Hamlin, Fistula Hospital has restored the lives and hopes of more than 25,000 women who would have otherwise perished or suffered lifelong complications brought on by childbirth injuries, specifically obstetric fistula. Today, the hospital provides free fistula repair surgery to approximately 1,200 women every year and cares for 35 long-term patients.
