Feeding Program in Gondar, Ethiopia
The Azezo Kebero Meda IDP camp's pre-school children feeding program is running very well. We are implementing 6 feeding projects in different areas and schools currently. I can assure you that the displaced children's feeding program is the best. These children have lived in the camp for more than two years. They have been suffering due to shortage of food since then. They had no access to education. The Gondar city administration Education Office set up a school as soon as they heard our readiness for establishing a feeding program for children.
So, the first achievement of our project was the establishment of the school for those children. All the 150 children are attending school on a regular basis because they are offered daily meals while they are at school. The nutritional or the balanced diet feeding program has brought a real change in each child's physical and mental development. Teachers and visitors are always assuring as they are observing the smiling and happy faces of the children. Parents and neighbours of these children speak openly and loudly to all visitors saying that Yenege Tesfa (Wall of Hope sponsored) is the only organization which tangebily brought change in their children because of its continuous support.
The nurses of the IDP clinic witnessed that the number of children visiting the clinic for different health problems has decreased to a minimum level since the establishment of the feeding program. Please find attached some pictures of the children taken in their classrooms very recently to this email. The first two pictures are students who are in grade 1 and the other two are the pre-school children.
School Supplies in Tigray, Ethiopia
After the war in Ethiopia, schools were NOT able to open and teach the children. Wall of Hope sent $6,000 to supply a school in the Tigray area so the children can begin to get back to a normalish life
Medical Support for those in the IDP camp due to the war in Gondar, Ethiopia
Because of your support, the Azezo Kebero-Meda Displaced People's Camp medical support is functioning very well. It is a fact that when many people are living in a camp collectively, exposure for diseases will be high. There is a clinic in the camp where simple cased patients are treated. When severely ill patients were visiting the clinic, the health workers knew they had to refer them to Gondar hospital. But there wasn't any governmental or private organization that could cover the cost of the referred patient's treatment. So, it was a heartbreaking situation to the clinic workers and a hopeless coincidence for the patient. But, since the start of Yenege Tesfa's medical support, hundreds of severely sick patients are referred to hospitals for better treatment. As a matter of chance, none of them were died during or after treatment.
After the mid-year report, a total of 25 seriously ill patients from IDP camp were referred to Gondar Hospital. Among them, four women patients had cases of surgery. All were on the verge of dying before treatment but are totally recovered from their sicknesses now. I have got the chance to talk to each of them.
Tigab Mulat, aged 40, who suffered from Abdominal swollen has now recovered and become productive.
Workie Genet, aged 50, had suffered from serious stomachache, vision problem and to much warts on her leg. The stomach and eye problems were solved through surgery while the warts were removed through medical treatment all at the hospital due to our support. She is running a normal life now.
Almaz Assefa, aged 40, who was injured at her ear and stomach during the war but could not get proper treatment on time was suffering a lot. But due to the treatment she got at Gondar Hospital, she is recovered now.
Mariye Molla, aged 35, was a diabetic case patient which was not that severe. Very recently, she heard bad news about her husband who was a soldier. He passed away during the war. She became seriously sick and was referred to the hospital. She could recover after intense treatment at the hospital because of our support. In General, what we are doing is a saving life project.
Workshop on Resource Mapping for the Recovery of Tigray in Tigray, Ethiopia
Workshop on resource mapping for the recovery of Tigray after the war. Bringing all partners together in 1 place (and online) to talk about moving forward towards recovery.
Water Project in Kenya
The impact of Path From Poverty's (our partner in Kenya) work is seen in solutions to tangible problems like access to clean water and sustainable energy for entire families, and increasing the earning capacity of women striving to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. But the impact doesn't stop there. In the process leaders are created, entrepreneurs are born and groups of women are becoming powerful agents for change in their communities.
General Medicine Mobile Clinic in South Africa
There is a far better way to provide healthcare and reduce the pressure on already overwhelmed clinics and hospitals: mobile health clinics that are nurse-led, doctor-supervised, and capable of serving a large population.
Right now, through a unique partnership, we have the chance to buy and put into service a mobile medical clinics that will reach 10 isolated settlements with about 238,000 people. We’re talking about community-transforming potential here.
Side by Side and Hope4Health, the organization that will manage this project for us, are in discussions with the Gauteng Health Department, the South Africa Medical Association (SAMA), the South Africa Nurses Association, area hospitals, and other healthcare entities.
All are enthusiastic about this plan and believe that once success has been demonstrated — significantly improved health care AND reduced pressure on hospitals — there is great potential for long-term funding and expansion to many other South African communities.
Wall of Hope participated with funding for this project in partnership with Side by Side.
Emergency Relief COVID-19 Food Parcels in South Africa
What a year 2020 was. So much heartbreak and suffering around the world from a pandemic that has yet to be controlled. In South Africa, which had so much poverty and hunger before the pandemic hit, we knew the situation would now truly be dire. With a total lock-down in place, we felt called to respond by providing much-needed food parcels to some of the most desperate families in the communities in which we have been involved.
Wall of Hope participated with funding for this project in partnership with Side by Side.