The Hamlin Midwife Alumni Network (HMAN) recently held their first two regional meetings in Metu and Yirgalem, in western Ethiopia, with two more due in the coming months. It has been an excellent chance for the hard working midwives to get together to share best...
GreenLamp is thrilled to have partnered with the Simien Mountains Mobile Medical Service (SMMMS) – a non-profit organization delivering essential medical care to remote villages in the Simien Mountains, Amhara Region. We are supporting their efforts to develop a...
This year GreenLamp was invited to run a stand-alone workshop with 30 of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s (HFE) extended leadership team, engaging interactively and enhancing their leadership and change management skills. Christina was joined by Catherine Knight, one of...
Part of our goal at GreenLamp is to support and prepare young women for the wider responsibilities of community midwifery beyond their technical and medical expertise. Interpersonal and leadership skills are key to their roles, helping them to put mothers at ease,...
Belen Kakabo graduated from the Hamlin College of Midwives in 2015, having been the second student sponsored by GreenLamp. Five years on, Belen is now the head of a health centre in Teticha, a rural town in south-west Ethiopia. Belen is a remarkable success story. To...
After the success of last year’s first ever GreenLamp sponsored and co-organized Hamlin Midwifery Alumni Network Summit, we are thrilled to announce there will be another this year. It will again be held in Addis Ababa on 21-23 July, bringing together over 60...
In any profession it’s important to share best practice and keep skills up-to-date, and midwifery is no exception. With that in mind, combined with our aim of supporting midwives to become leaders in their communities, GreenLamp sponsored and co-organized the first...
Midwife Mentors are well-trained and experienced, and bring skills training, knowledge and expertise to younger, less-experienced midwives deployed to the rural health centers of Ethiopia. Each midwife mentor is active in one of the five regions with a Hamlin Fistula...
As part of our holistic approach to empowering young women, we organize Interpersonal Skills and Leadership workshops in Nonviolent Communication. These have been successful with the final year students at the Hamlin College of Midwives in Ethiopia, and are now also...
As part of our holistic approach to empowering young women, we organize Interpersonal Skills and Leadership workshops in Nonviolent Communication. The second GreenLamp-initiated workshop took place in Ethiopia in February 2017, and was very enthusiastically received...
