Celebrating International Women's Day 2025 This March 8th, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and well-being of women everywhere! At GreenLamp, we believe that every woman deserves access to safe maternity care, no matter where she lives. Thanks to our generous donors, we have already secured...
AGM & Member's Lunch 2025 We are delighted to share the key outcomes from our Annual General Meeting held on 6 March 2025 at Hotel Glockenhof in central Zurich. We appreciate the ongoing support and commitment from our GreenLamp members to empower women in Ethiopia through good health, education,...
We are over the moon that our committed GreenLamp supporter and ex-Zurich team member Maria Gårdemyr is helping us expand. And who better to tell you a little about it than Maria herself: “I believe in the power of collective contribution, and so am happy to announce the founding of GreenLamp...
The intrepid Tefera Tesfamichael, our Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia GreenLamp Project Coordinator, has been continuing his vital work despite COVID-19 restrictions and the escalating unrest in Ethiopia. He has undertaken two field trips recently, ensuring that the GreenLamp-funded Solar Suitcases which...
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 practices and learn from each...
For midwives at a healthcare centre in a rural area of Ethiopia’s Sidama region, delivering effective natal and postnatal care is not limited to the walls of the centre. The midwives make regular visits to nearby communities, interacting with local women to raise awareness about the centre and...
In a rural area of Ethiopia’s Sidama region, women travel from local villages to receive expert pre- and postnatal care at a health centre headed by Belen Kakabo, the second midwife to be sponsored by GreenLamp. In one particular village the centre is so renowned that home births are virtually...
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 “Health Centre of Excellence” in...
We have been overwhelmed at the generosity of our extended GreenLamp community during our “Give 19 for COVID-19” crowdfunding appeal. Thanks to your support in these exceptional times we have so far successfully raised over CHF 21,000 through online and private donations. This has meant vital...
GreenLamp’s Solar Suitcase Sustainability Program has been successfully launched to ensure the longevity of our Light for Life initiative, in partnership with Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia and Solar Energy Foundation Ethiopia, and supported by a long-term commitment from the Ethiopian Regional Health...
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 GreenLamp’s Projects and...
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, interact confidently with other...