Helping to facilitate humanitarian aid in South Sudan

GreenLamp took a valuable, one-off opportunity to donate 49 rechargeable headlamps to Medair, an NGO who helps vulnerable populations in South Sudan regions suffering from the effects of conflict, chronic poverty, food insecurity, disease and natural disasters. The headlamps were used in Medair...

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Teacher exchange strengthens ties and deepens learning

Many of you will remember that as part of our efforts to strengthen our midwifery education initiatives we have partnered with the University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Zurich and the Hamlin College of Midwives (HCM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to support a teacher exchange program. The program...

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The importance of the Pelvic Floor

It is vital that a women has awareness and control of her pelvic floor muscles before, during and after giving birth. As part of our mission to support the training of skilled and empathic young professional midwives, GreenLamp coordinated a workshop in Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) at the...

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Ensuring Solar Suitcase Sustainability

We are big on sustainability at GreenLamp and are ensuring the Solar Suitcases from our first Light for Life Project in 2014 continue to work effectively as their batteries wear out. Our Project Team worked closely with Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia and the Regional Health Bureaus to develop an...

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Communication is Key

In March we were pleased to run our third annual Interpersonal Skills and Leadership workshop in Nonviolent Communication with the 4th year students of the Hamlin College of Midwives, as part of our holistic approach to empowering young women. The purpose of the workshops are to share important...

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A Personal Touch

During every trip GreenLamp makes to Ethiopia, we visit at least two rural health centres to check the Solar Suitcase are working. We also talk to the health centre workers, including midwives, to check for any technical and maintenance issues, as well as to obtain feedback and ideas for...

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Marvellous Midwife Mentors

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 Hospital. One of the...

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Light for Life reloaded project is well underway

2017 has proved to be busier than ever as we scale up our work in the Tigray region; a very rural area of Ethiopia with poor infrastructure. So far we have provided 35 health centres with a catchment area of 1,250,000 people with a Solar Suitcase. These centres previously had very limited,...

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Leadership workshops extend to Kenya

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 being run in Kenya through an...

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Bright Futures through Partnerships & Education

To strengthen our midwifery education initiatives, we have partnered with the Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) and the Hamlin College of Midwives (HCM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to support a teacher exchange programme. In September we co-hosted an event at ZHAW with joint...

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GreenLamp’s Kathleen Hedman on Evaluation and Communication

Fundraising is a big part of the GreenLamp effort, but the after-care aspect is even more important as we continue to monitor and evaluate the success of our projects. We have always worked closely with local partners to ensure that our help is practical, sustainable and appropriate, so when we...

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