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Strong Midwives. Thriving Communities. Impact Report 2012 – 2025.
Since 2012, GreenLamp has been working to create a brighter future for women and their communities in rural Ethiopia. Through our holistic Learn | Light | Lead approach, we support young women to become skilled and compassionate midwives, equip rural health...
What an incredible honour!
GreenLamp has been recognised with a Distinguished Partner Award by the Ethiopian Minister of Health - a celebration of the partnerships that are helping transform maternal healthcare across Ethiopia. Healthy mothers, safe births and solar-powered health centres....
Use your skills to help us grow our mission and reach more people
We are looking for Fundraising Volunteers. Want to use your skills to help create real social impact? 💚 We are looking for a passionate Fundraising Volunteers to help us grow our mission and reach more people. You will help to:✨ develop donor engagement activities and...
Help Create Meaningful Events for GreenLamp
We are looking for Events Volunteers! Want to help create meaningful events for GreenLamp 💚 If you enjoy organising events, working with people, and helping create engaging community or fundraising experiences, we would love to hear from you. Perfect for someone who...
World Environment Day 2026
At GreenLamp, environmental sustainability is embedded in how we improve maternal healthcare and opportunities for women in rural Ethiopia. 🔆 Through our LIGHT programme, GreenLamp and its partners have installed more that 333 solar systems powering lighting,...
International Day of the Midwife 2026
Think back to the moment you entered this world. A midwife was likely the first to care for you and your mother. One of the most essential healthcare professionals in the world, a midwife supports women, newborns and families at life’s most vulnerable and...
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2026
Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating and least discussed childbirth injuries. More than 500,000 women worldwide are affected, even though the condition is almost entirely preventable and treatable. It occurs when prolonged, obstructed labour is left...
International Workers Day 2026
In Ethiopia, many midwives carry out life‑saving work in remote and resource‑limited settings, often without even the basic professional clothing they need for safety and recognition. Through a recent collaboration between GreenLamp Sweden and Midwives Without...
International Earth Day 2026
This Earth Day, we’re reminded that something as simple as light can mean the difference between life and death. In rural Ethiopia, reliable light is essential for safe maternal care. Through GreenLamp’s LIGHT pillar, we equip health centres with solar energy systems...
International Womens’ Day 2026
At GreenLamp, our LEAD pillar focuses on empowering midwives with education, training, and professional networks so they can grow as confident leaders. Through initiatives like the Hamlin Midwife Alumni Network (HMAN), midwives across rural Ethiopia stay...
AGM & Book Reading Event 6 March 2026
What do solar lighting, maternal health, and a powerful book about humanitarian work have in common? They came together on 6 March, when GreenLamp members and supporters gathered in Zurich for our Annual General Meeting and a special fundraising event. During the AGM,...
Use your financial skills to create real social impact!
We’re looking for a detail-oriented, trustworthy, and proactive person to manage our treasury/account and controlling functions to support our mission. If you want purpose behind your spreadsheets, join us as a Treasury/Account & Controlling Volunteer!...
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What We Are All About
Our Holistic & Partnering Approach
Meet Belen, Head Of A Health Centre
Our Light Initiative
Midwives Vital Outreach Work
Meet Wongel, A Hardworking Rural Midwife
Our Learn & Lead Initiatives
Reality For Rural Midwives
Light Initiative For Midwives
Events
Our events are a wonderful way to support GreenLamp projects, socialise with friends and meet like-minded new ones. In addition to the more formal gala evenings, we host guest speakers and private movie showings, as well as our exclusive Membership Circle events, for anyone interested in learning about Ethiopia and our work in more depth. These events tend to sell out very quickly so if you’d like to receive free email updates about forthcoming GreenLamp events please sign up for our mailing list, or become a GreenLamp Member to enjoy early invitations and reduced ticket prices.
For a flavour of our past events view the event stories below.
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Past Events
AGM & Book Reading Event 6 March 2026
What do solar lighting, maternal health, and a powerful book about humanitarian work have in common? They came together on 6 March, when GreenLamp members and supporters gathered in Zurich for our Annual General Meeting and a special fundraising event. During the AGM,...
GreenLamp ZHAW Lunch Lecture 20 May 2025
On Tuesday 20 May 2025, GreenLamp and ZHAW School of Health Sciences had the pleasure of co-hosting a powerful and engaging event at the ZHAW’s Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health in Winterthur. Dr. Anteneh Dirar, Dean of the Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia College...
AGM & Members’ Lunch 6 March 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,...
Dine in Art 29 May 2024
Rodney Graham (1949* in Matsqui, † 2022 Vancouver),Artist in Artists' Bar, 1950's, 2016, painted aluminumlightbox with transmounted chromogenic transparency,241.3 x 181.7 x 17.8 cm, Ed. 4/4 +APThomas Ruff (*1958 in Zell am Hammersbach,lives and works in Düsseldorf),...
AGM & Members’ Circle Lunch – 28 February 2024
We were delighted to welcome almost forty guest to our first Members' Circle lunch of 2024 following our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on February, 28th at the beautiful Zunfhaus zum Rüden and to have the opportunity to share some of our successes from 2023. We feel...
Film Screening ‘Among Us Women’ June 8 2023
Zurich’s Arthouse Piccadilly was buzzing as GreenLamp members, guests, donors, and sponsors, gathered in the tiny entrance of the movie theatre. With their homemade sandwich and drink in hand, they took their seats for the screening of the fascinating...
Members’ Circle Luncheon on 27 September 2022
As the autumn weather brought a chill to the air there was a buzz inside as many of our lovely Members’ and guests came together for a scrumptious meal and convivial get-together in Zurich. The GreenLamp team presented our Learn pillar, highlighting our scholarship...
10 Years of Impact Fundraising Dinner, May 2022
THANK YOU to all our amazing supporters for a wonderful and successful 10 Years of Impact BIRTHday event on 20th May! It was fantastic to connect with you all and your support means the world to us. Together we raised over CHF 80,000 which will make a tangible...
Member Circle Lunches, November 2021 & March 2022
We were delighted to host our first-ever Member Circle lunches in celebration of our loyal GreenLamp members, especially as these were our first two in-person events since the outbreak of the pandemic. Our exclusive Membership Circle events are an opportunity to meet...
Virtual Auction, May 2021
It was thrilling for us that so many people from different parts of the world participated in our online silent bidding and live-streamed event. We were bowled over by the generosity of our community as the auction raised close to CHF 83,000. Special thanks to...
Become a Member
Members are the ‘rocks’ of our community, they motivate us, support us, generate new ideas, and help us to advance our goals and make a greater impact. If you want to meet like-minded people, get to know us and the multi-faceted work we do through our exclusive Membership Circle events, then please sign-up and join us.
Volunteer with Us
Volunteers are the lifeblood of GreenLamp, contributing their skills, time and networks to create a team that punches above its weight. If you have a specific area of expertise or skill-set that you think could benefit GreenLamp, we’d love to hear from you. We especially appreciate volunteers providing surge capacity around our events where we need all hands on deck.
Become a Member
Members are the ‘rocks’ of our community, they motivate us, support us, generate new ideas, and help us to advance our goals and make a greater impact. If you want to meet like-minded people, get to know us and the multi-faceted work we do through our exclusive Membership Circle events, then please sign-up and join us.
Volunteer with Us
Volunteers are the lifeblood of GreenLamp, contributing their skills, time and networks to create a team that punches above its weight. If you have a specific area of expertise or skill-set that you think could benefit GreenLamp, we’d love to hear from you. We especially appreciate volunteers providing surge capacity around our events where we need all hands on deck.