1959-2009

From small beginnings to a world renowned facility.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

1959-2009

From small beginnings to a world renowned facility.

The first patient

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Commitment and Faith in God who has blessed a long faithful service.

Midwives trained in the early years but then the project stopped due to lack of Government resources.Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with

childbirth injuries.

50TH CELEBRATION

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

50th Celebration- Award from the Minister of Health

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Commitment and Faith in God who has blessed a long faithful service.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Commitment and Faith in God who has blessed a long faithful service.

Our main hospital entranceMission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

With nurse aids- over 30 years of faithful service and friendship.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Surgical Care

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Surgical Care

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Our senior Medical team

Prof Gordon WilliamsDr HailemariamDr Habte

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Commitment to patient care

With Mark Bennett- CEO since 2005

With Dr Habte on the main ward.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Nursing Excellence

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

5 New locations in

Ethiopia.

5 new rural centres, four already complete, planned capacity increase from 1400 cases/year to more than 4000.

Bahir Dar- Now functioning at full capacity with up to 60 cases in a month and full occupancy of

40 beds

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Bahir Dar- Now functioning at full capacity with up to 60 cases in a

month and full occupancy of 40 beds

Dr Andrew Browning

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

A committed team

Dr BitawAto BerhanuSr WodeNurse aid

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Improved Maternal Health in Rural areas- Dangla

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Emergency Obstetric Care- Dangla C-section operations available

Working with other agencies we have equipped a rural health center with everything necessary to offer emergency care to women in labout, including c-section operations.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Mekele Centre Currently building patient load. We have now hired a second Health officer for awareness raising, patient location and prevention. Developing new strategies to reach rural areas.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Mekele Centre

Dr Melaku and Sr Azeb with Prof Gordon Williams

Currently building patient load. We have now hired a second Health officer for awareness raising, patient location and prevention. Developing new strategies to reach rural areas.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

SOUTHERN NATIONS- YIRGALEM

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Our 4th centre- Harar

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Our 4th centre- Harar

Sr Kebede & Ato Negash with patients

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

WESTERN OROMIA- METUDUE TO OPEN IN OCTOBER 2010

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Desta Mender

Manager: Ephrem

Accommodation for up to 100 women, providing training in: Managing their own health, basic literacy and income generation skills- gaining confidence

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Desta Mender

Manager: Ephrem

Dairy Barn where women are producing milk, butter and cheese for sale.

Chickens house for Egg production

COMMITTED TO THE MISSION

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

COMMITTED TO THE MISSION

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Midwifery official opening 2009With Dr Tedros Adahanom

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Midwifery official opening 2009

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

50th year serving women’s health

The Hamlin College of Midwives: Mission: To train, equip, deploy and support highly skilled, trustworthy and accountable Midwives, who are willing to serve women and families of rural Ethiopia.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Midwives trainingA focus on important clinical competence and confidence.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Midwifery TrainingNew College, building and

curriculum

Costs:

•Approx $4000/yr to train a student.•Running a clinic for midwives approx. $28,000/yr•Total ongoing cost almost $1.3 million /yr for running 25 clinics plus the 96 students in the college(4 year course- 20 per year)

Developed our own curriculum from the best resources internationally..

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Midwifery TrainingNew College, building and curriculum

Well equipped facilities

Costs:

•Approx $4000/yr to train a student.•Running a clinic for midwives approx. $28,000/yr•Total ongoing cost almost $1.3 million /yr for running 25 clinics plus the 96 students in the college(4 year course- 20 per year)Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with

childbirth injuries.

Midwifery TrainingNew classrooms just opened

Costs:

•Approx $4000/yr to train a student.•Running a clinic for midwives approx. $28,000/yr•Total ongoing cost almost $1.3 million /yr for running 25 clinics plus the 96 students in the college(4 year course- 20 per year)Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with

childbirth injuries.

Midwifery TrainingNew student accommodation

Costs:

•Approx $4000/yr to train a student.•Running a clinic for midwives approx. $28,000/yr•Total ongoing cost almost $1.3 million /yr for running 25 clinics plus the 96 students in the college(4 year course- 20 per year)Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with

childbirth injuries.

Student accommodation

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

New Students/ New staff

Jacqueline Bernhard- New Dean since 2009

Our new first year students just starting at the college, enjoying the computer facilities.3rd Intake.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Annette Bennett- Founding Dean

New Classroom building.

Opened for classes October 2009, new accommodation in the background

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Starting small to tackle prevention

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Starting small to tackle prevention

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Communty re-housed in new homes nearby.

Old homes

New homes

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Some statistics Cost to operate on one patient- Approx. $450

(But many patients require pre-treatment or post operative care that can be much more expensive).

Overall we are now treating almost 3000 patients/year. Our work covers: Treatment, other medical care, post

operative incontinence management, research, prevention, rural patient location, education for health workers and of course Midwifery training.

Overall organisation Budget approx. : $4 million Au Over 500 staff in 8 organisational units- Main hospital, 5

regional centers, Desta Mender, Midwifery college. Midwife sponsorship, $4000 Au/yr (4 year course). Rural Midwifery clinics- first will open Sept.2010- we

plan to have a total of 25 after 5 years.- Cost- $28,000/yr for each clinic- serving a rural population of 250,000 - 300,000 people.Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with

childbirth injuries.

Special Visitors in 2009

Mr Stephen Smith Minister Foreign Affairs

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Special Visitors in 2009Members of Parliment

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

Special Visitors in 2009Governor General- Quentin Bryce

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.

ADDIS ABABA FISTULA HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA.

Mission: “Wholehearted commitment, with God's love and compassion to women with childbirth injuries.