Foundation supports students who want
to be trained as a midwife in de SNNPR, Ethiopia
Bilma Foundation is training midwives in South Ethiopia.
Bilma Foundation is contributing local authorities in the Southern State SNNPR in Ethiopia
to diminish a shortage in health care for pregnant women in southern Ethiopia. The main
goal is to train young women in those areas, where no midwife is working at present.
Since 2010 much attention has been focussed to improve medical care in rural areas. In
four year tie the number of Health Centers has doubled (from 350 to 700). But this fact
revealed the problem of adjusting the number of trained personnel distributed in these
Health Centers. Especially in the most Southern ‘Zones’ (South Omo and Bench Maji)
obstetrical care is still somehow underdeveloped. In these two Zones there are still 48
Health Centers where no midwife is assisting the local staff. Bilma Foundation signed an
agreement (MOU) with the SNNP Regional Health Bureau to train young women coming
from these 48 locations. They will be trained as a midwife at two Health Science Colleges.
In May 2014 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Bilma Foundation
and the SNNP Regional Health Bureau, to cooperate in the training of midwives. Bilma
Foundation will financially enhance facilities for promising young women to become
trained. The SNNP Regional Health Bureau (RHB) helps with the selection of candidates.
After graduation, these women will be appointed by the RHB at one of the 48 Health
Centers, and pay for their salary. Only in this way it will be possible to influence the
shortage and to direct qualified personnel into these remote health care locations.
Bilma
Wednesday‘s consultation
of pregnant women on
March 16 2011 at Hula
Health Center, Hagere
Selam, SNNPR
These women joined a
research trial on their
judgement about the
quality of Health Care
provision to pregnant
women by the SNNP
Regional Health Care.
At this moment 18 young women are trained to become a midwife by our contribution.
They all passed Elementary School plus two extra classes (= 10th grade) and fulfil the
admission criteria for a three year College Training at a Health Science College. The
Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region(SNNPR) is training around 30
students every year to become a midwife, but there is no guidance rule where they
originate from. With around 30 students the training goal is basically fulfilled. But with
Bilma Foundation’s agreement yearly six extra students will be trained, by influencing the
selections procedure from where they originate (to be admitted). And it is this adaptation
about the locations in our plan where the selected students will be installed as a midwife.
Bilma Foundation has appointed a representative in the capital town Hawassa, who is in
close contact with the students and the deans of the Health Science Colleges where the
students are studying. He has taken responsibility for the monthly payments of the
students and the half yearly payments to the selected Education Institutes. His main
contacts are the personnel planner and the vice president at the Regional Health Bureau.
Our expectation is that a number of 30 students will be trained in the coming five year.
And hopefully with the help of our sponsors, this will be continued in another five years.
In the end we hope to continue in that extend that at least in all - for our goal - selected
48 Administrative Areas one midwife will be installed, and that we are able to add some
more, so that many of the Health Centers will be provided with one additional midwife.
Sponsoring.
On the moment is the training of 18 students secured by a contribution of a special
fund. This institute that is sponsoring us now has insisted that there must be another
contributor which is contributing for 50% in the project. This is not yet fully established,
but for the education of two students (≈10%) another sponsor is taking care, named
Stichting Adopteer een Vroedvrouw, Alkmaar, the Netherlands. Extra sponsoring has
been established by private donations of persons who have showed special interest.
This means that Bilma Foundation is still looking for Dutch organisations and private
persons helping us in fund raising for our project. You will help to change the life of our
students, and of the pregnant women that will get skilled help in their neighbourhood.
You can donate on our Bank Account:
Triodos Bank IBAN: NL04 TRIO 0254 7350 61 Bilma Foundation, Vlaardingen
Contact
BILMA FOUNDATION | Stationsstraat 14 c | 3131 PT Vlaardingen
t. +31 10 434 94 59
w. https://bilmafoundation.eu
KvK 24386523 | Rotterdam
ANBI / Fiscal number. 8168.47.356
Subject: Bilma Foundation supported Student’s Admission to a
SNNPR Health Science College - Admitted at Course in 2017
Name of Participants; Birth Date; Residence; Languages; Date of Admission; Date of Diploma;
MIZAN AMAN COLLEGE of HEALTH SCIENCE - FIRST YEAR 2017 - MIDWIFERY
Photograph Name of Participant Birth Date G.C.
Residence Spoken Languages
Date of Admission
Date of Diploma
Ayinababa Worku Gojjam
25.07.1987
Biftu Town
Guraferda District
Bench Maji Zone
Yem
Amharic
Meinit
20.01.2017 Passing exams
end of 2019
Fasika Kebede Badinsa
18.04.1997
Shai Bench Town
South Bench District
Bench Maji Zone
Bench
Amharic 20.01.2017
Passing exams end of 2019
Name 1X.0X.199X
XX Town
3rd Student from XX District
Bench Maji Zone
XX
Amharic
Admission
temporarely
postponed
Passing exams end of 2020
ARBA MINCH COLLEGE of HEALTH SCIENCE - FIRST YEAR 2017 - MIDWIFERY
Photograph Name of Participant Birth Date G.C.
Residence Spoken Languages
Date of Admission
Date of Diploma
Bethelihem Kano Quata
03.06.1997
Omoratie Town
Dasenech District
South Omo Zone
Dasenech
Amharic 20.01.2017
Passing exams end of 2019
Hewan Bekele Belachew
16.09.1997
Demeka Town
Hammar District
South Omo Zone
Hammar
Amharic 20.01.2017
Passing exams end of 2019
Mihiret Ayele Dengebarso
13.01.1998
Jinka Town
Selamago District
South Omo Zone
Bodi
Amharic
Dimi
20.01.2017 Passing exams
end of 2019
Yahiwienisi Mello Garsho
12.08.2000
Key Afer Town
Benna Tsemay District
South Omo Zone
Benna
Amharic
Wolayitgna
20.01.2017 Passing exams
end of 2019
Subject: Bilma Foundation supported Student’s Admission to a
SNNPR Health Science College - Admitted at Course in 2016
Name of Participants; Birth Date; Residence; Languages; Date of Admission; Date of Diploma;
MIZAN AMAN COLLEGE of HEALTH SCIENCE - SECOND YEAR 2017 - MIDWIFERY
Photograph Name of Participant Birth Date G.C.
Residence Spoken Languages
Date of Admission
Date of Diploma
Aster Daniel Bamo
23.01.1999
Tulgit Town
Surma District
Bench Maji Zone
Surma
Amharic 07.12.2015
Passing exams end of 2018
Elsa Birega Abebe
14.06.1994
Debre Work Town
South Bench District
Bench Maji Zone
Bench
Amharic
Shekko
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
Genet Habtamu Tessema
18.01.1999
Bashuma Town,
Meinit Golda District
Bench Maji Zone
Meinit
Amharic
Bench
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
ARBA MINCH COLLEGE of HEALTH SCIENCE - SECOND YEAR 2017 - MIDWIFERY
Photograph Name of Participant Birth Date G.C.
Residence Spoken Languages
Date of Admission
Date of Diploma
Amarech Tesfaye Girma
09.09.1996
Mallie Balla Town
Mallie District
South Omo Zone
Mallie
Amharic
Gammo
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
Aster Abera Matado
26.09.1995
Jinka Town
South Ari District
South Omo Zone
Ari
Amharic
Benna
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
Hanna Metenna Tadesse
13.02.1998
Key Afer Town
Benna Tsemay District
South Omo Zone
Benna
Amharic
Wolayita
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
Kibralem Wudie Desalegn
11.02.1997
Lemmo Gentu Town
Mallie District
South Omo Zone
Mallie
Amharic
Gammo
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
Ribeka Alemayehu Bano
28.06.1997
Arkisha Town
South Ari District
South Omo Zone
Ari
Benna
Amharic
07.12.2015 Passing exams
end of 2018
Subject: Bilma Foundation supported Student’s Admission to a
SNNPR Health Science College - admitted at Course in 2015
Name of Participants; Birth Date; Residence; Languages; Date of Admission; Date of Diploma;
MIZAN AMAN COLLEGE of HEALTH SCIENCE - now THIRD YEAR 2017 - MIDWIFERY
Photograph Name of Participant Birth Date G.C.
Residence Spoken Languages
Date of Admission
Date of Diploma
Elshaday Antneh Worku
28.12.1998
Tum Town
Maji District
Bench Maji Zone
Dizi
Amharic
Meinit
23.12.2014 23.12.2017
Ntsanet Abebe Selih
17.02.1996
Kibsh Town
Surma District
Bench Maji Zone
Surma
Dizi
Amharic
23.12.2014 23.12.2017
Jemila Seid Mohammed
15.04.1995
Jeba Town
Bero District
Bench Maji Zone
Dizi
Amharic
Surma
23.12.2014 23.12.2017
ARBA MINCH COLLEGE of HEALTH SCIENCE - now THIRD YEAR 2017 - MIDWIFERY
Photograph Name of Participant Birth Date G.C.
Residence Spoken Languages
Date of Admission
Date of Diploma
Armie Ayike Gashua
20.10.1994
Key Afer Town
Benna Tsemay District
South Omo Zone
Tsemay
Benna
Amharic
24.12.2014 19.08.2017
Three students near Class Room Door at Mizan Aman Health College 07.2015
Armie Ayike Gashua graduated on 19.08.2017
at Arba Minch Health Science College
GRADUATED STUDENT