by marieke | Dec 28, 2020 | Social Action, Uganda
Maternal health in Uganda, and at AE’s Milne Medical Centre Pregnancy can be dangerous. For every 100,000 births in Uganda, 343 women die. In Australia, that number is 5. In Uganda, over 400,000 women each year deliver their babies without a skilled birth attendant....
by marieke | Oct 28, 2020 | Ethiopia, Social Action
A quick turn of the knob and the pot starts heating up. A few seconds of luxury, completely taken for granted. Somewhere in Ethiopia a mother is also heating up a pot for her family with fire created from wood, leaves, animal dung and crop residues. Most households in...
by marieke | Aug 14, 2020 | Australia, Rwanda, Social Action
“Real life heroes exhibit an uncanny ability to persevere despite the odds, and to do so with humility and dedication.” (United Nations) World Humanitarian Day, held on the 19th of August each year, celebrates “real-life heroes who have committed their lives to...
by marieke | Jul 9, 2020 | covid response, Social Action, South Africa
Since the ‘waging of the ‘war’ against the spread of COVID-19, the directive to wear a face mask has been of primary importance, along with sanitising and washing hands with soap. It is the clarion call of every world leaders’ address on this pandemic in the bid to...
by marieke | Jun 25, 2020 | Malawi, Social Action, Story
Tamandani Nazimera, a phenomenal and passionate woman of faith, recently joined the team at AE Malawi in a voluntary capacity as Health Programs Officer. Originally from Blantyre, Tamandani studied nursing and midwifery at the University of Malawi. After working for...
by marieke | Jun 9, 2020 | covid response, Social Action
COVID-19 pandemic has affected majority of countries in Africa. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa were 189,559 as of 8 June up from 51,000 a month ago. The numbers are growing fast. A new report by the Partnership for Evidence Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC)...
