Ethiopia: donations for the hospital: Misereor

The Attat Hospital is a model of reliable medical care and support for pregnant women. Furthermore, this Misereor partner promotes access to clean drinking water and mobile health services throughout the region.

With your donation, you will be supporting local medical care and Misereor’s global work to promote healthy living.

Continent

Africa

Thematic focus:

Expanding healthcare provision

Ethiopia is a diverse country where basic necessities are often in short supply. In remote villages in particular, many people have no access to clean drinking water, which greatly increases the risk of infection. Yet it is precisely in these regions that hardly anyone can receive medical care.

For decades, Attat Hospital has therefore been carrying out outstanding and sustainable work. It provides reliable medical care and actively involves the local community. The hospital is situated in the remote province of Guraghe, around 170 kilometres south-west of the capital, Addis Ababa. It is held in high regard: patients often undertake long and arduous journeys to receive treatment here.

Here, families receive medical care and support in difficult situations.

For many people, Attat Hospital is the first port of call when they are ill or during pregnancy.

The health centre provides people in the region with access to much-needed treatment.

Once they have received medical care, many families are able to return to their everyday lives feeling stronger.

High-quality medical care helps to identify and treat complications at an early stage.

Good care around the time of birth gives both mother and baby a healthy start in life. “We vaccinate 4,000 babies and children every year, protecting them from serious diseases such as hepatitis and polio.”

Working together with local people, we are creating opportunities for a self-determined future.

Training and seeds help families to improve their diet in the long term.

Clean drinking water lays the foundations for a healthy upbringing.

Access to clean drinking water brings about lasting improvements to health and quality of life.

What sets Attat Hospital apart is the support it provides to the whole community, tailored to their needs. A key focus is on caring for pregnant women and new mothers: they and their newborns receive close monitoring and vital vaccinations.

The hospital is run by Misereor’s partner organisation, the ‘Medical Mission Sisters’ (MMS). MMS also operates first-aid posts in around 40 surrounding villages. Trained health workers provide education here on topics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and hygiene. They warn against harmful traditional practices and carry out vaccination programmes. MMS also ensures the water supply: its own teams regularly inspect around 140 wells to provide the rural population with safe drinking water.

Your donation opens up new opportunities in life for people – through reliable healthcare services, prevention and effective aid where it is most needed.

Almost 8,000 patients were treated as inpatients.
433 newborns received intensive care and neonatal care.
Over 2,000 births were safely supported by medical staff.
Around 2,400 women were involved in local health initiatives.
115,000 people took part in awareness-raising and prevention workshops.
A new deep well supplies the hospital and surrounding communities with drinking water.

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8 euros is a typical amount spent on bandages, blankets or essential medicines in primary healthcare centres.

When making a donation by bank transfer, please quote the reference ‘S63106/Ethiopia Health’ in the payment details. This lets us know which project is particularly close to your heart; your contribution will be used as a general donation towards this work and Misereor’s overall global mission.

To ensure that your donation has an impact in the long term, Misereor uses a small proportion for important administration an related tasks. This way, we make sure that projects are selected carefully and implemented responsibly and that their effects are regularly monitored. Should it not be possible to use your donation as planned, we will use it where it is currently needed most.

Our local partner organisations

Medical Mission Sisters (MMS)

The Attat Hospital of the Ethiopian Catholic Church is run by members of the "Medical Mission Sisters" (MMS), an international congregation of sisters. Since their foundation in 1925, the MMS have been active in the healthcare sector, primarily caring for poor or oppressed people without access to healthcare services.