SGBV survivors’ psychosocial support, case referral and economic healing
Mums for Mums is implementing Irish supported project in coordination with CST in four weredas of central zone: Maiqenetal, Axum, Egella and Ahiferom. In all weredas, MfM established safe spaces for SGBV survivors to provide PSS and other case referral services for one month and two weeks. Currently, MfM’s safe spaces for SGBV survivors in four weredas provide PSS and other case referral services for more than 1600 SGBV survivors. Among 1600 program participants 933 (Maiqenetal 233, Axum 230, Egella 237, and Ahiferom 233) are selected with the active involvement of female community representatives and MfM safe spaces community workers, program participants themselves identify their choice of business area and finally MfM provided them with a total of 21,328,380 the startup capital (22,860 Eth. Birr for each program participant via their specific bank account).
Mums for Mums in collaboration with UNFPA distributed medical equipment and supplies…
Mums for Mums in collaboration with UNFPA distribute medical supplies to Hospitals and health centers selected by Tigray Bureau of Health and UNFPA in different weredas of Tigray region as per the gaps they had, including Mums for Mums Clinic. The provision of medical supplies is mainly aimed at fulfilling the highly prioritized hospitals and health centers which have gaps in medical supplies and equipment. As per the plan, Mums for Mums distributed these medical supplies in North-West zone, Central Zone, Eastern zone, South East zone, and Southern zone and Mekelle city, Tigray Bureau of Health and Mums for Mums Clinic. The total cost of medical supplies distributed is 17,223,119.43 ETB (Seventeen Million Two Hundred Twenty Three Thousand One Hundred Nineteen & 43/100) .Zones, Weredas and specific Health post or Hospitals …
Press release: Statement by religious leaders
After deep and constructive advocacy workshops and consultative meetings with religious leaders and women leaders’ representatives on the grave pain of war time GBV survivors in Mekelle, Maichew and Axum, leaders from all religious institutions developed press release (Statement by religious leaders) and announced to the public on 21 August, 2024 at Northern Star Hotel. The statement by religious leaders on the grave pain of war time GBV survivors and its sustainable solutions mainly consist.1.The role of religious leaders and respective institutions 2. Monitoring and comprehensive support of our redeemers 3.Advocacy against the erroneous thinking of our redeemers.Aba Teumelisan from Catholic Church forwarded his heart felt on the press release made by religious leaders from different religious institutions and appreciated the effort made by MfM, USAID & Bahgina RCM PLC.His holiness also forwarded that religious leaders…
Marching for our heroes (War time GBV survivors)
Mums for Mums organized street Marching program in collaboration USAID and Bahgina Research, Consultancy and multimedia PLC. The program focuses of stopping stigma and discrimination against war time GBV survivors. In this program, more than 1,500 women, young girls from seven sub-cities of Mekelle city, and IDP around Mekelle city.Mr. Ashenafi Asmelash, executive director for MfM welcome the participants from seven Sub-cities and IDPs around Mekelle City.His Excellency underlines that the change in attitude towards war time GBV survivors starts from an individual level, from religious leaders & government leaders to community leaders and the whole community members. He also adds that understanding their grave pain and changing the attitude we have towards them are pivotal for their sustainable psychological, social and economic healing and rehabilitation.Ms. Rigbe Abreha head of TWA Mekelle City office expresses her heart felt about the grave pains of war time GBV survivors and the…
The Ashenda Grit: Transforming leaders’ attitudes towards GBV survivors
The Ashenda Grit: Transforming leaders’ attitudes towards GBV survivors pre-inception consultative meeting with religious leaders 3 July, 2024 The Ashenda Grit: Transformingleaders’ attitudes towards GBV survivors inception with religious leaders representing different religious institutions and one stop center expertise in Mekelle City on 5 July, 2024Ethiopia Support Program (ESP) Tigrai Region office head Mr. Abebe Gebre (USAID) and Mums for Mums executive director Mr. Ashenafi Asmelash welcomed the respected participants and appreciated their commitment to attend the meeting. They acknowledged USAID's meaningful support.High level religious leaders representing different religious institutions and one stop center expertise from Mekelle, Axum and MaichewDuring the meeting, participants engaged in thoughtful discussions on the root causes for social, religious and economic discrimination and marginalization of war time GBV survivors, and the role of spiritual leaders in promoting…
Distribution of Educational Material to 1000 Kids in mekelle Hadinet Subcity
School material was provided for 1,000 children to help them to go back to school. Mums for Mums provide 10,000 exercise books and 3,000 pen for the total of 1,000 vulnerable kids who live in Hadnet sub city.
An integrated COVID-19 and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign in Tigray…
Ethiopia introduced Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for girls aged 14-year-old in 2018 and COVID-19 vaccine in March 2021. Since then, HPV vaccination has been provided as two doses to girls aged 14 years with a six-month interval and the COVID-19 vaccine to all people aged 12 years and above.Tigray region was not able to participate in the nationwide integrated HPV and COVID-19 vaccination campaign which was conducted few months ago due to competing priorities. Tigray region launched similar integrated COVID-19 and HPV the campaign on 15th August 2023.World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia in collaboration with the Tigray Regional Health Bureau (RHB), UNICEF, CDC, USAID, PSI, Girls Effect, Project Hope, and other partners supported the planning, implementation, and monitoring of this campaign. The integrated campaign was conducted in 76 woredas of 6 zones of the Tigray region (except Western zone and some inaccessible woredas) in collaboration with High-level officials, religious…
WHO Ethiopia donates medical equipment and supplies worth over 1.3Million USD
Ministry of Health Lauds WHO project on primary healthcare service World Health Organization Ethiopia Country Office (WHO-Ethiopia) through financial assistance secured from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada (DFATD) handed over 1.3 million USD worth medical supplies and equipment to health bureaus of regional and city administrations in Ethiopia. The handover was made during a meeting convened to review the two-year performance of the WHO-DFATD project on “ensuring functional health service in the context of COVID-19 in Ethiopia”. The medical equipment and supplies were handed over with a view of enhancing the service delivery of primary healthcare units in Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) and Southwest Ethiopia regions as well as Dire Dawa Administration. State Minister of Health H.E Dr. Dereje Dhuguma, and Acting Representative to WHO-Ethiopia, Dr. Nonhlanhla Dlamini handed over the donation certificates to senior…
Exploring Justice & Accountability for Tigray
I’ll first start with the pretext that I am not a lawyer by any means, nor do I have a complex understanding of international law or policies regarding human rights violations. But, I consider myself a decent listener and have learned quite a bit from speaking to people who work in these spaces. The following reflects these thoughts mixed in with some of my own.As we already know, the war on Tigray has been marked with unimaginable atrocities– at least 600,000 people dead from violence, starvation, and other impacts of the siege; 120,000+ women and men survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV); 900,000+ in famine. These numbers are not just statistics. You take one individual, one story, and keep adding one more until you get to the hundreds of thousands–the millions–who have endured significant suffering over the past two years. The magnitude is heavy. To work towards peace in Tigray and ensure that these atrocities do not recur, every individual must get the justice they…
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