Reports over the humedica activities in Niger
After a holiday at home in Germany, Simone Winneg returned to Kollo only a few days ago, when a high-ranking guest announced his visit: the new German Ambassador to Niger, His Excellency Dr Gordon Kricke, took out a lot of time for the interesting humedica ...
For the inhabitants of some parts of Germany this May 23rd was a dearly welcomed holiday, for some it was the first day of a long weekend. For Christians, however, and in particular for Catholics, this day meant a lot more. Corpus Christi is one of the most ...
"Unfortunately this is true - the disaster that has taken place in Niger is invisible. There is no obvious damage, nor are there ruins, or floods. Everything looks just the same as ever. Only when looking carefully, you realise that there is something wrong. ...
Simone Winneg is active as a coordinator for humedica in the West African state of Niger. At the humedica hospital in Kollo, not far from Niamey, the capital of Niger, she fights undernutrition in the country and enhances better access to medical care for the ...
It is a project particularly close to our hearts: the hospital in the African state of Niger. A country whose inhabitants are again and again threatened in their existence due to poverty, terrible famines, crop failures and all kinds of epidemics. Our ...
On September 4, 2010, the in-patient ward at the humedica hospital “Hosanna Institute du Sahel” in Kollo was officially inaugurated. The new possibilities created by this expansion mean substantial improvements to the situation of both patients and ...
For the period of one month nurse Jennifer Gerstendorf worked at the humedica hospital in the West African state of Niger. The hospital’s inpatient ward had been inaugurated in July. Together with local staff, Jennifer cared for the patients in Niger.
Only a short time ago, a first humedica relief shipment containing food supplies arrived in the Republic of Niger by plane. The country is affected by one of the gravest famines in its history. Now, humedica has sent a further shipment of food and relief ...
While day by day honorary members of the first medical relief team of humedica are offering help to the flood victims in Pakistan, the humedica team in Niger is also putting all their efforts in helping those people who live in misery by no fault of their ...
Simone Winneg (Kaufbeuren) has been responsible for the construction of the hospital in Kollo (Niger) since 2008. After she had accompanied the first doctor team to Haiti as a coordinator, she returned to Niger – to her large hospital family – a few days ...
At the end of January I received a surprising and completely unexpected phone call from Kaufbeuren. “Sebastian, we need somebody who could temporarily supervise our project in Niger. Are you interested and when could you start out?” was the content of the ...
Ilias Nazzal is on a two-months mission at the humedica hospital in Kollo, Niger, where he is working as medical technical assistant on an honorary basis. This account of his experiences once more tells about the exciting every-day life of the humedica team ...
December 1, 2009 was a great day for the humedica hospital, for the town of Kollo and for me. After the contracts had been signed on November 25, today – only a few days later – we could take part in the official inauguration of the construction site.
A few months ago, in April, epidemic meningitis posed a threat to the lives of thousands of people in Niger. Thanks to the support of the German Federal Foreign Office, humedica could organise a vaccination campaign and help fighting the epidemic. However, ...
humedica-coordinator Simone Winneg is back in Kollo, the location of our hospital in Niger. Her current report shows how varied, colourful and hopeful the daily work in this country can be: between training measures and impressive celebrations of independence.
After two months of a compulsory time-out, I have finally returned to Niger. It is a strange feeling - I am feeling both at home and still foreign. After I had spent almost one year in Niger, Germany felt like a strange foreign country. Although I had soon ...
After the go-ahead had been given for the meningitis-vaccination campaign in the humedica – clinic in Kollo some days ago, the vaccination team immediately left for new pastures: our first destination was the community of Namaro, 140 km northwest of Kollo, ...
After several days of preparation and worries if the vaccines and syringes would really be delivered in time, today was finally the day that we could start.
For some weeks now, a meningitis epidemic has been spreading in Niger, starting from the east of the country. Also in the surroundings of Kollo, where humedica has been running a hospital for two months now and where about 80 persons a day receive medical ...
The physician Matthias Heß spent three weeks in Niger in order to treat the patients of the humedica hospital that had opened its doors in February. In his report the physician tells about this unforgettable time.
Monday, 02/23/09 will always be a day to remember for us. At 8 a.m., the hospital in Kollo that was built through the common effort of so many people and organizations, opened its doors for the population in Kollo.
Already since a couple of years, humedica is involved in the West African country Niger. In the second part of her report, our colleague Simone Winneg focusses on the nature of humedica's aid, its practical consequences and Niger's basic health care problems.
"Rome was not built in a day!" This proverb probably best describes the situation of the humedica hospital in Kollo (Niger). After construction work had already been concluded in July, only a few minor details, the finishing touches as it were, remained to be ...
Sebastian Frank left his German home of Biberach three months ago in order to assist in the construction of the humedica-financed Clinic in Kollo (Niger). After his training as an electrician, Sebastian also completed his university studies with an emphasis ...
This clinic in Kollo will change the lives of many and save the lives of others. The help will primarily focus on women and children. The construction of the building has made a lot of progress in the past weeks.