Project Overview

ESCRS is supporting the development of a paediatric eye care service at the
Gondar Referral Hospital in Ethiopia. Funds donated would be utilised in the
following way:




- Training and Human Resource Development – Total €25,000


- Ophthalmologist fellowship on Paediatric Ophthalmology for 6 months in Tanzania

- Outreach meetings and training for Paediatric Ophthalmologist

- Training for one Equipment technician and one Paediatric coordinator in 2011

- Running a hospital-based programme in Gondar with two ORBIS volunteers on Paediatric Ophthalmology, Glaucoma, Cornea, Retina and Oculoplastics

Go to ORBIS website for more information

 



ESCRS is supporting an ongoing long-term programme in Uganda to provide
safe water and sanitation, contributing to improved health and education in
the target communities. Long-term development projects help to provide
communities with some resilience to crises such as the current situation in
East Africa.




- Uganda Direct: Water and Sanitation Health (WASH) Programme – Total €25,000


- Supporting a Public Health Team Leader to implement the WASH Programme in Kitgum and Lamwo

- Constructing Water Kiosks and Water Pumps in the most over-populated host villages

- Providing training to Water Users Community Committees to enable them to maintain water points 
on a long-term basis, providing safe water and a sustainable source of maintenance income 

Go to Oxfam website for more information