Erin & I spent two days at The School of St. Yared’s Farensay campus. St. Yared is a private school run by Hope for Children whose funding is provided by Australian sponsors. In addition to free tuition, the students receive two uniforms, all their textbooks and three meals a day.
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Our first four days in Addis consisted of hospital placements, with three days of orthopaedics and one day of emergency.
The highlight was attending a paediatric orthopaedic clinic where the majority of patients were children with club foot. Club foot is a birth defect in which a child’s foot is turned...
Welcome to our first blog post for Compass Pilot Trip 2.0! Two medical students, myself and Erin, will be heading to Addis Ababa to deliver revised health education sessions to students at The School of St. Yared, as well as to attend four days of clinical placement with Australian Doctors...
There was a celebratory mood among the Grade 8 students from the School of St Yared today as they had just finished national exams for the year! Katie and I met them at the Hope For Children Office at 9am, ready for a Sexual Health and First Aid session. We...
Clare and I got a bit of a sleep-in today as we were picked up outside our hostel at 7:30am to travel to school and deliver Compass’ Healthy Living program. Farensay is The School of St Yared campus where Grades 1 to 4 learn, eat and play. As we walked...
Despite being tired from the long plane journey, on the weekend, Katie and I were keen to explore the city of Addis Ababa. After getting our first taste of Ethiopian coffee at our hostel (it’s very strong!), we trekked to the National Museum of Ethiopia, which famously houses ‘Lucy’, the...
The day started bright and early as Clare & I left our hostel at 6:45am. We rode with the students to the School of St. Yared and attempted to help the students with their physics and chemistry homework. Compass’ sessions started with answering anonymous questions that were asked from the...
Welcome to our first blog post! This Friday, Compass’ two co-directors, Clare & I, will be heading to Addis Ababa on Compass’ first trip! Our bags are packed with first aid kits, health supplies, educational resources and gumboots! We have 100kg of luggage between the two of us which also...
