Too Much Glitter
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...
Black Lion Hospital
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...
Compass Pilot Trip 2.0
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...
Should boys know about periods?
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...
Farensay
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...
City of Addis Ababa
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...
“Send for help”
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....
Day 1 at St Yared’s
Today started at 6:30am, where Katie and I were picked up by St Yared’s school bus. With 20 other students, we headed to the campus, which is situated an hour out of Addis Ababa. For us, school...
Passports at the ready!
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!...
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