Next Ethiopia Visit

24th October 2008

Duration: 2 weeks


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Every pound raised is spent on projects. There are many ways you can support the Southern Ethiopia – Gwent Health Link. You can send a cheque, make a Gift Aid Donation, organise or attend a fund raising event. You can make a donation through your payroll at work. It is easy and many staff of Gwent Health care Trust already do it! The link is registered as a charity through Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund, Number 1054094.

Payroll Giving

If you are currently employed by the Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, you can contribute through the Payroll Giving Scheme.

Click here to download the payroll giving form. Print it off, fill it in and send it to your payroll manager to start contributing on a regular basis. Every little helps.

Send a Cheque

You could do what the Mayor of Blaenau-Gwent did. Get your pen out and write us a cheque. Please make it payable to ‘Southern Ethiopia - Gwent Health Link’ and send it to:

Miss. Alison Griffiths
Charitable Funds/Patients Monies Manager
Finance Department, Mamhilad
Tel No: 01495 765414
Fax No: 01495 765405

 

Maternal Mortality

Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal as well as infant mortality rates in the world.

Total expenditure per capita on health (Intl $, 2004):

Ethiopia : $21 >>

UK : $2560 >>

Life Expectancy at Birth

Men on average live for only 50 yrs and women for 53 yrs. In UK men and women live for 77yrs and 81yrs respectively.