Sr Chacky goes to Namibia
Midwife Vision’s Head of Clinical Education in HBB (Helping Babies Breathe), Sr Chacky, is off to the ICM African Regional Conference to represent Midwife Vision!
Dr James Moir – 5th time’s a charm!
On the eve of the Team’s return to Tanzania this month (November 2019), read about how Dr Moir found his 5th trip to Tanzania and why he keeps coming back. He completed his 5th trip in July 2019. This was my 5th trip to Amana, an eagerly anticipated event in my annual professional calendar. As…
July 2019 – A Medical Student’s Perspective
So we have finished the July 2019 trip to Tanzania with the Medical Team. By the time this article is published I will be at Medical School studying hard: on another adventure. The next trip to Tanzania that the Medical Volunteer Team will take will likely by in November 2019 and then again between February…
July Trip to Tanzania –
The arrival of the Team into Tanzania is a culmination of many details, Visa, immunizations, anti-malarial, medical equipment, arranging flights and all the details around that. Plus packing the medical equipment, we only take what we can’t buy or access in Tanzania and Chase liaises with Micheal our Operations Manager in Tanzania, arranging the most…
Memories of Tanzania – A Volunteer’s perspective
By Annette Meyer Thinking back on my recent visit to Tanzania to volunteer in the labour ward at Amana hospital brings to mind all sorts of feelings and memories. The familiar smell of the building as we waited for our luggage in the humidity following the heavy rain, the constant babble of voices at the…
Team is off this July 2019
Capt. Jan Becker and Chase Becker along with the Team Leader, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr James Moir, the Team is returning to Tanzania this July. The Team will be focused on completion and streamlining of surgeries and also continuing the Midwife Vision Training Clinic SHINE Program. Wish them the best of luck as they…
Bound for Tanzania
Join us in wishing Jan, Chase and the Support Team safe travels to Tanzania today. They’re off to Amana Hospital to once again lend their much needed helping hands, and continue the education programs to improve the health of both mother and baby. Good Luck!
James Moir for Cherish Everest Trek
We are so proud of Dr. James Moir, a Board Member, who regularly donates his time and resources to support Midwife Vision both in Australia and Tanzania. Once more he is donating his time and effort for an important cause, also close to our hearts, the Cherish Women’s Cancer Foundation. You have our support and…
Fearless pilot, courageous midwife honoured
Congratulations to Jan on receiving an Order of Australia for her service to community health! Check out the article below featured in the Sunshine Coast Daily acknowledging Jan and her prestigious award. Fearless Pilot, courageous midwife honoured by Tessa Patrick, 25th Jan 2019 JAN Becker was boarding a flight home from Tanzania when she received an email telling…
We’re on our Way!
We’re on our way! Jan, Chase and Mike are bound for Tanzania to launch a new program initiative, “SHINE”. Survival | Happiness | Intervention | Nurturing | Education Survival and Happiness because of Interventions, Nurturing and Education SHINE is a training program dealing in the prevention and management of the Top 5 causes of maternal…