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Shortly before our mission, the three containers containing the equipment for the surgical center, as well as additional components for optimizing the solar system and the hospital’s wiring, arrived. Upon our arrival in Bembéréké, a team of electricians from the Liweitari training center (Natitingou, Benin) was already busy digging the trenches for the new, heavier-gauge […]

From March 13 to 30, we were in Bembéréké, Benin, for our 14th medical mission. The team included anesthesiologist Christian Hess, anesthesiology technician Tugce Kisdem, pediatric surgeons Katharina Herrmann and Jasmin Pilatzek, as well as my wife and me. Unfortunately, Marina had to return home immediately due to a family emergency. We were greeted by

The Annette-Kiefer-Foundation will support us in our goal of providing financial assistance for the treatment and operations of children by our team of doctors at our partner hospital in Bembéréké. Depending on the amount of donations received, our goal is to subsidize up to 75% of the treatment costs for the children treated by our

During our visit in April, our technician Uwe Buchwitz was able to optimize many of the system’s settings. The system has been working reliably over the past year, but several problems were noticed during remote monitoring, which Uwe was able to address during these two weeks. For example, it was noticed that the temperatures in

This time, we were in Bembéréké with a large team. Dr. Christian Hess, anesthesiologist, and Dr. Katharina Herrmann, pediatric surgeon in training, had already been there several times, and we were joined by Dr. Karin Lawrenz, pediatric surgeon, and Dr. Jasmin Pilatzek, pediatric surgeon in training. The team was completed by Marina and Hartwig Sauter

After our fundraiser Urban Niesser succeeded in raising the funds for the project, the materials could now be ordered, and we hope that they can be shipped before the end of this year. We continue to be very grateful for Urban’s commitment!

In February, we once again travelled to Oshakati/Namibia for a mission. Due to communication problems between the Ministry of Health and the hospital as well as within the hospital, this mission could only take place for one week. Nevertheless, we were again able to perform numerous operations with our local colleague Dr Alexej and two

From 20.09.-04.10.2024 we carried out our 3rd outreach in Oshakati/Namibia. This time it was very well prepared, so that we had two operating theaters available for these two weeks and were able to perform 76 operations on 72 patients together with our Namibian colleagues. Our team included Shakuntala Negihal, anesthesiologist, Raymund Ho, pediatric surgeon, as