This website is dedicated to raising awareness about the comprehensive medical clinic in Adwa, Ethiopia.

Adwa is a woreda, or administrative district, where 97% of the local population lives in poverty. The consequences of this high poverty-level are devastating. One in sixteen women die due to pregnancy or child birth, and their orphaned children are 10 times more likely to die within two years than a child living with two parents. Access to curative and preventative health services for mothers and children are urgently needed in Adwa. There is currently one district hospital, which is so overcrowded that expectant mothers are often forced to deliver in the corridors. Other women facing complications during delivery are unable to traverse the poorly built roads in time to make it to the hospital and die in the arms of those carrying them.

The urgent need for a new medical facility was identified through collaboration with our Ethiopia country representative, Dr. Tsegaye, and governments from the regional and local levels. WHFC has committed to funding the construction of the clinic and the regional health bureau will equip and staff the facility. The local community will contribute 10% through free labor and materials. WHFC will also remain involved in ensuring future resources for optimizing ongoing operations. Approximately US$250,000 is needed urgently for the clinic's construction.

It is estimated that the clinic will increase access to healthcare by 70% to the region's more than 1 million inhabitants, thereby decreasing the number of maternal and child deaths.