Edna at TEDx
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 in Edna Adan, Hospital News, Somaliland | 3 commentsEdna Adan will give a presentation at the upcoming TED conference in Geneva about her work in service to the women of Somaliland.
She will discuss how she came home to Hargeisa in 1997 from a career at the World Health Organization to find Somaliland’s health care system in ruins. “The ten year Civil war from 1982 to 1991 caused the death of a quarter million of our people and destroyed 95% of the country including schools and hospitals.” And so she decided to build a hospital using her own life savings and her pension.
With our limited resources, we know that country-wide coverage with doctors and graduate midwives will not be possible for a long time which is why we have chosen a low-tech, low-cost and time-effective solution: To train as many Community Midwives as we can, and train them now as a priority!
Edna’s message is, “If Somaliland which is among the least developed countries in Africa can do it, anybody can!”
The live webcast takes place from 4-6pm Geneva time on Sunday 27 November. Remember to watch.
If you’ve never before seen a TED video, then go to their web site www.TED.com and pick any video at random. They’re all very brief and they are all treasures. Edna feels honored to have been chosen for inclusion among such luminaries.
Wishe you all the best Ednah, you are my hero! citiraf ayaaynu insha allah heli..
i wana to thank to Adna Aden to her effort and struggling to create a new generation have active knowledge and appreciative volunteer and honest to their patients….. thanks mum…….
Just wanted to let you know, in case you’re wondering, I’m OK. And thank you again for all you taught me. Most of all, for my layoff. I’m living my dream, and it;s all thanks to you, I might never have found with it means to live otherwise……………thanks million…
Thank you so much we really do appreciated what you have done for our country Somaliland you are one of the strongest pillars and part of Somaliland’s infrastructure, am wishing you all the best and we thank you so much every single moment of our live Adna.
My Allah Bless You Dear