Ed Hutton, our Chief Operating Officer, brings us quick updates from our BMET programs around the globe:

Cambodia

Our first cohort is in their final semester, and our fourth cohort has just started!

Additionally, our first Summer Institute in Cambodia was a great success! Seventeen engineering students from the University of New South Wales had the opportunity to work and learn alongside the BMET students, gaining firsthand experience of a low-resource environment and facilitating an exchange of knowledge between the two groups. Many thanks to Ung Kunthear for his dedicated work in building this program.

Inka Johnson and Ung Kunthear from EWH, Prof. Lauren Kark from UNSW, and EWH CEO Leslie Calman with University of Puthisastra President, Mr. Kith Chankrisna, and leaders of UP

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Ethiopia

The first classroom session wrapped up this month. Now, students are working in five hospitals in Addis as they receive their clinical mentoring.

As part of our mission for sustainability, we found local sources for materials that were used during training, such as safety glasses, gloves, and small electronics components. Those local businesses were listed in a reference guide that was provided to each student.

Alemitu & Daniel successfully repair a surgical light

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Nigeria

The second session is in full swing! Students were organized into teams to teach each other and engage with the material. Larry Wright made another teaching appearance.

Larry Teaching Oscilloscope Use & Troubleshooting

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Rwanda

Twenty-eight BMETs just graduated from IPRC in Rwanda! Many congratulations to them on all their hard work. In addition, three of the instructors we trained are now teaching their own students at IPRC.

Graduation Day at IPRC

 Thank you to everyone who works with and supports EWH's BMET Training program!