OUR STORY BLOG
While I was in, one word came to my mind. IMPACT. I saw and felt ENA’s impact on every village we serve. Thousands of children are going to school for the first time, sitting at a desk with paper and pen to write with. Thousands are pumping clean water; thousands have a latrine to use with the knowledge of sanitation and hygiene. I’ve looked into the eyes of 350 orphans who are eager to learn and gave each child a new uniform and school supplies to each one to help them on their learning journey and encourage each child to know they are cared for. Village elders, parents, and students are learning about human trafficking and how to best protect their children and themselves. I was given this opportunity, and I consider it a gift. A gift that has changed my life as well. I see the world differently. I see it through the eyes of each and every child, mother, father, and grandparent. Thousands of eyes have been met, hoping to make this life better, one of hope and heartfelt love and connection.
–Diana Bingham, ENA Director of Operations, Ethiopia
Moving Forward
We fully expect the measures our teams have implemented will provide families and communities the knowledge and resources needed to slow the spread of COVID-19 and other future pandemics. Our staff has responded beautifully to the disruption of their normal work and...
Staying Health
In our fight to unite together, may we offer a few key guidelines and resources for your health and emotional well-being. The CDC encourages us to do the following: Protect yourself: Wash your hands often. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Avoid close...
Prevention and Partnerships in Sierra Leone
Our medical team partnered with the Ministry of Health at the Lyn Clinic. We trained our nurses to sensitize all patients, with special emphasis on the women on how to properly care for, and protect their families. “My Baby and I have been able to stay safe because of...
Practitioners Train to Prevent
On July 20th, our Lyn Maternal Health Clinic medical staff gathered with our Ghana staff for COVID-19 training. This training was designed to teach health prevention practices in a viral pandemic, to ensure the medical staff continues to maintain an exemplary standard...
Posters Teach Critical Prevention Practices
Our Ghanaian staff worked closely with our sister organization Ensign College of Public Health and it’s innovative Health2Go initiative, to design COVID-19 education and prevention brochures, posters and banners. Our goal is to build on past health intervention...
Making Public Health a Priority
Our COVID-19 prevention efforts have centered in rural communities outside of Accra. Our team created a baseline survey to better understand community knowledge and spread of COVID-19. We trained and deployed health care facilitators and volunteers to create...
ENA’s Task Force Takes Charge
In Ethiopia, we created a task force that partnered with the Ministry of Health and our network of healthcare providers, doctors, nurses and technicians to create a COVID-19 prevention initiative. In isolated communities, our team educated thousands on virus...
Vocational Students Take Action
The pandemic has shown we are only as safe as our most vulnerable people. The virus poses a threat everywhere. Members of our task force found that families in rural villages did not have access to much-needed information on how to protect themselves from contagion....
ENA Continues to Lead
COVID19 is still a threat to the most vulnerable in Ethiopia and we want to ensure that no one is left behind. We continue to run our rural hygiene and sanitation seminars while our our health care partners travel door to door to teach sanitation and hand-washing...