ADDIS ABABA (Semonegna)– CURE Ethiopia Children’s Hospital, one of the charitable hospitals operated by CURE International, has celebrated its 10th year anniversary in Addis Ababa.
FDRE President Sahle-Work Zewde, FDRE Ministry of Health’s State Minister Lia Tadesse, MD, officials from CURE International and The Rees-Jones Foundation (one of the main private funders of CURE Ethiopia) were present during the event. Dallas-based private foundation, The Rees-Jones Foundation, has been funding CURE Ethiopia at least fro the past five year.
President Sahle-Work said on her official Twitter page:
“Cure Ethiopia Orthopedic Hospital turned 10! It has transformed lives of physically disabled children 2500/ year & 17000 surgeries during last decade. Impressed by work, infrastructure & staff. It’s worth our support…”
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CURE Ethiopia Children’s Hospital is a pediatric orthopedic teaching hospital located in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. Opened in 2008, the hospital is a state-of-the-art complex that provides modern medical and surgical care to physically disabled children. As Ethiopia consistently ranks among the poorest countries in the world, with few of its citizens having access to medical care, there is a great need for this level of care.
In addition, CURE Ethiopia Children’s Hospital fills a critical need as an orthopedic training site in the country, providing didactic and clinical training in pediatric and advanced orthopedic techniques, and is an international COSECSA-accredited training site.
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Through a combination of in-hospital care, mobile clinics, and clubfoot clinics, CURE Ethiopia is providing superior care for the children of Ethiopia.
CURE International
CURE International is a Christian non-profit organization based in New Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. It a nongovernmental, non-profit organization that operates charitable hospitals and programs in 26 countries worldwide where patients experience the life-changing message of God’s love for them, receiving surgical treatment regardless of gender, religion, or ethnicity.
Since its foundation in 1996, CURE hospitals have performed more than 196,000 procedures, more than 119,000 children have been treated at CURE clubfoot partner clinics, and surgeons trained by CURE have performed more than 12,000 procedures to treat hydrocephalus and spina bifida.
The Rees-Jones Foundation
Founded in 2006 by Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones and based in Dallas, Texas (USA), The Rees-Jones Foundation is a private foundation that works with non-profit organizations, primarily in North Texas, to serve others and improve their quality of life and life circumstances in tangible ways.