News and Insight

This visit to Ethiopia has been an incredible experience. But it has also been tough. Nothing could have prepared me for the sights, the sounds and, yes, even the smells of this amazing country

Today, Jess meets a former pro-cyclist who helps a group of homeless children get off the streets.

After a day hard at work decorating the children’s playroom, tonight we were invited to relax and meet people with some fascinating stories to tell.

Another busy today, with the first stop being a return to Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle to finish decorating the playroom on the children’s ward.

It was an early start today as we headed off to Ayder Hospital to see its catheterisation laboratory (or cath lab for short) in action.

Previously, Jess received a welcome to remember at Elshadai Children's Village. Now she's taking a tour of the school and learning how much it is influenced by the British education system.

Here, Jess describes her day at Ayder Referral Hospital in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekelle.

Today she gives more details of her visit to St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa.

As you can imagine, in a developing country like Ethiopia communications can be a bit intermittent.