The Edna Adan University Hospital building

Support our mission

Every gift trains another midwife and keeps a delivery room supplied. Choose whichever giving partner works for you — both direct every dollar toward Edna Adan University Hospital.

Edna Adan Foundation

UK-registered charity

The hospital's UK giving partner.

Donate via PayPal

The Foundation's main website is temporarily down as it's being fixed; the PayPal button above is the current working way to give directly.

Friends of Edna's

US 501(c)(3), founded 2000 · EIN 41-1964357

The hospital's US giving partner, raising funds and maintaining an endowment for the hospital's long-term future.

A monthly giving option is also available — set an amount and a number of months and notify Friends of Edna's president, Dr. Lee Cassanelli, at [email protected].

Donate today

Our hospital exists because of your generous donations. With your contributions, we're able to serve more women and children in need. Your gift makes a real, lasting difference. Thank you for your support.

You can also become a volunteer

  • Send an email to [email protected] with your resume, as well as your desired dates and duration of stay.
  • Send a copy of your passport and other travel documents.
  • A letter of recommendation from your employer or academic institution.
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Where a gift goes

Illustrative examples of what different kinds of support make possible — not a menu of fixed prices, since every gift is arranged individually with the hospital.

Supplies

A safe-delivery kit for a midwife attending a birth in the field.

Training

A month of a midwifery student's clinical training toward the hospital's goal of 1,000 trained midwives.

Equipment

Diagnostic or surgical equipment supporting the hospital's fistula-repair and hydrocephalus-shunt programs.

Endowment

A contribution to the endowment Friends of Edna's maintains so the hospital's mission continues for generations.