Category: Bude Methodist Church
Bude Methodist Church 2018
The Bude Methodist church, in England, is continuing its sponsorship of young people studying in the medical field. The Susan Aitchison scholarship fund is managing payments to the students on their behalf.
Birhan Melese Belete
2018 Age 21
Birhan is now in her 4th. year studying medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital, which is a teaching hospital attached to Addis Ababa University.
She is doing exceptionally well and is enjoying her work.
The photograph was taken when she was doing paediatric training.
Birhanu Hailu Demissie
2018 Age 19
Birhanu is now in his second year at Gondar University. He is studying Anaesthesia.
Yalew Abebaw Teshome
2018 Aged 23
Yalew is now in his second year at Alkan College in Dessie. He is studying to become a Health Officer.
Sefie Kelemu
2018 Aged 23
Sefi is now in her 3rd. year of nurse training at medical college in Dessie.
Bude Methodist Church 2017
The Bude Methodist church, in England, are continuing their sponsorship of young people studying in the medical field. The Susan Aitchison Scholarship Fund is managing payments to the students on their behalf.
Birhan Melese Belete
2017 Aged 20
Birhan is now in her 3rd. year studying medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital, which is a teaching hospital attached to Addis Ababa University. She is doing exceptionally well and is enjoying her work.
Birhanu Hailu Demissie
2017 Aged 18
Birhanu is from a small village called Debuko. His family are subsistence farmers and have no money to support him. He has gone through the school system by working as a labourer when not at school. In the grade 10 National exams, he scored straight ‘A’s and was awarded his certificate with ‘very Great Distinction’. He did exceptionally well in his grade 12 National exams and has now started studying Anaesthesia at Gonder University
Yalew Abebaw Teshome
2017 Aged 22
Yalew is also from a very poor family in Debuko. He completed to grade 12 this year but just missed out on a university place. He has started training to be a Health Officer at the Alkan College in Dessie.
Sefi Kelemu
2017 Aged 22
Sefi is from a village called Sorba which is 30 Km. from Lalibela. She is one of 6 children and has elderly, very poor, parents.
She completed her elementary education in Sorba. Her parents then wanted her to marry a local farmer that she didn’t know. Sefi did not want this and wanted to continue with her education. She therefore moved into Lalibela and has managed to complete grades 9,10, 11 and 12. Unfortunately she did not get a place at University. She is now in her 2nd. year of nurse training at Medical College in Dessie
Bude Methodist Church 2016
The Bude Methodist church in England are continuing their sponsorship of young people studying in the medical field. The Susan Aitchison scholarship fund is managing payments to the students on their behalf.
Samrawit Misgan
2016 Aged 20
Samrawit is now in her final year of nursing at KAE– MED Medical College and will graduate as a nurse in July 2017
Birhan Melese Belete
2016 Aged 19
Birhan did very well in her first year exams at St. Paul’s hospital and is now in her second year of training.
She and another student were selected to represent the hospital on a television quiz programme. They won the prize of 2,000 birr.
She is very much enjoying her work.
Kiberealem Biset
2016 Aged 23
Kiberealem is now in her final year of nursing at Arbaminch University.
She will graduate as a nurse in July 2017.
Doctor Yonas Gedemu
2015 Age 25 years
Yonas has now graduated as a doctor from Gonder University.
Adugna Kefyalew and Almaz Melese
2015 Age 23 & 24
Adunga and Almaz have both graduated with a BSc in Nursing Studies
Bude Methodist Church 2015
The Bude Methodist church in England are continuing their sponsorship of young people studying in the medical field.
The Susan Aitchison scholarship fund is managing payments to the students on their behalf.
This year three new students have been taken on.
Samrawit Misgan
2015 Age 19
Samrawit is from a poor family in Lalibela.
She wanted to study nursing but was not accepted for university.
In September 2014, she joined the Kae-Med College of Nursing in Addis Ababa. She was finding it very difficult to pay the college fees and the Bude Methodist church agreed to give her support from February 2015.
She is now in her second year of study.
Birhan Melese Belete
2015 Age 17
Birhan was born in Lalibela. Her father died when she was young. This has meant her living, and going to school, in a number of towns in Ethiopia as her mother was looking for family to support them. Recently they have been living in Kombolcha with an uncle of Birhan.
Birhan sat her grade 12 National exams in Kombolcha and scored an incredibly high mark of 569 out of a possible 700.
She made application to St. Paul’s teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, sat their exam, was interviewed and was one of the lucky 100 students accepted for medical training.
She has now settled into her 1st. year of training.