Zawadi Bendera is our young engineer who is responsible for the installation and care of our biomedical equipment as well as for vital parts of our infrastructure including the equipment that provides our water and electricity supply.
In addition to her direct role, Zawadi is setting an example to other young women in Tanzania that they can aspire to a career that many have judged to be solely in the male domain and that they too can take control of their lives – she is “Shaking the Tree”.
Follow the link below and take a look at the short video of her story – click the arrow on the picture of Kivulini.
To help Zawadi in her challenging role, we have embarked on a program of advanced training and work experience for her and this month we are seeking help to fund this work.
If you feel able to contribute then we would be immensely grateful (details can be found at the link above), but more importantly please forward this message or share the link with your friends and family.
We are seeking to invite Zawadi back to her alma mater, Arusha Technical College, for 29thNov-3Dec training seminar, Oxygen Therapy Part 2, which focuses on service and repair of oxygen concentrators, We have recommendation of Gould Family Foundation and Dak Foundation for Zawadi to come. As facilitator of ATC Biomedical Engineering Program, BETA was involved in Zawadi’s training, and helped establish BME at Arusha Tech since 2010, including BEng program. Now we have MoU’s with archrival DIT, and med school MUHAS in Dar, for their BEng in Biomedical/Clinical Engineering. We would surely love to see Zawadi at training. She has made us all very proud of her work at Kuvulini, and she has been an inspiration and role model for our female engineers (42% female BME’s at ATC since 2013, and Zawadi’s class was first with more women than men!
Asante sana! Zawadi certainly enjoyed her time at the training seminar earlier this month.