Click here to read our newest update, a timeline from January to June! From cleft lip and palate programmes in various cities to partnerships with Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) on a new training programme using simulator equipment, we have had a busy few months at Project Harar. Read more
Breastfeeding has been a mother's primary source of feeding for newborns since the earliest record of human life. It is an important factor for the health, physical development, and survival of a child. However, mothers who give birth to babies with cleft lip and palate will find it difficult to breastfeed their child - read on to find out more about how Project Harar supports breastfeeding mothers.. Read more
Project Harar, collaborating with Transforming Faces, has been at the start of speech therapy consultations in Ethiopia. In 2019 the very first cohort of medical professionals who trained and graduated to provide speech and language therapy in Ethiopia. Read more
Project Harar continues to provide access to treatment for children with cleft lip and palate, this time in Debre-Tabor. It is absolutely vital that we can continue to provide these services, as environmental and political issues gain momentum in Ethiopia, it is increasingly more difficult for families to seek cleft treatment. We are partnered with the Debre-Tabor Hospital, and in May we were able to treat over 30 families who came from different towns in the Amhara region. Read more
This week, we delivered a copy of 'Don't Ask the Dragon' to Fairlight primary school. This copy was donated by Projects Brighton, and fundraised as part of our current urgent appeal. Now it is a part of their school library! Read more
People with facial differences across the world may face stigma. Where we work — in rural and remote areas of Ethiopia, stigma is prevalent amongst the people we meet who are living with facial difference and accessing our services. Read more here. Read more
Wendemeh and his brother Gatkuoth travel to the Debre Markos specialised hospital in Amhara to receive treatment for the first time at 15 years old. He and Gatkuoth recount their experiences pre-surgery, and how important it is to destigmatise cleft lip and palate and continue to spread awareness and educate people and schools. Read more
In 2021, Kumaaol was received at Yekatit-12 Hospital through Project Harar's services for access to surgical treatment and speech therapy sessions. Read on about his time at the hospital in Addis Ababa, and later on partaking in speech therapy sessions with the support of health workers and his family... Read more
The UK Government Kickstart Scheme provided funding in 2021 and 2022 to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds, who may have been at a disadvantage due to less employment opportunities for reasons such as the Covid-19 Pandemic. Read more
Why are some people in rural communities facing ostracization due to the cleft condition? Why is there a lack of education surrounding their condition, and what role does Project Harar in alleviating these problems? Read more on what it is like to live with facial difference in Ethiopia... Read more
Read about how we are using new and innovative technology to provide training around microsurgery, air-way management and other medical areas to students at Yekatit-12 Medical College, Addis Ababa Read more
It is vital that children born with cleft conditions receive treatment as soon as they are eligible, so that they do not face further developmental barriers in relation to nutrition, speech, language and in the long run — access to education. Over March and April 2022 we have helped over 200 families from the most remote areas of the Amhara Region access cleft lip and palate treatment. Read more
Help raise £150. A signed copy of Lemn Sissay's new children's book, Don't Ask the Dragon, will be donated to a local primary school, in Brighton, whilst a child in Ethiopia will be able to access life changing treatment for a cleft condition. Read more
The Amhara region is currently greatly affected by food insecurity and civil conflict, combined with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, vital health care services, such as those provided by Project Harar have been limited to those living in the region over the past 14 months. What are we doing about this? Read more
In March 2022, South Sudanese refugees from the Gambella region with cleft lip or palate were received by Project Harar in Addis Ababa, they were provided with access to surgery and treatment. They travelled large distances and endured harsh living conditions in the refugee camps, and many children suffered of cleft. This is their story. Read more
I'm delighted to join Project Harar as a Board Member as the charity enters its 21st year. Project Harar is a charity close to my heart, I have been following its journey closely over the years with my late husband Jonathan who founded the charity in April 2001. I am inspired to join Project Harar in the next part of its journey, in its mission to help families from the most difficult to reach areas in Ethiopia reach the vital treatment they need." Read more
Meet Liz, our Fundraising and Administration Assistant in the UK office. Read more
We are looking for an enthusiastic and agile minded individual to join our UK team as an Administration and Fundraising Assistant via the UK Government Kickstart scheme. Based in Brighton. Read more
Read about families who have accessed our services around nutrition for cleft lip and palate. Read more
Nutrition is a vital part of cleft care. A cleft lip and palate can make feeding for infants extremely difficult, this is often combined with food insecurity which affects rural and disadvantaged areas of Ethiopia. Read more
"I want to highlight the profound difference your support makes to the families who access our services. By helping infants access surgery for cleft lip and palate at an early age you are giving them a significantly better chance at life, enabling them to rejoin their community, to make friends — perhaps for the first time — and to go to school." Read more
Project Harar continue to deliver life changing access to surgery for infants and children in rural areas of Ethiopia, who are impacted by cleft lip or palate. Read about our latest programme here. This programme was in Project Harar's birth place, Harar, in the Oromia region. Read more
Though traditional foods in Ethiopia vary from region to region, there are many common foods that are consumed across the country. We visited some market places and farms in and around Addis Ababa to find out more... Read more
Last in our nutrition mini series we have a closer look at vegetables and their availability across Ethiopia — specifically collard greens, including a quick and easy recipe! Read more
Take a look at some of our highlights of 2021 so far... Read more
Next up in our nutrition mini series we're looking at the different kind of pulses that are available in Ethiopia... Read more
First up in our blog series on nutrition in Ethiopia: Teff, what is it? What can you make from it? And what is it's nutritional value... Read more
We've welcomed two new interns to our team in Ethiopia, Ababo and Saron will be supporting our programme team and also working on our communications strategy. Read more
Read about how you can support Project Harar through your online purchases. Read more
Project Harar is excited to announce that we have been selected to feature as part of Advent of Change’s 2021 charity network, featuring on Christmas products stocked in John Lewis and Waitrose. Read more
Read about our September awareness workshop, which included the return of past patients, who spoke about how their lives had changed since accessing Project Harar's services. Read more
We caught up with Barnaby Hitchcock—fitness coach and founder of fitness and life style brand B FIT, who is participating in the Brighton Marathon to raise support for Project Harar. Barnaby gave us some top tips for aspiring marathon runners as well us his inspiration behind B Fit. Read more
Read about our work in August 2021, a total of 90 infants and children were able to receive treatment for cleft lip and palate from across the Oromia region. Read more
We are delighted to announce we have been selected as finalists in the Global Giving photo contest 2021! Read more
With your help, we have hit our target of raising £20,000 in our Summer Matched Funding Campaign via the Big Give! Thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this by donating and taking the time to share our campaign - we couldn't have done it without you. Read more
Our summer newsletter is here! Read about our summer matched funding campaign, our new Patron Lemn Sissay and cheer on our challenge team Read more
Meet our team in Ethiopia and the UK Read more
Meet our Patrons, Lady Anwen Hurt and Lemn Sissay OBE Read more