Children´s Burn and Wound Care Foundation
Treating burn victims in eastern Africa
Treating Patients
Treating burn victims presents a range of different challenges that can be hard to manage regardless of treatment location.
Read MoreEducating Health Personnel
Bedside education of nurses and doctors is incorporated in the daily activities at our burn unit in Addis Ababa.
Read MorePreventing Burn Injuries
Accurate burn prevention strategies are vital to patient outcomes. Specially, knowledgeable prevention strategies reduce rates of death and disability.
Read MoreCharity Administration
Hans Petter Schjelderup
Head of Board and Co-Founder
Hpschjelderup@gmail.com
Lillian-Rose Bragvin Eriksen
Founder
Tormod Bø
Finance Manager Coffee Import and Sales
Jan Myklebust
Manager Pekope Project
jan.myklebust@gmail.com
Seppo Lahdeaho
Manager Pekope Project
seppolahdeaho@yahoo.com
Dr Einar Eriksen
Founder and Plastic Surgeon, Board Member
einar.eriksen@gmail.com
What People Say
Since 2011 Care4Burn has collaborated with CBWCF, building and strengthening local competences within burn wound care and reconstructive surgery at the University Hospital Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi Tanzania.
Karianne Fjaere
Chairwoman and Founder, Care4BurnBurns are a major problem in LMIC countries. CBWCF operates in a world region where adequate burn treatment is hardly available. The charity´s efforts have brought numerous patients out of utter misery and despair.
Dag Inge Ulstein
Member of Parliament (Christian democratic party), Previous Norwegian Minister of International DevelopmentWe have for some years been following the work CBWCF is doing to help the weakest of the weak. Very impressive results and effort! Anyone who can help support CBWCF, should do so.
Per Simonsen
Previous General Manager, Mölnlycke Health Care, NorwayCBWCF is doing pioneering work in Ethiopia in the field of burn and wound care.Their delivery of standard care can be taken as a benchmark for other institutions in LMIC.
Abiye Hailu
General and Reconstructive and Plastic Surgeon, Addis Ababa UniversityThe unique surgical contribution of CBWCF has provided both services to very sick and deformed burn patients, and teaching to local and visiting surgeons to maintain the highest standards of medical and surgical care.
Mark Hardy
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Columbia University Medical CenterI’ve been able to visit Dr. Eriksen and the CBWCF team in Ethiopia numerous times. They deliver life-saving care with great skill and compassion and provide much needed specialized training to Ethiopian medical personnel.
Rich Jayne
President, Entoto FoundationI am honored to partner with CBWCF. The patient care is excellent with outcomes equivalent to any modern burn unit with all the bells and whistles. Patients are given love, personalized care, and hope!
Cindy Jackson
Director, Burn Care InternationalFor more than 10 years, we have been in awe of what CBWCF has been able to accomplish. RestOR International has been proud to have been able to contribute.
