Edna Adan Ismail
The woman that I have choose to blog about is Edna Adan. After watching Half of the Sky my world has forever been changed by this courageous woman. I can not even begin to explain how much of an impact this lady has made on my heart just seeing what she has given up to help others. Edna is a Somali native who decided to give up everything she had worked hard for to build a maternity hospital from scratch in Somali-land. This hospital is now known as the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital which officially opened in 2002. Edna runs this hospital off of her own funds as well as donations from across the world. She delivers several babies everyday in the best conditions to offer in Somali. Edna is the former Foreign Minister of Somaliland. Edna came from a very successful family with her father being one of the top doctors. Edna went on to build a career for herself as a nurse then opened the hospital to make a difference in a desperate country.
This woman is such an inspiration to so many. For any woman to give up and sell everything she owns to help others in her country.... that is just amazing. She built the maternity hospital with her own money and donated supplies from others in the area. Today this hospital has saved thousands of lives all from an amazing woman giving up her own to help others. The Edna Adan Hospital continues to grow everyday.
Docurama (Director). (2011). Half the Sky: Turning
Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - Night 2 [Motion Picture].
Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteEdna and all of the women in Half the Sky have had a great impact on many of my aspects. For one, what these women have done to help out a cause that they are passionate about really made me want to do something to help and give to their foundations. These women are strong and with courage to take on and help towards a great cause. Half the Sky, just really impacted me in the way I see situations and myself. I hope to one day do something as great as these women have done.