Who we are
Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar e.V. is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Münster, practically active in Madagascar. A current confirmation of the non-profit status by the tax authorities is available.
Our primary goal is to improve the health care in the catchment area of our homebase and with our mobile facilities this beyond our borders.
In close cooperation with our partner organizations (Tulisa, Pro interplast Seligenstadt, Ny hary, Airtel, Mission Station in Mantasoa) we are able to improve the living situation of the people in the long run.
Our work is characterized by humanity and charity, our basic values are the Christian image of man. We treat our patients with dignity and respect. We provide free medical assistance to all destitute people, with a focus on people from the poor quarters, women, children and families.
Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar e.V. is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Münster, practically active in Madagascar. A current confirmation of the non-profit status by the tax authorities is available.
Our primary goal is to improve the health care in the catchment area of our homebase and with our mobile facilities this beyond our borders.
In close cooperation with our partner organizations (Tulisa, Pro interplast Seligenstadt, Ny hary, Airtel, Mission Station in Mantasoa) we are able to improve the living situation of the people in the long run.
Our work is characterized by humanity and charity, our basic values are the Christian image of man. We treat our patients with dignity and respect. We provide free medical assistance to all destitute people, with a focus on people from the poor quarters, women, children and families.
MHM Germany
Tanja Hock founded the German non-profit association “Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar e.V.” with the support of her family and friends in 2010. This created the legal and financial basis for her project.
The primary goal of the active association members in Germany is to collect donations to enable the valuable work that Tanja and her team do in Madagascar.
This is done, for example, by selling jams and handicraft products, presenting the work of the association at congresses, civic festivals, Christmas markets and the like.
Another focus will be crowdfunding on social media channels. The proceeds of all actions will go entirely as a donation to the association.
Larger tasks are the procurement of grants and large donations for the construction of the hospital, facilities for further education and training and ongoing operating costs.
The major activities of the association take place when Tanja, Fanilo and Fifaliana are in Germany: the general meeting followed by the summer or fall festival, where interested people, friends and supporters of our association meet.
This time also includes visits from major donors and events where Tanja personally presents the project.
MHM Germany is managed exclusively by volunteers. This is undoubtedly a great challenge, but one that we are happy to take on, as we are convinced of Tanja’s commitment to Madagascar and are committed to ensuring that this valuable work can continue.
MHM Madagascar
The work of MHM e.V. in Madagascar started very small. The people have accepted our offer of free medical care and so we have grown continuously. Currently, we employ 135 people from a wide range of professions. All of our local employees are Malagasy. For these people, this means having a secure job, a regular and reasonable income. With this they can feed their families and enable their children to attend school.
About 60 of our employees work in the medical field: doctors, dentists, midwives, nurses, anesthesia nurses, dental assistants. All others work in mechanics and construction, administration and finance, logistics, purchasing, warehousing, kitchen, cleaning and hygiene. Our youngest are taken care of by trained social workers and for our own safety we need a guard service.
Our board
Our board
When Tanja was in Kenya at the age of 15, her passion for Africa began and working with and for the people became her personal mission. In January 2006 she came to Madagascar with the Helimission. Everything she saw moved her greatly. The fact that newborns were being dumped at the garbage dump out of need was the initial spark for the midwife mobile. The infirmary of Nehemia Christian Relief Society, came promptly and then Tanja, family and friends founded the association Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar e.V.. She lives permanently in Madagascar with her two adopted children Fanilo and Fifaliana and manages the project on site.
Martin first came into contact with the Mobile Aid Madagascar project in 2016 during a two-week aid mission with Pro-Interplast in Madagascar. He has since supported the project with his wife Petra during visits and from Germany with anesthesiological and logistical issues.
Private:
Married to Hanna Maier and father of four children, David, Jakob, Sarah and Martha. Lives in the Black Forest and enjoys getting involved in social projects, including MHM.
Business:
Employed as an engineer at Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH for a good 25 years, making him an expert in labor recorders and patient monitors.
When Tanja was in Kenya at the age of 15, her passion for Africa began and working with and for the people became her personal mission. In January 2006 she came to Madagascar with the Helimission. Everything she saw moved her greatly. The fact that newborns were being dumped at the garbage dump out of need was the initial spark for the midwife mobile. The infirmary of Nehemia Christian Relief Society, came promptly and then Tanja, family and friends founded the association Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar e.V.. She lives permanently in Madagascar with her two adopted children Fanilo and Fifaliana and manages the project on site.
Martin first came into contact with the Mobile Aid Madagascar project in 2016 during a two-week aid mission with Pro-Interplast in Madagascar. He has since supported the project with his wife Petra during visits and from Germany with anesthesiological and logistical issues.
Private:
Married to Hanna Maier and father of four children, David, Jakob, Sarah and Martha. Lives in the Black Forest and enjoys getting involved in social projects, including MHM.
Business:
Employed as an engineer at Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH for a good 25 years, making him an expert in labor recorders and patient monitors.
Active members
Active members
She supports, preferably in the background always where help is needed and is thus a great help for Tanja and the association.
She got to know the project during a stay in 2015 and was immediately enthusiastic about the work done there. Since then, she and her husband Dr. Martin Führing have been involved in the project both on site and in Germany, both medically and organizationally. In Germany, she works for the association in the area of future planning and crowdfunding.
She supports in logistical things, purchasing, shipping, creating documents and proofreading. And much more….
She supports, preferably in the background always where help is needed and is thus a great help for Tanja and the association.
She got to know the project during a stay in 2015 and was immediately enthusiastic about the work done there. Since then, she and her husband Dr. Martin Führing have been involved in the project both on site and in Germany, both medically and organizationally. In Germany, she works for the association in the area of future planning and crowdfunding.
She supports in logistical things, purchasing, shipping, creating documents and proofreading. And much more….
She has known and followed the work of the association since its inception. Since 2016, she is regularly on the island and led the training and education of midwives working there and also out of town and initiated the development of care / treatment standards for the field of obstetrics. In Germany, she represents the association at congresses or other organizations.
She has known and followed the work of the association since its inception. Since 2016, she is regularly on the island and led the training and education of midwives working there and also out of town and initiated the development of care / treatment standards for the field of obstetrics. In Germany, she represents the association at congresses or other organizations.
