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Personal note from Mahlet's Family

Monday 27th of October 2025 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

https://youtu.be/7vbMmym4I7Y?…

“Team413ForMahlet” would like to express their deepest gratitude and thank everyone who helped to make the dream of Mahlet Girma to bring a Mammogram machine to St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Thank you to:

-Our Lord God who allowed this to happen

-Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia:
Dr. Mekdes Daba Feyessa
Dr. Sena Dhugassa
Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin
Dr. Kunuz Abdella
Dr. Daniel Gebremichael

-St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) doctors and administrators:
The late Dr. Wubalem Bedilu
The late Dr. Gashawtena Fantu
Dr. Muluken Tesafaye
Dr. Lemi Belay
Dr. Sisay Sirgu Betizazu
Dr. Yisihak Suga
Dr. Wuletaw Chane
Dr. Bethlehem Mezgebu
Dr. Wendemagegn Gezahegn
Ato. Ewnetu Tsehay

-ABCSS (Alpha Breast Cancer Support Services)
Wro. Veronica Mussie

-Dr. Ergeba Sheferaw

-AlemFre Pink House Cancer Foundation
Dr. Frehiwot (Fifi) Derso

-Azeb Hadera, Shalom Circles

-Infinity Advanced Technology Services (medical suppliers) and Pioneer Diagnostic Center (Addis Ababa)
Ato Brook Fekadu
Dr. Edom Tesfaye
Wro. Fregenet Getachew
Wro. Abigya Gosaye
Ato Getahun Tesfaye

-The Entrust Group (major donor)

-Mr. Brandon Mc Clure, Area Manager, Vertec South Africa (Hologic)

-Wro. Meaza Bulbula

-Atitegeb (Ati) Tesfaye
-Mariamawit Yirsalign
-Meron Bekele
-Lidya Tesfaye

-Netsanet Tesfay (Kokeb Studio)

-Mahlet Girma’s Lycee friends in Ethiopia, US and all over the world.

-Media outlets who carried Mahlet’s story:
Eden Geremew, Voice of America
EBS Helen Show
Yoftahe Show

-MedhaneAlem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Cathedral, Oakland California

-And all the people who supported Mahlet’s dream through financial donations.

Please forgive us if we forgot to mention your name but please know we truly appreciate all you have done.

#Team413ForMahlet

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”

Obituary

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Miss Mahlet Girma was born on the 11th of April 1975 to her father Colonel Girma Demissie and her mother Nurse Muluberhan Girma at Princess Tsehai Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

She began her primary education when she was two and half years old at the Debre Zeit City Model School and then enrolled at the French school, Lycée Gebre-Mariam, at the age of four where …

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24591 Fairview Avenue, Hayward, CA 94542
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