This year, Access Health Africa (AHA) is participating in #GivingTuesday - a global day of giving that takes place on November 28th. As a small organization relying on the generosity of individual donors, this fundraiser is critically important to helping reach AHA’s 2024 goals.
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Greetings, friends, volunteers, and supporters!
We write to you from Malawi, where we just wrapped up seven very successful days of surgery at Mitundu Community Hospital… and we have two more days to go! But we need YOU! After treating 155 patients while our international team was on the ground last week, we decided to extend our surgical camp so that the local team at Mitundu can treat 100+ patients from our waiting list!
Read on for an update - thank you for being a supporter!
Read morePatient Spotlight: Takondwa
Takondwa is a 14-year-old girl who is currently attending middle school in the next town after Kabudula. She developed a cyst on her hand last year that became so painful she could not properly carry anything.
Read morePatient Spotlight: Wiseman
Wiseman, age 11, suffered from a hydrocele for many months which caused him a lot of pain and absenteeism from school. He visited his nearest health center twice, and then Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, but the condition was not resolved…
Read moreUnder the Baobab Tree
We aren’t even three months into 2022 and AHA has already impacted more than 100 individuals and families facing difficult medical and life circumstances. We have an exciting international trip planned in April and BIG plans for the rest of the year.
Read more2021 Patient Sponsorship Highlights
Let’s reflect on 2021 by revisiting some of our sponsored patients of this year…
Read moreOctober 2021 Surgical Camp
Thanks in large part to AHA’s presence over the last few years, Kabudula staff are now comfortable handling minor procedures on their own, so these can be done more regularly at the facility with increased material support.
Read morePatient Spotlight: Damalesi
Fifty-three year old Damalesi has suffered from a goiter since 1981. Imagine living 40 years with a large lump on your throat, feeling great pain when walking and doing household chores.
Read morePatient Update: Ousman
We first met Ousman in 2019 when he came to an AHA surgical camp with a noncancerous facial tumor.
Read morePatient Success Story: Joyce
Joyce had an extremely uncomfortable cyst on her right eye which was growing and obscuring her vision. Even though she arrived before our surgical camp ended, we did not have the necessary instruments to perform an eye operation.
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