I’m writing at long last with an update about Mphatso, the young Mozambican boy who you have supported so generously to get healthcare attention for his large facial tumor.
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 morePatient Spotlight: Four-year-old Carolyn
Four-year-old Carolyn, rode with her mother to the nearest health center when a large cyst on the back of her leg began making it difficult to walk. There was no equipment or materials to do the operation at the health center. so…
Read morePatient Spotlight: Fanizo
Fanizo is a 29-year-old soybean farmer who began developing cysts on both hands four years ago, which stopped him from…
Read morePatient Spotlight: Kelvin
Kelvin is a 53-year-old farmer who lives in a very remote area, but he is proud of his livestock collection which currently includes 11 goats, 12 ducks, 35 chickens, and 56 doves.
Read more"How I learned the job of cooking" by John Chizimba
The story of how John learned to cook is a sweet one with a caring grandmother, absent father who returns late in life, and a passion for making delicious food.
Read morePatient Spotlight: Judith
Judith is a farmer at Ndaula who lives in a mud-brick house with a grass roof. She owns a bicycle and one chicken. Her home is 40 minutes from the nearest health center and also 40 minutes from the nearest source of electricity, which is a barber shop near her community. She collects water from a nearby borehole for use at home. Ndaula is located near Dzalanyama Forest Reserve on the Mozambique border with Malawi, which is a long distance on difficult roads from any of the referral centers.
Read moreSAFE Sponsorships
Since the SAFE program only covers costs related to a patient’s actual procedure, our patients still depend on us for costs such as diagnostic tests, transportation, and food during the hospital stay. Right now, we are proud to be sponsoring nine patients for treatment with the SAFE program at Nkhoma Mission Hospital.
Read moreAccess to Surgery for Lilongwe’s Rural Communities
When AHA first began doing surgery in the village of Kabudula (Kab) in 2014, international visitors completed most of the procedures, and only very minor procedures could be done when we weren’t there. The road from Lilongwe to Kab was dirt, and only one clinician had experience in minor surgeries and could independently complete minor procedures. Yet there were hundreds of patients with untreated surgical conditions around Kab trading center alone, and services had not yet been extended to the surrounding rural health centers.
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