Becky and her family moved to Lilongwe with her family last summer for her husband’s job. Since then, Becky has volunteered with AHA transferring our Patient Intake Form to Google Forms, conducting patient interviews, and even delivering food to the visiting surgical team at KCH. Soon, she’ll go with Angela to visit Lyne’s, a young child for whom AHA has arranged a wheelchair and physical therapy, to put her own professional background in physical therapy to use!
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Mphatso's Story
Mphatso is a 12 year old boy who has had a growing facial tumor since he was born. His family lives in northern Tete, Mozambique, in a very remote village. Mphatso’s family has tried for years to get him help, traveling to neighboring Malawi many times trying to get medical attention.
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.
Read moreGetting Ready for Camp Hope & Teen Clubs in Nkhata Bay
This weekend, Chipingo and Camp Hope staff from Lighthouse (a partner organization) are off to Nkhata Bay. They will be training facilitators of Teen Club.
Teen Clubs are…
Read moreCamp Hope Malawi: Hope at Home
Since 2011, Camp Hope Malawi has offered a residential summer camp oasis to youth living with HIV. When COVID-19 hit Malawi, we were forced to cancel the in-person aspects of Camp Hope. But we are determined not to let that stop us from reaching campers…
Read moreFirst day in the OR!
This trip has been an experience like no other (this coming from someone that has never left the U.S. before). Mostly, I’ve felt completely out of my element…
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Day 1: August 17, 2018
As the plane landed in Lilongwe, Malawi I felt every emotion, especially pure excitement. Walking down the steps of the plane, looking across to the airport buildings, I spotted the Access Health Africa sign hanging from the banister and saw the AHA Fellows waving…
Read moreMeet Chipingo, our Country Manager!
Chipingo, who was born and raised in Malawi, came to AHA with a background in education and mass communications and experience in resource mobilization, HIV/AIDS and gender programming, advocacy, networking, behavior change communication, and workshop facilitation…
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