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!
Read more2022 Annual Report Released
We are so proud of the work we did in 2022, and so excited for what is to come!
Click here to read AHA’s 2022 Annual Report.
History Made!
What does it feel like to be part of healthcare history? Ask anyone who was in Kamuzu Central Hospital’s OR on Thursday, February 2, 2023. That day, AHA and KCH partnered to complete the facility’s first ever laparoscopic colostomy reversal!
Read moreHow I Became a Nurse -Christina Mtonga
When I was less than 10 years old, I decided I wanted to become a nurse because the nurses had nice houses with electricity and good locations. I was raised by her father and stepmother since my parents separated long before I remember. I experienced many hardships because my stepmother did not care for me. On school holidays, I had to walk on foot all the way home and often went without basic things like sugar and soap. Despite the hardships, I always took position #1 in my class. I overcame the hardships and became a nurse. Now I am proud to provide surgical care to patients in partnership with AHA.
Read moreMphatso Discharged!
Hello Everyone, Here is the latest update about Mphatso, with photos and videos included. On January 11, AHA Program Manager Angela and AHA Volunteer Jonathan visited Mphatso and his mother Aida at the Mercy James Hospital in Malawi. Mphatso had been there for well over six weeks following surgery #2a, then receiving treatment for a post-surgery infection, and finally receiving surgery #2b to close the open wound on his head from surgery #2a…
Read moreAn Update on Mphatso
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…
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