Stories of Impact
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E&E arrived at our office on Tuesday, carried on the backs of their grandmother and their great-grandmother. They are now 5-months-old and their mother is in critical care at the regional hospital due to an ongoing infection that developed soon after her delivery. Although she was healthy before birth, their mother has been in and out of the hospital for the past 5 months due to complications related to the delivery. At this point she is no longer able to breastfeed – she is fighting for her own life – and her mother and grandmother were desperate to find a…
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Merelina’s mother died when she was only two weeks old and most people in her community did not believe she would survive.
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What happens when birth starts fast and furiously in a rural sub-Saharan African village but there are complications?
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Florence and her grandmother traveled several hours just to find support
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Jaqueline’s twin boys were enrolled in our program this month. Our nurses found them crying from hunger at their grandmother’s house.
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Hannah’s family requested support from us this mom because her mother is receiving chemo for breast cancer
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Rachel did not know she was carrying twins until Joshua was born…
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In January we enrolled 13 babies, including 10 orphans, one set of twins with a critically ill mother, and one baby c CP. Nurses made 174 visits to infants this month. Baby Admission Story. Christina sits on her grandmother’s lap in the picture above. Her mother was 30 years old with two other children when she delivered Christina. According to her medical book, the labor and delivery were uncomplicated. Christina left the hospital in her mother’s arms on August 24th. However, one week after arriving home, her mother began to swell noticeably and complained of chest pain. The family took…
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AMHI is collaborating with RECAPO solar to improve the economic stability of some of our beneficiaries.
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I’ve always found colors to be more vibrant in Malawi, particularly in rural areas. As we drive away from town, I touch…
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Nurses enrolled 11 babies and 3 women in need of support during December.
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Dalitso’s grandmother brought him for enrollment in October, his young mother hemorrhaged during his birth.
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Grace lost her mother and Justina lost her baby. We met them both in October.
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10 babies were enrolled (7 orphans and 3 whose mother critically ill in hospital). 147 babies were visited and 6 discharged. 243 babies are being followed 2 mothers were enrolled and one discharged. 23 women are being followed Mother Care Story. 19-year-oldRhoda was healthy and had a normal pregnancy. When her labor started she went to the nearest health center. Labor was long and painful and did not progress. After 24hours she was referred to the District hospital for a c-section. At the time of the c-section her baby was already deceased. She stayed in the hospital, with her cramping…
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Chisomo was one of 19 babies enrolled in our program in August.