Stories of Impact
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Would you like to send a thermos to store clean water, to a family caring for an orphan in Malawi?
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In July we had the most admissions in the history of our organization.
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Six infants and three women were enrolled in June. Read about the Zione and Georgina here.
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In May 8 babies and 3 women were enrolled in our programs.
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Laina’s twin baby boys were among the 11 infants enrolled in our program in April.
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6 babies and 2 women were enrolled in March. Many times when a woman dies the cause of her death remains unknown.
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During the month of February we admitted 6 infants (5 orphans, and 1 baby without breast milk). Nurses visited 155 infants and distributed 550 tins of formula. We currently have 237 babies and 22 women in our care. Baby Admission Stories. (1) Twenty-year-old Alice’s first pregnancy ended in a normal delivery on September 25th. Her small healthy girl went home with her two days after the birth. Alice has flat nipples and her 5lb baby could not open her mouth wide enough to latch well. Alice was determined to breastfeed, but the improper latch created pain. Over the first week…
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We enrolled 14 babies in January! 3 sets of triplets, 4 orphans, and 1 baby whose mother had no breast milk. This month nurses visited 160 babies, 580 tins of formula were distributed and 261 women and infants remain in our care. Baby Admission Story. Anna already had four children and she hoped that the fifth would be the last. With five pregnancies she was considered a grand multigravida and all the midwives she saw during her pregnancy reminded her that her delivery might be difficult. She was told again and again that she would need to deliver at a…
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At times the suffering and needs we encounter are deeper and more complex than our capacity to heal and restore. At times promising not to leave is the most powerful support me can offer. The act of standing with women is a central part of what we do.
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In the month of November the nurses enrolled 9 infants (including 8 orphans and 1 whose mother was experiencing postpartum psychosis). They enrolled 2 women after traumatic births, both who had their uteruses and ovaries removed due to severe infections. The team visited 203 infants and women and distributed 662 tins of formula. Baby Admission Story. The year doctors told her that the problem with her leg was cancer, TG was 20. This was the same year she became pregnant. She experienced one body growing inside, gaining substance, gaining movement, gaining strength. While simultaneously experiencing her own slipping strength and…
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In the month of October… Baby Admission Story. Benita had a cough. It wasn’t new. For years she would feel the need to cough to clear her throat. Sometimes it was worse and would wake her in the night or steal her breath when she laughed too hard. Other times it was just an annoyance a small tickle in the mornings that would not resolve. Her mother encouraged her to go to the hospital but Benita insisted, I am not sick, it is just a cough. What would they do at the hospital anyway? Maybe that would give her a…
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This month nurses enrolled 12 babies (5 orphans (including a set of twins), a set of triplets, 1 baby whose mom is in the ICU, and 3 infants whose moms are not producing any breastmilk). One mother was enrolled due to severe infection. Nurses visited 213 women and babies and delivered 589 tins of formula. There was one death this month – Stefano was a 10-month-old triplet, he was hospitalized for a diarrheal illness and died during his hospitalization. Baby Admission Story. At 33 years old, Chamjira, was pregnant for the fifth time, this time with twins. She attended her…
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10 babies were enrolled (5 orphans, 1 set of triplets, and 2 babies of moms with no breast milk) 2 women were enrolled Nurses visited 190 babies and women 1 baby (a triplet) died from malaria Baby Admission Story. Lufeyo was the second child of Mwaiwawo. Mom and baby made it through delivery and returned home just one day later. Initially everything seemed to be going well. Lufeyo was an eager nurser and Mwaiwawo produced plenty of milk. But then, after two weeks, Mwaiwawo began to feel that something was not right. She found it difficult to articulate the exact…
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Angela was a healthy 23-year-old, pregnant with her second baby. The midwife notes and lab results in her prenatal booklet foretold an uneventful labor and delivery. When her contractions started, Angela arrived at the health clinic with the trepidation that is universal among laboring women, but she reassured herself. This was not her first. This time her confidence tempered the fear. A few hours past midnight on May 10th, her son was born. She named him Innocent. Innocent and his mother headed home on the 12th. Over the following days, Angela began to feel sick. A new cough developed then…
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In July 5 babies were enrolled into our program (3 orphaned infants, 1 baby with a mother in ICU, and 1 baby whose mother was not producing breast milk). One woman with severe anemia was enrolled in our mother care program. Malawian nurses visited 216 woman and infants in their homes. 614 tins of formula were distributed. In partnership with Joyful Motherhood, AMHI is currently supporting the care of 234 women and infants. Baby Admission Story. Lyness and her family did not have much, but they had enough to get through each day. They rented a basic home in a…