Gift can be the difference between life and death for children and their families…

Gift, a 29-year-old posted at the Mtsiliza Village Clinic in the Mchinji District of Malawi, has made it his mission to bring care closer to home.

Like Gift, health workers have sacrificed their own homes for the betterment of the community as they make themselves available and on call 24-hours a day. Many families once had to travel up to 25km to reach health facilities; today, most have to travel no further than 1km to reach their village clinics at the home of local health workers. These families can gain access to care at the first stage of illness and consistent access to treatment is likely as crucial medicines often run short at larger health facilities.

Although Gift and other health workers have made progress, tragically we are still losing over 22,000 children under age 5 globally every day from largely preventable or treatable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria. By training and equipping more frontline health workers, like Gift, children’s lives around the world are saved.

Gift is grateful for the training he received; he now has the knowledge and skills to help assess and treat children in need. Thank you for supporting Gift and helping to close the health worker gap in Malawi!