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Read about the amazing people AMREF works with, these stories show a snapshot into their often challenging lives and support AMREF has given them.
Anne Kamene joined AMREF's innovative e-learning programme to become a registered nurse in 2007. She had previously joined a classroom-based scheme.
Grace Konga is training to be a clinical officer at the Maridi National Health Institute in South Sudan. She is proud to be helping other women access good quality health care.
A rare overcast morning in the normally stifling hot and hostile aridity of Turkana District. Under a collection of thorn trees, 200 people from three temporary villages of this nomadic pastoralist community are gathered around a mobile AMREF health unit.
Ayke Aymele is nomadic pastoralist in South Omo, one of the most remote areas in Ethiopia. He moves his home and livestock with the seasons, according to rainfall. Access to clean water and health care is a major problem for his community.
Malaria is one of the biggest killers in Tanzania, claiming 125,000 lives each year. Most of the casualties are children, yet it is preventable.
Kediga Gemur, 35, is a trained community health worker living in a remote village called Keda Gesso, 40 km away from Gewane town in north-eastern Ethiopia.
“My twin daughters died when they were only two years old. I didn’t know what was wrong with them, they were both ill and I was weak with a fever"
Ababa Seftey is a Health Extension Worker in South Omo, Ethiopia. She is responsible for a village of approximately 1,300 people (302 households).
Dr Asrat Mengiste arrives at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. It’s 8 am, and already 70 patients are lined up for a consultation.
George Olali is well-known and well-liked in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. He is a community health worker attached to AMREF’s Community Health Centre.
Asha is an 18 year old young mother living in Mtwara, Tanzania. She discovered she was pregnant in the school holiday and didn’t return to school.
Sara is 15 years old and a mother to baby Shanista (1 year, 6 months). She lives in Mtwara, a rural district in southern Tanzania.
Asres Bako is Chairman of the Andinet (Unity) Association for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in South Omo, Ethiopia. Andnet was the first PLHA association to be set up in South Omo, seven years ago.
Cynthia Musyoki is a 27 year old mother of three to Mercy, 12, Lee 9 and baby Alice, 5 months.
Any patient who walks into Kasikeu Dispensary will ask whether a certain health worker is available to treat them. His dedication to his work and friendly manner has made him one of the most popular members of staff in the remote Kenyan health centre where he works.
I come from the Afari community in Ethiopia. There are many health problems in my community, especially among the women. Many women die because of issues related to pregnancy and labour. It makes me very sad.