On occasion of the international workshop held by the Pontificial Academy for Life at the Augustinianum Institute in Rome, the Guardian of Life award was given to a passionate and highly professional woman because of her commitment both as midwife and trainer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Rumbek, South Sudan.
We are at St. Luke's hospital in Wolisso, Ethiopia, with Fede Bagolin, in Universal Civil Service, who describes a typical day in the "kangaroo mother care unit".
"The sense of solidarity is lived where life calls us, where history questions us". A year after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, CUAMM continues to bring help with a broad logistic and healthcare intervention that is now extended to 9 Oblasts and 42 healthcare facilities. Here are some numbers of the commitment: 4 ambulances donated, 1 mobile clinic, 60 heated tents, over 2,200 food kits delivered and 6,500 displaced people assisted for a total of 1.8 million euro of aid granted.
From 2018 to now, Musa Bala Sesay, country administrator assistant of CUAMM in Freetown, Sierra Leone, has had a stimulating career. There are still many challenges to be faced, always with Africa.
The voices of Cristina and Marcello, a nurse and project manager in Beira, Mozambique, where the ambulances never stop, because there are only three to refer to as many as fifteen healthcare units.
The commitment of Doctors with Africa CUAMM continues in Tigray, where the population lives in precarious conditions due to the war. A project supported by the European Union to safe access to quality health even in emergencies.
One billion in the world suffer from them, more than half in Africa. CUAMM and AMREF together in South Sudan against the silence on these plagues, particularly the nodding syndrome.
Steven Ngoma, a Congolese doctor, speaks about his mission. He has spent the last four years in Sierra Leone. A long, challenging, intense professional experience. To give mothers and children another chance.
As the project ended, satisfactory results were collected in the formal and informal settlements in Apulia, where basic medical care, new services and training activities were provided.
The intervention in support of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the Kolfe Keranyo district of the Ethiopian capital is concluded. Dialogue and the trust relationship with the community have been crucial to the success of the project.