«I have never questioned myself why. I just do it. There were times in my life when it really helped me. Getting to know other people’s problems, you think less about yours. I feel useful and this makes me feel good». Rosalba Martone is from Sant’Antonio Abate but she has lived in La Spezia for 21 years and over the past 20 years she has been volunteering every Saturday afternoon with Missione 2000, an association dedicated to food distribution to homeless people.
Eighty coloured spots, yellow, blue, green, red, spread throughout the map of Italy from north to south. As a “Risiko of good deeds done” in a year. This is the map depicting IRC19 project “Italian Response to COVID-19” by Doctors with Africa Cuamm, funded by USAID.
A total of 2,335,567 patients assisted in 8 countries of sub-Saharan Africa with 4,581 workers active in the field. In this year in which the pandemic has turned our lives upside down, CUAMM also worked for Italy, with 4,507 volunteers.
Aleper Christine is one of the happy and proud mothers who have benefitted from the nutrition program being implemented by Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Moroto and Napak districts of Karamoja sub-region.
A new space, built thanks to the support of the American government, has helped allow visits from the relatives of elderly people, which are essential for their well-being, over the past months as it will continue to do in the future.
On World Blood Donation Day, we want to draw attention to this simple gesture that can make a difference and save lives through the words of Steven Ngoma, Cuamm doctor in supervision in Bo district.
Abraham and Moses have lost their lives in an ambush while travelling in a convoy with their armed escort and local authorities.
They lost their lives while working for their people, Abrahm and Moses. All Cuamm staff share in the grief of the families of two colleagues who worked with dedication and commitment
Today in Karamoja, Uganda, the launch event of a Cuamm and Unicef's project has taken place, aimed at ensuring quality health services with a focus on nutrition, HIV, emergency health management and Covid-19. The ministerial community engagement strategy was also presented to ensure that people are sensitised and actively contribute to in prevent and control the spread of Covid-19.
As the reconstruction has completed, a new neonatal ward is ready to serve about 1 million inhabitants in the city of Beira after the destruction caused by cyclone Idai .