Our work

A clinic under the trees, once a month, in a different village

Everything we do starts with an outreach day: nurses and midwives, a car full of supplies, and a school compound turned into a clinic. Six programmes grow from there.

A MANCO midwife in a face mask writes notes at a wooden desk on the grass during an outreach day

Mothers and newborns

Mother and Newborn Care

Antenatal checks at outreach days, clean delivery kits, and a midwife visit in the first week after birth.

A clinician in a white coat attends to a mother and her young daughter at an outdoor desk

Child health

Child Health Days

Malaria testing and treatment, growth and nutrition checks, and referrals for children under five.

A nurse in gloves bends over a desk to write a record while a colleague stands beside her

Elder care

Elder Care at Home

Blood pressure and blood sugar checks for grandparents, and home visits for those who cannot walk to us.

MANCO nurses run a pharmacy desk from the open boot of a car while a woman in a yellow dress waits on a bench

Village outreach

Village Outreach Days

Once a month our nurses and midwives turn a school compound into a clinic for a day.

Two MANCO team members share a warm hug on the grass during an outreach day

Care for carers

Care for the Carers

Wellbeing circles, mentoring for newly qualified midwives, and training that nurses choose for themselves.

Men, women and children wait on benches outside a school building for an outreach day to begin

Health rights

Health Rights and Voices

We believe healthcare is a human right. We help communities know theirs, and we tell decision makers what we see.

How we work

Four rules we do not bend

We go to them
Outreach days happen in villages, at schools and churches, on Saturdays when people can come.
We work with local health workers
Village health teams and the nearest health centre help plan every day, and take over the follow up.
We never replace government services
We refer, we fill gaps, and we report what we see to the district. We do not build parallel systems.
We count and we tell
Every person seen goes in the register. Every shilling is accounted for in the open.

Nurses sort medicines at a desk beside a car with its boot open, under a large tree

An outreach day pharmacy, run from the car boot.

A day in the field

What happens on an outreach day

6:45am
The car leaves Rakai Town with medicines, test kits, registers and two folding tables.
8:30am
Desks come out onto the grass. Registration starts under the biggest tree.
9:00am
Mothers, children and elders are seen at separate benches. A health talk runs in the shade.
Late afternoon
The last person is seen. Referrals are written up for the health centre.
Within a week
The register summary goes to the district, and the cause page gets an update.

Pay for the next outreach day

One outreach day costs about 1.85 million shillings: fuel, medicines, test kits, and lunch for the volunteer team.

Fund an outreach day See our impact

Fund one full outreach day in Lwanda

Nurses and midwives taking free care to mothers, children and elders in Rakai District.