MotherKacheera
Nine kilometres, and a delivery kit in the bag
A mother of two on planning a birth when the nearest maternity ward is a long ride away.
3 minute read
Stories
The people behind the register lines
Mothers, midwives, grandparents and volunteers, in their own words. Every story is told with permission, and names are changed to protect privacy.
MidwifeKyalulangira
The phone torch years
A midwife on fifteen years of night deliveries, and why a light over the bed matters more than people think.
3 minute read
ElderByakabanda
The day Jjajja's blood pressure was caught
A grandfather who came for his granddaughter's check, and left with a reading that changed his routine.
3 minute read
VolunteerLwanda
A volunteer and her notebook
A village health volunteer who knows every pregnant woman on her hill, and keeps it all in a school exercise book.
3 minute read
NurseRakai Town
What a circle of chairs did for a tired nurse
A young nurse on burnout, a borrowed classroom, and the first time anyone at work asked how she was.
3 minute read
CommunityKagamba
A clinic under the trees, for one Saturday
A head teacher on lending his school compound to MANCO, and what he saw from the staffroom window.
3 minute read
How we tell stories
Dignity first, every time
The people we serve are not props. These are the rules our team follows before a single word or photo is published.
- We ask first
Written consent before any photo or story, explained in the person's own language.
- We change names
Unless someone asks to be named, and understands what that means.
- No faces with diagnoses
We never show a patient's face next to details of their health.
- No pity
We show people as capable and in charge of their lives, because they are.
Help write the next story
Every story starts with an outreach day that someone paid for.