I have seen my child improve a lot
I have seen my child improve a lot Life has significantly improved for 4-year-old Amina…
Planned. Prayed. Surgery. Saved.
When a desperately ill expectant mother entered the Intensive Care Unit at Chinchpada Christian Hospital…
Low-cost healthcare saves lives
Helping people like Bonda find health and hope through low-cost healthcare is what Chinchpada Christian…
‘Love one another…’
Embo Community Church’s Primary Health Care Clinic and Community Caregiver Team – KwaZulu Natal –…
Compassion that won’t quit
Chinchpada Christian Hospital – Maharashtra – India The success of Chinchpada’s palliative care work has…
Annual Review 2021-22
“I do this work because I love to serve my community. I believe this is…
Every three minutes
Today is World Tuberculosis Day. TB may sound like a thing of the past. But it is…
Their faces say it all
Their faces say it all. Aryan and his sister can hardly contain their joy at the…
‘This is a sweeter place to enter than many mansions’
‘As we approached the planks of asbestos and thin green plastic sheet that Rinabai called…
Zarah, another child’s life saved
Just £25 can ensure that a child with acute malnutrition receives a four weeks’ supply…
Annual Review 2020/21
Time and time again in this gruelling year, MAI’s partners and those they serve have…
‘Our cry to God is to calm this massive storm which has hit us with gale force.’
Your gift today could be a lifeline to a destitute Covid patient ‘Our cry…
Taking patients to hospital on time and in style!
Embo Clinic’s efficient new vehicle is already proving invaluable taking patients to vital clinic and hospital appointments…
Introducing a life-saving partnership to tackle child hunger in Chad
Many Chadians face acute poverty and hunger on a daily basis. The country comes 187th out…
‘There was no way we would send Vishal home to die’
Dr Ashita Singh writes, ‘Vishal was carried in to Chinchpada’s casualty department in his parents’…
Child health care in Embo
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the highest under-5 mortality rate in the world, with…
Five hour journey to hospital with an ectopic pregnancy
Getting to a hospital is already hard in many regions of Nepal. It can take…
Coronavirus appeal
As an International Development practitioner I’ve seen some desperate situations over the past 25 years,…
Volunteer visit – MAI trustee Nick Moore on his recent trip to India
‘Giving people the dignity everyone deserves, no matter how little they have’ MAI trustee Nick…
A visit from Priscilla changed everything
Musa was already HIV-positive when he was born in Embo, South Africa 22 years ago.…
Ajay’s story
Ragged and gaunt, scarcely able to stand, 19-year-old Ajay* staggered through the doors of Chinchpada Christian…
‘All drugs to final bill – no payment’
Sonali had been in Chinchpada’s intensive care unit barely a few hours. Her mother was…
‘I can see!’
‘I can see!’ An outpouring of generosity in response to last summer’s South Sudan appeal…
‘I’m astonished that God loves me so much’
Lockdown in South Africa has left many families with no money or food – meaning…
When hope confronts despair
Last Christmas, staff and church volunteers held a special carol service for palliative care patients…
Annual Review 2019/20
The ongoing pandemic may have caused great hardship this year, but we do have some…
From stigma to support
Eleven-year-old Rohan had already lost his parents and grandmother to HIV when his aunt reluctantly took…
School cancer awareness makes a difference
When Ajit visited his traditional healer about a wound in his inner cheek, he applied…
More optimistic about life
Amrita (pictured on the left) is 25 years old, and has recently completed her Auxiliary…
Health poverty and how you’re helping
Ajay's story... Ragged and gaunt, scarcely able to stand, 19-year-old Ajay* staggered through the doors…
Turning bitterness into blessing
Alcohol-dependent, volatile and sometimes violent, 32-year-old Subhash was estranged from his wife and children, although…
‘Thank you a lot for changing me for better’
Tila only discovered that she had HIV when her baby died immediately after birth. The…
Another busy year
In 2019, MAI continued to support the Community Caregivers team in Embo, South Africa to…
Living with HIV can be a lonely and fragile experience
‘We did not have much work, we felt there was no hope. We were lost,…
TB consultation rooms completed
TB Clinic extension is completed! The TB Clinic extension includes a separate entrance and treatment…
Stronger together
Self-help groups for people living with HIV in Nepal provide valuable peer support to their…
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