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<description><![CDATA[<p>As we begin the new year, we want to take a moment to pause, smile, and celebrate with you. It has been one of the most challenging years for international aid in HHA&rsquo;s history, with sudden funding cuts and deepening crises across Haiti, Uganda, and South Sudan. And yet, we have witnessed a year of God&rsquo;s provision, hope, and impact.</p>
<p data-start="449" data-end="685">Thanks to your generosity, your prayers, and the dedication of our incredible local teams and partners, we&rsquo;ve seen doors open, lives transformed, and entire communities strengthened in ways we could never have predicted back in January.</p>
<p data-start="687" data-end="919">So take a moment as we share the 10 milestones that made 2025 a year to remember. This is just a selection of highlights that particularly stood out for us&mdash;you can read more about the ongoing impact of our work in our <a style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;" href="https://www.hopehealthaction.org/_data/site/40/folder/22/HHAImpactReport2024_5FINALUK1-Compressed.pdf">Impact Report!</a>&nbsp;</p>
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<h3 data-start="926" data-end="999"><strong>OUR BRAND-NEW OXYGEN PLANT PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING OXYGEN FOR THOUSANDS</strong></h3>
<p data-start="1001" data-end="1387">Back in February, we celebrated a huge milestone in Haiti when we opened our Oxygen Generation Plant&mdash;and for most of the year we have been the only provider of medical-grade oxygen in the entire north of the country. The plant produces life-saving oxygen, with 2,387 bottles made so far this year, supporting fragile newborns, trauma patients, and emergency surgeries across the region.</p>
<h3 data-start="1389" data-end="1449"><strong>PREVENTING HAITIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM FROM CLOSURE</strong></h3>
<p data-start="1451" data-end="1943">Earlier this year, sudden international aid cuts threatened to close a key maternal and infant health program in one of Cap-Ha&iuml;tien&rsquo;s poorest neighborhoods. By working with local partners, we stepped in to keep the doors open, ensuring vulnerable moms, babies, and children continued to receive prenatal care, vaccinations, home visits, and essential support. A quiet but deeply meaningful victory that reminds us of the importance of stepping in when communities risk losing vital lifelines.</p>
<h3 data-start="1945" data-end="2020"><strong>BRINGING COMMUNITY HEALTH TO SOUTH SUDAN'S HARDEST-TO-REACH COMMUNITIES</strong></h3>
<p data-start="2022" data-end="2507">Health care at New Hope Kajo-Keji continued at full pace with over 300 consultations every week. And this year, we went even further. In August, we launched a brand-new maternal and infant health outreach program, allowing our midwife and team to travel to remote communities to deliver pre- and postnatal care, nutrition advice, breastfeeding support, and vaccinations. This is the kind of work that truly transforms long-term outcomes, and we are so excited to see it evolve in 2026!</p>
<h3 data-start="2509" data-end="2556"><strong>PLUMPY&rsquo;NUT FOR UGANDA: A WAVE OF GENEROSITY</strong></h3>
<p data-start="2558" data-end="2986">You responded with incredible compassion following an urgent appeal in July when we saw rising malnutrition in the Ugandan refugee settlements following drastic food ration cuts. Thanks to your support, two containers of Plumpy&rsquo;Nut are on their way, and when they arrive, will provide life-saving therapeutic food to over 3,400 children battling severe acute malnutrition. What a powerful, tangible expression of love in action!</p>
<h3 data-start="2988" data-end="3028"><strong>A NEW DISABILITY CENTER IN KAJO-KEJI</strong></h3>
<p data-start="3030" data-end="3378">For the first time ever, Kajo-Keji has a permanent home for disability care. This year, we built a dedicated Disability Center, hired local staff, and established a real base from which to offer consistent rehabilitation, follow-up care, and support. In a region with no other services for people with disabilities, this is a beautiful new chapter.</p>
<h3 data-start="3380" data-end="3431"><strong>DREAMS REALIZED: HAITI'S CBR TEAM IS REINSTATED</strong></h3>
<p data-start="3433" data-end="3842">This has been in our hearts for years, and it finally happened! We have a new and revitalized Community-Based Rehabilitation team that is carrying out home visits, supporting caregivers, providing pastoral care, and working in close partnership with local churches to build more inclusive, compassionate communities. Our disability work in Haiti continues to grow, and the CBR team underpins everything we do.</p>
<h3 data-start="3844" data-end="3884"><strong>NIGHT TO SHINE (AND SHINE THEY DID!)</strong></h3>
<p data-start="3886" data-end="4322">One of the most joyful nights of the year for our work in Haiti! Over 100 children with disabilities dressed up, walked the red carpet, danced, laughed, and celebrated their worth and beauty. Night to Shine is a worldwide celebration inspired by God&rsquo;s love, created to honor and value people with special needs&mdash;and for many, it was the first time they&rsquo;d experienced such inclusion. It was a night bursting with dignity, joy, and smiles.</p>
<h3 data-start="4324" data-end="4376"><strong>GROWING HOPE: AGRICULTURE EXPANDS ACROSS BORDERS</strong></h3>
<p data-start="4378" data-end="4766">With food insecurity rising in East Africa, our Agriculture &amp; Livelihoods program continues to be a lifeline. This year, alongside welcoming 100 new households in Uganda and continuing to mentor past participants, we reached a major milestone by securing a partnership to launch the program in South Sudan for the very first time. Seeds planted today will feed families for years to come.</p>
<h3 data-start="4768" data-end="4820"><strong>THE SOUTH COAST CHALLENGE: COMMUNITY AT ITS BEST</strong></h3>
<p data-start="4822" data-end="5243">This year&rsquo;s South Coast Challenge which took place in the UK left us inspired and incredibly grateful! An amazing team of HHA supporters pushed themselves to their limits&mdash;some of them walking an astonishing 100 km in 24 hours! Thanks to a generous match funder and all the donors who rallied behind the team, the event raised over \$25,000&mdash;far more than we ever expected and a beautiful testament to what happens when people unite around compassion.</p>
<h3 data-start="5245" data-end="5289"><strong>DOUBLE IT DECEMBER: WE REACHED OUR GOAL!</strong></h3>
<p data-start="5291" data-end="5625">We&rsquo;re ending 2025 with so much gratitude. Thanks to your incredible generosity, we smashed our \$130,000 Double It December target! This support means we can step into 2026 ready to continue delivering life-changing health and disability care where it&rsquo;s needed most. Thank you for helping us finish the year strong and full of hope!!</p>
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<p data-start="5632" data-end="5880">Every one of these milestones exists because of you&mdash;our extraordinary supporters, partners, churches, trusts, volunteers, and local teams. We see God&rsquo;s faithfulness working through each of you as you continue to show up with courage and compassion.</p>
<p data-start="5882" data-end="6023">Amid a year of uncertainty, your generosity kept hope alive, affirming that God is present and at work even in the most challenging contexts.</p>
<p data-start="6025" data-end="6100" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">Here&rsquo;s to 2026&mdash;and to choosing love, justice, and dignity, again and again.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Last month, We shared the urgent need to get <strong>two containers of life-saving Plumpy&rsquo;Nut</strong> to Uganda. One was funded, the second wasn&rsquo;t, and we asked if you could help us bridge the gap so we could fund both.<br /><br />You responded with <strong>extraordinary generosity</strong>. Together, <strong><a href="https://hopehealthaction-uk.donorsupport.co/page/FUNMKJTZKRT?form=FUNMKJTZKRT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">you gave over $9600</a>&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; over 95% of our target &ndash; and in light of the urgency, our wonderful partners at <strong><a href="http://www.edesianutrition.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edesia</a></strong> have kindly offered to cover the remaining shortfall. This means we can now move ahead with both containers &ndash; 3,420 cartons of life-saving therapeutic food for children facing severe acute&nbsp;malnutrition.<br /><br />The <strong>shipping process is already underway</strong> and, all being well, both containers will leave in the coming weeks. Each carton represents a course of life-saving treatment for a child like <strong>Monica Grace </strong>or&nbsp;<strong>Given Ryan</strong>, who have both recovered from severe acute malnutrition in recent months thanks to&nbsp;Plumpy&rsquo;Nut. Your support will enable us to reach thousands of others still waiting for that same chance.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thank you to everyone who prayed, gave, or shared the appeal. In a world where the need can feel overwhelming, your response has been an <strong>answer to prayer </strong>and a reminder that <strong>hope is still active</strong>.<br /><br />We will keep you updated when the containers leave port,&nbsp;and when they arrive. Until then, please know your gift is already at work, bringing life, health and dignity to some of the most vulnerable children in the world.<br /><br />Thank you for showing, yet again, that when we act together, extraordinary things happen.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Following a recent visit to our projects in Uganda and South Sudan, &nbsp;HHA CEO, Carwyn Hill, has shared a reflection on the challenges he witnessed, and the hope that flourishes through our work and in those we've helped:</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This reflection captures just 24 hours of my recent visit to Uganda &ndash; a day that held both sobering challenges and surprising moments of hope. It was a powerful reminder of the complexity of the context we work in, and the difference that even small seeds of support can make.</span></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Crippled Systems, Growing Desperation</strong></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was my first trip back to Uganda since the latest round of global aid cuts began to severely disrupt services for refugees. Uganda remains home to Africa&rsquo;s largest refugee population, with over 1.8 million people seeking safety here. But the international response is faltering.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">In May, the UN Refugee Agency announced that food rations for around 1 million refugees would be cut entirely. The rest have seen their monthly rations slashed to unmanageable levels. We arrived in Palorinya Refugee Settlement &ndash; home to many South Sudanese refugees &ndash; where we were met by Robert, our Nutrition Officer. Normally an unshakably positive presence, Robert didn&rsquo;t mince his words. &ldquo;The health system is crippled. Education is crippled. Nutrition is crippled,&rdquo; he said as we travelled along the dusty tracks towards our HHA projects.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">What does this mean in practice? It means services that once offered a lifeline are now reducing or in some cases gone. NGOs and UN agencies have made huge staffing cuts. Essential, life-saving supplies are running desperately low.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take Plumpy&rsquo;Nut &ndash; a therapeutic food used to treat severe acute malnutrition. Since 2018, HHA has partnered with Edesia (a US supplier of Plumpy&rsquo;Nut) and UNHCR to help plug supply gaps, shipping this life-saving product to frontline clinics. But the pipeline is now critically strained. One aid worker told us plainly: without extra support, they soon won&rsquo;t be able to treat malnourished children at all.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The result? Children who could be saved will die.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I struggle to write that sentence. Many of you know our personal story &ndash; my wife and I lost one of our sons, Noah. Yet amidst that grief, we carry the comfort that Noah received the very best care possible. The very best support, the very best love. That&rsquo;s a gift every parent should have. But it&rsquo;s no longer the reality for thousands of families across the world &ndash; families who watch helplessly as health centres run out of the basics they need to save their child&rsquo;s life. To then face the prospect of losing your child inside a health facility, not because the treatment doesn&rsquo;t exist, but because it&rsquo;s simply not there &ndash; that leaves me speechless, and angry.</span></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Hope amongst the cabbages</strong></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">And then, on the same day, against this harrowing backdrop, we stepped into a field of cabbages &ndash; more cabbages than I&rsquo;ve ever seen.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walking through maize fields to one of our agricultural sites, we found ourselves in what felt like an oasis of peace. A refugee father welcomed us, proudly overlooking his crops. &ldquo;Before I was introduced to HHA, it felt like I was walking through a desert,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Living in the dark, with nothing to show for my efforts.&rdquo; Now, he&rsquo;s harvesting over 800 cabbages &ndash; enough to generate over &pound;475 for his family and others, a huge amount when many families in the settlements live on less than $1 a day. Beyond that field, over 100 acres of HHA-sponsored farmland stretched to the horizon.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Further along, we found 100 wheelbarrows, each filled with tools and seeds funded by one of our amazing donors. These will support 100 new families &ndash; most of them including a person with a disability &ndash; to join this growing movement of hope. It was a joy to see each family walk away smiling, carrying not just equipment but renewed purpose.</span></em></p>
<p><em><strong>A powerful reminder of the ongoing need</strong></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the edge of the crowd of this distribution, we noticed a mother and her beautiful daughter, who has Down syndrome &ndash; much like my eldest son. They arrived in recent months, having fled the war in Khartoum, Sudan, with seven children. As she shared her story, I was struck by the familiarity of her expression. It mirrored the faces of South Sudanese mothers I met in 2017 when this settlement first opened &ndash; a mixture of grief, confusion and quiet resilience. A kind of dignified calm in the midst of deep upheaval. They&rsquo;re not yet enrolled on our programme, but our team took their details to ensure follow-up support through our Community-Based Rehabilitation team. Meeting this family was a sobering reminder that this refugee crisis is ongoing; that, just like when I first visited in 2017, new people are arriving every day and are in desperate need of support.</span></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Extraordinary News &ndash; and an Urgent Need</strong></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">And to add to this extraordinary 24 hours, we also received a message from our partners at Edesia. Not one, but two containers of Plumpy&rsquo;Nut had been secured for our joint efforts. Over 3,400 cartons. Each one representing a child who can now be saved from malnutrition. It&rsquo;s extraordinary. An answer to prayer.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">But here&rsquo;s the challenge. We&rsquo;d only budgeted to ship one container this year. The second wasn&rsquo;t planned &ndash; and isn&rsquo;t funded. We&rsquo;ve taken the decision to say yes anyway. Because how could we not? We&rsquo;re now urgently working to raise the additional &pound;7,500 needed to ship both containers and get them to Uganda as soon as possible.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was one day. One glimpse. But it says so much. It tells the story of why your support &ndash; your prayers, your donations, your advocacy &ndash; matters so deeply. In a world of overwhelming need, your generosity is changing lives.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you&rsquo;re moved to respond, we&rsquo;d love you to consider helping us fund the second Plumpy&rsquo;Nut container. We have the product. We have the team. We have the need. We just need the means to deliver it.</span></em></p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.hopehealthaction.org/?form=FUNMKJTZKRT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Donate Now</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &ndash; and help us bring hope and healing, one carton at a time.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">With deep gratitude,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span> <strong>Carwyn</strong></em></p>
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<title>Joyful Milestones; New Beginnings: Mid-year hope-filled highlights </title>
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<p>It&rsquo;s hard to believe we&rsquo;re already halfway through the year! As we <strong>reflect on the past six months</strong>, we are so grateful for the incredible progress happening across our projects &ndash; all made possible through your prayers, generosity, and partnership.<br /><br /> It&rsquo;s been a while since we shared a big update, so this news item is a little longer as we celebrate some of the most<strong> joyful highlights</strong> from recent months.</p>
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<p><strong>HAITI: NEW PROGRAMMES AND MAJOR MILESTONES</strong></p>
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<p>After years of prayer and planning, we're thrilled to have launched our <strong>new Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) team</strong> in northern Haiti. This brilliant team &ndash; including a nurse, physiotherapist, agronomist, and advocacy officer &ndash; is already delivering life-changing care through home visits, school awareness sessions, and community outreach, helping people with disabilities regain independence and dignity.</p>
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<p>At Grace Rehabilitation Centre, we recently celebrated a special milestone: <strong>over 100 patients have now received specialist care</strong> since opening. As Joe, our Haiti Programme Assistant, shared:</p>
<p><strong><em>"We've gained a lot of momentum to strive even further than where we are now. Meaning... we&rsquo;re just getting started!"</em></strong></p>
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<p>Alongside this, our new oxygen plant is now fully operational, supplying hospitals with life-saving medical oxygen. Our maternal and infant health programmes continue to support mothers and babies at their most vulnerable, and our work at Maison de Grace is thriving, with exciting new developments thanks to the partnership with our CBR team. And we&rsquo;re not done yet &ndash; some <strong>exciting plans are in the pipeline</strong> for the next phase of our vision for Haiti&hellip; stay tuned!</p>
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<p><strong>UGANDA: HOLISTIC CARE FOR LASTING CHANGE</strong></p>
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<p>In northern Uganda, the needs remain urgent as <strong>over 1 million refugees have seen their food aid completely cut</strong> in recent months. Against this backdrop, our holistic programmes are making an even greater difference &ndash; providing not just physical support like wheelchairs and rehabilitation, but also the tools and skills families need to thrive long-term.</p>
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<p>Over the past year, our <strong>Agriculture &amp; Livelihoods</strong> project has supported 420 of the most vulnerable households &ndash; many living with disabilities &ndash; helping them improve food security, build income, and strengthen community inclusion. A recent impact survey found some extremely encouraging results&hellip;</p>
<p><strong>98%</strong> of families are now eating at least two meals a day (up from 23% before the project)</p>
<p><strong>78%</strong> have started new income-generating activities - like keeping livestock, selling specific crops, or setting up hair salons.</p>
<p><strong>95%</strong> report reduced stigma and discrimination as they engage more actively in community life.</p>
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<p>Alongside farming support, we&rsquo;ve also been expanding <strong>vocational training </strong>&ndash; from soap and donut making to IT skills &ndash; equipping individuals with new ways to support themselves and their families. Robert, our Occupational Therapist, said:</p>
<p><strong><em>"Clients were too excited for the training and eager to learn and attend more sessions to enable them to master the procedures!"</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>SOUTH SUDAN: BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE IN KAJO-KEJI</strong></p>
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<p>At New Hope Kajo-Keji, healthcare services continue to grow: we've provided&nbsp;over <strong>18,000 outpatient consultations</strong>, <strong>350 antenatal appointments</strong>, and vaccinated more than <strong>590 children</strong> with the new malaria vaccine since opening just a year and a half ago. The community give thanks to God and His faithful provision for the clinic, which is providing hopeful futures for people like 22-year-old Pita Evelin (left). She walked <strong>two hours each way </strong>to receive antenatal consultations at our clinic, and then, after a healthy pregnancy and delivery, vaccinations for her twins Alfa and Godwill.</p>
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<p>Alongside the clinic, we&rsquo;re now expanding our support to help families build stronger, healthier futures:</p>
<p>&bull;Plans are moving ahead for a new <strong>Disability Hub</strong>, offering much-needed ongoing disability care &ndash; including wheelchairs, prosthetics and orthotics, and physiotherapy &ndash; in a region where no other disability services exist.</p>
<p>&bull;We&rsquo;re also launching a brand new <strong>Nutrition &amp; Agriculture Program</strong>, which will provide malnutrition treatment for children, nutrition education for caregivers, and farming support for 100 households &ndash; helping families tackle both immediate hunger and long-term food insecurity.</p>
<p>With more families returning home from Uganda due to worsening conditions in the settlements, this work is becoming more important than ever.</p>
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<p><strong>We'll close with an enormous THANK YOU &ndash; for your interest in our work and for your ongoing prayers and generosity. In these challenging times - both for global aid and for the countries we work in - we couldn't do what we do without the incredible support of our amazing community. We feel blessed to have you all on this journey with us!</strong></p>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">A personal reflection from Merren, HHA&rsquo;s Development Director, to mark </span></em><strong><em>World Health Day 2025</em></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This World Health Day&rsquo;s theme is </span><strong>"Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures"</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &ndash; a commitment to providing a strong, healthy start in life for every mother and baby. For me, this theme could not be more relevant: I have just got back from a trip to Haiti, where I spent time visiting our maternal and infant healthcare projects. While it was a trip filled with joy, it was also a sobering reminder of the immense need, and of the critical importance of helping mothers and babies to thrive in regions where pregnancy and childbirth are still hugely dangerous.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><strong>Fort Saint Michel</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a small but vital health clinic in one of Cap-Ha&iuml;tien&rsquo;s poorest neighbourhoods, I met the health workers delivering our </span><strong>community healthcare programme for mothers and babies</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This initiative provides antenatal consultations, postnatal home visits, 'Mothers' Clubs' for education, and training for Traditional Birth Attendants to support safer home births. It is a </span><strong>lifeline</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for women who would otherwise have no access to healthcare during pregnancy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, the programme is at risk. Recently, the clinic lost a major international funding source, leaving </span><strong>Community Health Workers unpaid for over a month</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Despite this, many continue to work voluntarily, driven by their commitment to protecting mothers and newborns. As we walked through the community, women - having heard about the funding cuts - stopped us in the street to desperately share how much this programme means to them and their families. It was a sobering reminder of the critical need to keep this work going. We are now working with our local partners to ensure that support continues, because without it, too many women and babies will be left without care.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><strong>Justinien University Hospital (JUH)</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the largest government hospital in the north, it was a joy to see firsthand how our support is saving lives. We have seconded an </span><strong>expert pediatrician</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, donated </span><strong>five mOm incubators</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and are providing </span><strong>medical-grade oxygen</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><strong>financial support for vulnerable families</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was here that I met </span><strong>Baby Justinien</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who was born prematurely on the street. His mother, who has learning disabilities, was unable to care for him, so a kind stranger brought him to JUH. He was extremely premature and in a critical condition, but, thanks to the incubators and oxygen your support has helped provide, the doctors and nurses were able to stabilize him. They named him Justinien - after the hospital - and in an extraordinary display of compassion, they are now taking turns caring for him as if he were their own.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This </span><strong>World Health Day</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, as we celebrate </span><strong>"Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,"</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> we are reminded that hope begins with access to healthcare. Without it, too many mothers and babies face unimaginable risks. With it, futures can be transformed.</span></p>
<p>We want to thank every single person that is joining us on this mission, with a special mention to <strong>J&amp;K Wonderland Foundation</strong>, whose ongoing support of this work is making incredible things possible, and to <strong>Konbit Sante</strong>, whose partnership locally is truly invaluable. Thank you for helping us to ensure healthy beginnings &ndash; so that more mothers and babies have the <strong>future they deserve</strong>.</p>
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<title>A turning point in Global Aid</title>
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<p>A Turning Point for Global Aid - Why HHA's Work Matters Now More Than Ever</p>
<h3>A reflection by Carwyn Hill, CEO</h3>
<p>Since HHA began, few moments have marked such a rapid shift in the international aid landscape as the past few weeks.</p>
<p>I remember 2005, when our HHA journey began, and the&nbsp;<strong>Make Poverty History</strong>&nbsp;campaign sparked global momentum&mdash;uniting governments, schools, businesses, and communities in the belief that we could be the first generation to end extreme poverty. This wasn&rsquo;t just wishful thinking; between 1990 and 2015, the global under-5 mortality rate dropped by 53%.<br />On my recent trip to Haiti, I witnessed the reality of that progress. I visited the&nbsp;<strong>paediatric and neonatal unit at Justinian Hospital</strong>, one of the country&rsquo;s largest public hospitals and a new HHA partner. Thanks to your support, we&rsquo;ve provided five state-of-the-art incubators (where before there were no reliable working incubators), a much-needed paediatric doctor, and an exoneration fund ensuring families can access essential medical supplies.</p>
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<p>In just the one day I visited, I met three children whose lives have been saved through this support: a&nbsp;<strong>six-month-old suffering from severe acute malnutrition; a</strong>&nbsp;<strong>baby battling sepsis</strong>&nbsp;whose family couldn&rsquo;t afford the expensive medication; and&nbsp;<strong>seven-day-old premature infant, orphaned at birth</strong>,&nbsp;for whom we are covering all care costs&mdash;from lab tests to antibiotics and vital nutrition. A hospital staff member told me:&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;With your support, we have the possibility to keep this baby alive.&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;Without it, this has tragically not always been the case.</p>
<p>Yet, even as my week was filled with this incredibly hopeful impact, I also spent my trip grappling with the devastating effects of the recent&nbsp;<strong>suspension of USAID funding</strong>.&nbsp;One of our community health programmes in Haiti has had to lay off 30 staff, drastically reducing vaccination, malnutrition and maternal health services. In&nbsp;<strong>South Sudan, our Kajo-Keji health facility</strong>&nbsp;is also affected, as critical reproductive health supplies have been suspended&mdash;forcing us to increase independent fundraising efforts.&nbsp;This week, the UK Government announced further aid cuts, and they are not alone.</p>
<p>This is a significant and heartbreaking step back from the progress we once believed was possible. The real cost will be felt by the most vulnerable&mdash;millions like those three babies I met in Haiti.</p>
<p>In this climate, HHA's work has perhaps never been so critical. The coming years are going to be incredibly tough for the world&rsquo;s most vulnerable, but we will continue to hold onto our vision, inspired by the call of Jesus, to love others as we with to be loved &ndash; to see a world free from injustice, made up of inclusive, resilient communities that value the dignity and health of every person. Thank you for joining us on this journey.</p>]]></description>
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<title>2024 Highlights</title>
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<h1><strong>Celebrating 2024: A Year of Challenges, Opportunities, and Impact</strong></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the end of 2024, we at Hope Health Action (HHA) reflected on a year filled with incredible opportunities and significant challenges. From launching new projects in East Africa to beginning a new chapter in Haiti, the journey has been a rollercoaster&mdash;but we&rsquo;re so grateful to have shared it with you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to your generosity and God&rsquo;s amazing faithfulness, we&rsquo;ve been able to change thousands of lives this year. Now, we&rsquo;re excited to share 10 of our top highlights from 2024&mdash;moments that wouldn&rsquo;t have been possible without your support.</span></p>
<h2><strong>2024 Top 10 Achievements</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Grace Rehabilitation Centre Opens in Haiti</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the biggest milestone moments of the year was in July, when we opened Grace Rehabilitation Centre in Haiti &ndash; which offers specialised care, physiotherapy, and vocational training to people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological disabilities. Opening this centre in less than 6 months was a huge feat, and is now enabling us to offer continued compassionate care to people that otherwise risked being left behind.&nbsp;</span></p>
<h3><strong>Night to Shine</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In February, we were thrilled to host our third Night to Shine event in Haiti, celebrating children with special needs. We had over 70 children in attendance with their parents or caregivers and over 150 volunteer staff to make it the most memorable night! This unforgettable evening brought joy, inclusion, and fun as the children were crowned kings and queens and walked the red carpet to cheers and applause!</span></p>
<h3><strong>Empowering with skills for life</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Continuing and improving our holistic approach to disability care, our Vocational Training Programmes in Haiti and East Africa made significant strides this past year, focusing on equipping individuals with income-generation skills to create sustainable and independent futures. Beneficiaries are learning skills such as donut making, IT, and soap creation. We also offer training in sewing, shoemaking, and much more. By combining physical mobility support with these empowerment opportunities, the programmes foster independence, and deliver lasting change.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Special Education at Amazing Grace</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2024, HHA partnered with Amazing Grace School in Uganda to launch a much needed Special Education Programme for children with disabilities, giving them the chance to learn and grow alongside their peers. In refugee contexts, children with disabilities are among the most vulnerable, often left isolated at home as parents work to survive. Our programme provides a tuk-tuk &lsquo;school bus&rsquo; for safe transport and access to a Special Needs Teacher, fostering an inclusive environment where every child can thrive.</span></p>
<h3><strong>New Hope Kajo-Keji Turns One</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In South Sudan, our New Hope Clinic continued delivering essential care, treating over 20.000 people since the start of the year. Following the outbreak of malaria in the region, a key highlight has been the start of our malaria prevention programme, supplying mosquito nets and the ground-breaking University of Oxford vaccine. Since launching in August, this programme has vaccinated over 300 children, having a major impact on so many preventable premature deaths.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Award-Winning Agriculture in Uganda</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In May, we were proud to see our agriculture project in Uganda recognised through the Global Development Network&rsquo;s award for &lsquo;Most Innovative Development Project&rsquo;. This year alone, this project reached an incredible 420 households across two refugee settlements with seeds, tools, land and training &ndash; empowering hundreds of vulnerable families to grow their own sustainable source of food and income. By empowering vulnerable individuals - particularly people with disabilities - and making them visible as able, active members of their communities, his project is not only combating hunger, but also promoting understanding and reducing stigma.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Mobility Through Innovation</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In collaboration with our amazing global partners, we continued the distribution of wheelchairs in Haiti, Uganda, and South Sudan, providing over 1500 wheelchairs for life-changing mobility.&nbsp; In addition, we launched an innovative Wheelchair Repurpose and Repairs programme in Uganda, transforming old, unused chairs into fully tailored solutions for individuals in need. T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">he program is a wonderful leap towards more sustainable operations, transforming discarded or old wheelchairs into fully functional mobility aids, maximising resource efficiency and minimising waste. Over the past year, HHA&rsquo;s amazing local team repaired and repurposed 570 wheelchairs </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- an enormous achievement that will enable even more beneficiaries to use chairs functionally and safely!</span></p>
<h3><strong>A new home for the Maison</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In September, we proudly opened Maison de Gr&acirc;ce, our independent respite care centre in Haiti, dedicated to children with disabilities and their families. Currently supporting 23 children three days a week, the centre provides a holistic programme of care, including education, physical, music, and play therapy, as well as nutritious meals. Parents also receive invaluable support, advice, and the crucial respite they need. Maison de Gr&acirc;ce is more than just a centre, it&rsquo;s a place of hope, empowerment, and renewal.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Partnering to treat malnutrition</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the help of our partner Edesia, we shipped over 1,500 cartons of Plumpy&rsquo;Nut to refugee settlements in Uganda, delivering life-saving support to children facing severe malnutrition. Plumpy&rsquo;Nut is a therapeutic, ready-to-use food designed to treat acute malnutrition. Packed with essential nutrients, it&rsquo;s a transformative solution: a single course of treatment can take a child from the brink of starvation to a healthy weight in just 8 weeks. By bridging critical supply gaps, this vital intervention truly demonstrates the power of targeted nutrition to save lives and create a healthier future for vulnerable children.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Transforming care for mothers and babies</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2024 marked the beginning of a transformative maternal and infant health programme in Haiti &ndash; an urgent need in a country with the worst maternal mortality rates in the western hemisphere. A recent highlight was the delivery of five life-saving &lsquo;mOm&rsquo; incubators to Justinien University Hospital (JUH), the largest public hospital in northern Haiti, which previously had no working incubators. This milestone is just the start of a broader initiative, supported by an incredible partnership with J&amp;K Wonderland. Alongside the incubators, we're also building clinical capacity, and launching a large-scale community-based maternal and infant health programme, with the goal of transforming maternal and infant health outcomes for years to come. We look forward to seeing this initiative flourish in 2025!</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Haiti Update - Great things coming from small beginnings</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&ldquo;Piti piti zwazo f&egrave; nich li" is a Haitian Creole phrase that translates to "Little by little, the bird builds its nest." It's a reminder that great things can come from small beginnings - that with time and hope, anything is possible. It&rsquo;s a phrase that was true for the beginning of our journey in Haiti, when we set out to build a hospital in what was then just an empty field; and it remains true for the start of our new chapter, as we continue to take exciting steps towards establishing our Haiti Hub. July has been a month filled with these small but significant steps - and we&rsquo;re delighted to share them with you today!</span></p>
<p><strong>CENTRE DE R&Eacute;ADAPTATION DE GR&Acirc;CE&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On July 26th, we inaugurated our brand new Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center! Our local team was joined by the Director of the Ministry of Health for the North of Haiti, as well as some of our UK and US team and trustees, to celebrate this exciting milestone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was incredibly poignant to stand alongside Dr Toussaint and Pastor Gideon &ndash;&nbsp; with whom we first dreamed our Haiti dream, standing in a field back in 2005 &ndash; as we took this exciting step together. This new centre feels like a true answer to prayer, and our special thanks go to our amazing partners, the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation, Haiti Rehab Schweiz, Walkabout Foundation and Free Wheelchair Mission, whose continuous support has made this - and everything still to come - possible.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong>MAISON DE GR&Acirc;CE</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After many months of searching, we were delighted to find a location for our respite home for children with disabilities, which will be called &lsquo;Maison de Gr&acirc;ce&rsquo; - in memory of one of our earliest Maison children whose life was a testament to the transformation that care, love and hope can make possible. The next steps will be to make the building accessible (including adding ramps and railings) &ndash; and we hope to start providing respite care for up to 20 children, three and a half days a week, in August!</span></p>
<p><strong>A GROWING TEAM</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After months of recruitment, our HHA Haiti Hub team now includes 30 permanent members of staff, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, administration staff, a vocational therapist, psychologist, cleaners, laundry staff and security guards. In addition we are delighted to have secured the services of a visiting Urologist; a much-needed skill sadly in very short supply in Haiti. Over the past few weeks, we&rsquo;ve run several workshops with this new team, including not only role-specific training, but also sessions on leadership, teamwork, and HHA culture. This team will grow to almost 50 when we open the Maison de Gr&acirc;ce. We can&rsquo;t wait to see what they will accomplish!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you for joining us on this journey. Your support, encouragement and prayers are truly invaluable as we build our nest in Haiti, little by little. Piti piti zwazo f&egrave; nich li!</span></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;">This month's Haiti Hub Headlines come to you from Michael, our Haiti Country Director, who has just returned from an encouraging trip...</h2>
<p>After a difficult start to the year and a series of challenging visits to Haiti, I'm delighted to share that I've just got back from a trip that filled me with joy and hope for the future. I have been reflecting on a verse from Isaiah 43 that talks about the emergence of hope where before there seemed to be none:</p>
<blockquote><strong><em>See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.&rsquo;"</em></strong></blockquote>
<p>As our new chapter in Haiti begins to take shape, I truly feel we are beginning to 'make a way in the wilderness', and I wanted to share some exciting developments with you...</p>
<p>After many months of searching and praying, we&rsquo;re happy to share that we have found a new home for our respite center for children with disabilities! We've been looking hard to find a space that will meet all the needs of the children and staff, and we're so pleased to have finally found it. This is a huge step forward for us, and we hope this new center will be ready to open and receive children in August.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re also excited to share that refurbishment of our new rehabilitation center for people with disabilities has officially begun! By the start of August, we hope that the center will be ready to accept its first patients, with a men&rsquo;s ward, women&rsquo;s ward, physiotherapy room and vocational training room. We've also had some really promising interviews with doctors and nurses looking to join the HHA Team as we embark on this new chapter!</p>
<p>With all of these ambitious plans in the pipeline, I'd like to pause to express Team Haiti&rsquo;s <strong>deep thanks for all those who supported Matched May</strong>. Starting these activities in new locations is a big task, but thanks to your prayers and faithful support, we feel encouraged, bolstered and filled with hope. The funds and momentum you helped us raise have put us in a strong position to ensure we can continue providing life-saving health and disability care to Haiti&rsquo;s most vulnerable.<br /><br />Whilst this trip filled us with hope for the future, we were also shocked by the <strong>devastation that the instability in Haiti is causing across the country</strong>. Whilst things remain fairly stable security-wise where we work, it is evident that the instability is manifesting in other ways. Even in the streets, the build-up of large piles of rotting trash under the intense heat highlight the struggling state of Haiti's public services.</p>
<p>On a visit to the largest public hospital in northern Haiti, it was shocking to see the number of infants and babies admitted for <strong>severe and acute malnutrition</strong> &ndash; more than we'd ever witnessed before. Haiti has one of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world, with almost half of the population struggling with acute hunger, and it was humbling to see the reality of this first-hand. We were introduced to one mother in the ward who&rsquo;d tragically arrived too late to save one of her twins, who sadly died before she could reach care.</p>
<p>Yet, amidst the injustice of this devastating reality, a young, passionate doctor passed through the ward with a warmth and love that was inspiring and moving to witness; and we&rsquo;re now exploring ways we can potentially collaborate to help this desperate situation. This is why we&rsquo;re in Haiti. Not only to stand against the injustice of such extreme poverty, but also stand with Haitians like this amazing doctor, who are bringing hope to the most vulnerable every day. That&rsquo;s our call, and I&rsquo;m excited that we&rsquo;re going to see that really ramp up in the coming months!<br /><br /><strong>Thank you so much for your continued support</strong> &ndash; amidst uncertainty, instability and difficult decisions, the support of our incredible HHA Family has truly meant the world. Stay tuned for more Haiti and East Africa updates very soon!</p>]]></description>
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<title>Matched May: Results are in!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Matched May was nothing short of incredible. Thanks to the kindness, passion and faith of hundreds of people, over the course of just one month, we received <strong>$112,500&nbsp;in donations</strong> &ndash; enabling us to unlock <strong>$112,500&nbsp;of match funds</strong>. That means we will receive a mind-blowing <strong>$225,000&nbsp;for our global disability projects</strong>!<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Not since the devastating earthquake in 2010 have we witnessed such a large-scale movement of generosity. We want to say an enormous <strong>THANK YOU</strong> to every single person and group across the globe that made Matched May the success it was: to Paralympian Ellie Simmonds, who championed the campaign; to the BBC, through whom we were able to reach thousands of listeners through our <a href="https://hopehealthaction.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e4f9a3f147dc857bbdd78626&amp;id=1bbaa10662&amp;e=d7db3fb847">Radio 4 Appeal</a> at the start of the month; to the incredibly generous donor that provided unlimited match funds;&nbsp;to our amazing campaign ambassadors, team and trustees, who got behind the campaign with their whole hearts; to our church partners, for their unwavering faith, support and prayers;&nbsp;and, of course, to every single person that donated, fundraised, and shared. You have been part of an historic movement that will make a genuine, tangible difference to the lives of thousands of people.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> HHA co-founder and CEO, Carwyn, says: <strong>"On behalf of all our team around the world, I cannot thank you&nbsp;enough. Thanks to&nbsp;God&rsquo;s faithfulness and your amazing generosity through this campaign,&nbsp;lives will be transformed and saved."</strong> We are so excited about what we&rsquo;ll be able to do with these funds, which will support our global mission, including...</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Enabling us to provide <strong>wheelchairs, custom-made prosthetics and orthotics, and rehabilitation</strong> to people with disabilities in South Sudan and the refugee settlements of northern Uganda.</li>
<li>Providing <strong>health and nutrition education</strong> from our centers in Uganda and South Sudan, with the aim of empowering beneficiaries to improve their wellbeing in the long term.</li>
<li>Supporting the children, staff and carers at our <strong>respite home for children with disabilities in Haiti</strong> &ndash; providing care, education, and rehabilitation, especially as we move the center to a new home.</li>
<li>Reaching more people with disabilities with our <strong>agriculture projects </strong>in the Ugandan refugee settlements &ndash; providing seeds, tools, land, and farming &amp; business training, to give them a sustainable source of not only food, but also income.</li>
<li>Supporting the setup of our <strong>spinal cord injury rehabilitation center</strong>&nbsp;at our new Haiti Hub, where we&rsquo;ll provide specialized care that is extremely difficult to access in this part of the country.</li>
<li>Providing <strong>wheelchairs and training across Haiti&nbsp;</strong>through our amazing network of local partners, giving mobility and dignity to people with disabilities &ndash; the majority of whom have never had a wheelchair before.</li>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Your generosity will enable us to do all of this and more &ndash; and we can&rsquo;t wait to update you on the impact of your support. In the meantime, on behalf of all the people that will be touched by what you came together to achieve in May,<strong> thank you</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>HHA East Africa Awarded ‘MOST INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We&rsquo;re incredibly proud to announce that our Agriculture &amp; Livelihoods project in Uganda has been awarded </span><strong>First Place</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the Global Development Network&rsquo;s Japanese Award for </span><strong>Most Innovative Development Project</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">! Our winning project, &lsquo;Cultivate, Educate, Empower&rsquo; provides vulnerable households with seeds, tools and training, empowering them to cultivate a sustainable source of food and income.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This major global acknowledgment is a true testament to the team&rsquo;s dedication in making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable households and communities. With this incredible honour, HHA EA is empowered to expand the impact of the winning project, providing critical agriculture and livelihood support to further 100 vulnerable refugee-households in 2024/25.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By strengthening food security and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for the most vulnerable, the project is not only combating hunger, but also breaking down barriers and stigma against people with disabilities. It&rsquo;s absolutely wonderful to see this holistic approach recognised for its innovation and celebrated by the global community!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our heartfelt thanks to the prestigious awards jury for recognising the exceptional efforts and impact of the HHA EA Nutrition team. This acknowledgment will inspire us all to continue our commitment to creating positive change.</span></p>]]></description>
<link>https://us.hopehealthaction.org:443/714/HHA-East-Africa-Awarded-MOST-INNOVATIVE-DEVELOPMENT-PROJECT</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 13:23:22 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Since opening in September 2023, New Hope Kajo-Keji Health and Rehabilitation Center has already become a vital part of the health infrastructure for those living in the Kajo-Keji region of South Sudan. Those displaced by the civil war are returning to their homes so the need for health and disability services is high and still growing. In fact, the clinic is seeing over 1000 patients a month (nearly 6000 since opening) which is over double what we initially expected - an amazing achievement for our team there!</p>
<p><strong>Key Statistics </strong>(since opening in September 2023)</p>
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<li><strong>5600 </strong>outpatients seen</li>
<li><strong>4000 </strong>laboratory tests</li>
<li><strong>6200 </strong>received health education</li>
<li><strong>84 </strong>pregnant women registered</li>
<li><strong>72 </strong>prosthetic &amp; orthotic devices provided</li>
<li><strong>36 </strong>wheelchairs &amp; trikes given</li>
<li><strong>230</strong> physiotherapy sessions provided</li>
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<p><strong>Highlights from New Hope Kajo-Keji</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Clean running water </strong>is&nbsp;now available in the clinic thanks to&nbsp;the addition of a pump, control unit, insulated water towers and sinks. This is a huge upgrade and will dramatically improve working conditions for our team and their patients.</li>
<li><strong>Electricity</strong> is now available onsite thanks to installation of generator, solar panels and battery storage.</li>
<li>Prosthetic limbs, and wheelchair distributions taking place at the clinic thanks to outreach <strong>mobile clinics</strong>&nbsp;provided by our team from New Hope BidiBidi.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>First baby born at New Hope Kajo-Keji!</strong> -&nbsp;although deliveries are usually referred to the government hospital, one baby girl decided to make an appearance quicker than expected. Our amazing midwife stepped in and delivered a healthy baby girl.</li>
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<p><strong>Story for New Hope Kajo-Keji: </strong>Rose and Solomon</p>
<p><em>Rose lives in Kajo-Keji with her son Solomon, having returned from BidiBidi refugee settlement in Uganda. Although she has to walk three hours to reach the clinic, Rose has been making use of the services available since the clinic opened in September 2023, and has returned three times with Solomon when he has been suffering from a fever and diahorrea.</em></p>
<p><em>Rose and Solomon visited the clinic again in March, when Solomon was diagnosed with Malaria through a rapid test and was given medication to combat the disease. Malaria is the most common case the team seen at the clinic.</em></p>
<p><em>Rose commented that the team have really helped and cared for her and she was grateful that HHA have empowered a local team. Our team provided Solomon with more than just medication &ndash; they also showed him love, and gave his mother hope in difficult circumstances. Ultimately, this is what HHA&rsquo;s work is all about, and what we strive to achieve with every beneficiary that we see at New Hope Kajo-Keji.</em></p>
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<p>Throughout May 2024, we are running our <a href="/711/Matched-May" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matched May Appeal</a> where all donations towards our global disability work will be doubled by a generous donor. This is an amazing opportunity for your donations to go twice as far.&nbsp;<a href="/711/Matched-May" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Get all the info here.</a></p>]]></description>
<link>https://us.hopehealthaction.org:443/713/2024-Highlights-from-New-Hope-Kajo-Keji</link>
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