Community Health
In our health education project in Tajikistan, our partners have seen how important health education and counselling are for women in their communities. Lessons cover mental health, diabetes prevention, healthy lifestyles, disease prevention, and family wellbeing.
Nasiba attended an International Women’s Day celebration for the first time in her life. Her daughter worked hard to help her attend because she wanted her mother to have this special experience. During a discussion about the value of women, inner beauty, emotional wellbeing, and health, Nasiba became emotional and cried. She said it meant so much to be included and to hear that women are valuable and important. It was a powerful reminder of how much encouragement and affirmation many women need.
Zulfia is a woman with a hearing impairment. Like many other women facing similar challenges, she has had limited access to information throughout her life. She often needs basic health information explained carefully and clearly. Through our health lessons, she is learning new things and becoming more confident in understanding her health and managing her daily life.
We also met Malika, who underwent surgery for a herniated disc last year. She believed that her monthly periods had stopped because of the back operation. During our discussion, we discovered that her uterus had been removed during a separate medical procedure, but she had never fully understood this. Her story highlights how vital health education is and how many women still lack access to clear, understandable medical information.
The project is helping women gain knowledge, confidence, emotional support, and a better understanding of their health. Through health education and counselling, families and communities are becoming healthier, stronger, and better equipped to care for one another.
Building a solar water supply network
“Most of the families in this village lack access to clean drinking water, and it is extremely difficult for our women and children to get water from a distance.”
Healthy Eating
The doctors were stunned. “You can’t be improving! No matter how many medications we give you, no matter what you do, you will always have to come to the doctor!
Empowering Mothers Through Breastfeeding Education
In our Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Project in Afghanistan it’s amazing to see how simple lessons — and someone walking alongside young mothers — can make a difference,
Apples and not Papayas
For Violeta*, seeing people take steps and make changes is her biggest motivation. As the nutritionist at OPM’s Hope & Health Centre, she finds joy in seeing changes in habits and improvements in people’s lives happening in the enclave.
Overcoming Maternal Health Misconceptions
Educating disadvantaged communities about their health does not only prevent illnesses and improve their wellbeing, but it can also save lives.
Midwives in the Mountains: Education and Coaching for Remote Villages
The three staff workers assigned each of the participants to a coach. They were then given materials and taught how to share what they had learned with others.
Access to Clean Water
The WASH project has taught us many valuable things, one of which being the necessity of having access to clean water, which can help us avoid many diseases.
Perseverance in Health
Two months later, Serah was improving from the malnutrition.
Surgery For Sarah
The kidney surgery was life saving for Sarah! She is now an active and smiley 1 year old, adored by her older siblings.
Getting Close
Serving at Hope & Health has given our staff the opportunity to be make a difference in people´s lives in Skopje, in a way that can only happen over time.
WaSH Lessons Save Lives
In one of the villages in the outskirts of Kabul, where Operation Mercy has a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) program, men’s groups eagerly receive their lessons.
Community Health Advocates’ Training
Izzy was one of seven young women who completed our 6 month CHA pilot program. We selected women who had few opportunities in life. Some hadn’t finished school.
Knowledge That Changes Lives
In our health education project in Tajikistan, our partners have seen how important health education and counselling are for women in their communities. Lessons cover mental health,
Two Tiny Feet
I stood there afterward, overwhelmed with gratitude. I suddenly understood why God had woken me at 4 a.m.
A Doula’s Impact
Mahabat had infused that young woman with encouragement and confidence that she could do it, and together they did!
Refugee Health Response
In our Community Health Project in Jordan, we are seeing lives transformed through health screening and education. We work in partnership with local organizations, medical professionals,
Everyone Needs To Know They Are Not Invisible
The third wave of Covid brought a shaking up in the community in the capital of North Macedonia. One way our Operation Mercy team made a difference was by coming alongside the medical vaccination personnel in practical ways.
Clean Drinking Water
In November 2023 Operation Mercy in Afghanistan started building a solar water supply network in a district in Kabul. We were joined at the opening ceremony by local officials and members of the community.
An Exercise Programme For Women
At the end of 2024, we ran a six week exercise program for Jordanian and Syrian women in Zarqa. The women who attended hadn’t had any connection with Operation Mercy in the past.
Breathing Through to a Safe Birth
Beka’s story is a powerful reminder of how knowledge, preparation, and confidence can transform the experience of childbirth. Through simple, practical education, women like Beka are empowered to face one of life’s greatest moments with strength and peace.