Community Health
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, and medical students to offer community health screening and health education for beneficiaries who are poor and marginalized.
Last year we restarted a women’s exercise and health discussion group which had been forced to close a few years ago. We worked hard to write material that was simpler, more engaging and practical, based on our first experience. The women really enjoyed it, and we ran it a second time, with some new members.
We are now running it for the third time, with the same group of women, because we saw trust beginning to build between them. In the group, there are Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian, Gazan, Turkmen, Jordanian, and Egyptian women. One week they started spontaneously sharing about their mutual experiences of being outsiders and refugees in this country.
We rarely, rarely see women listen to each other. Usually, one person’s story is a chance for another woman to ‘one-up’ them with her story, or to offer a lot of unsolicited advice, but on this occasion, they just listened and empathised and cried with each other.
It’s very exciting to see us getting somewhere in our dream of women building trust to dream together and catch the vision for change and cheer each other on in their capacity to bring change.
Professional and Interpersonal Development
“The people here stood with me,” says Om Waleed*, recounting her young daughter’s need for surgery. “Even though my family is all the way in Syria,
A New Normal
Fatima lost her husband, Omar, three years ago. After the birth of her second child, she suffered from postpartum complications that left her with severe back pain and limited mobility.
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.
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.
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.
Heart Surgery Saves Grandfather
In our Operation Mercy Community Health clinics in Jordan, we screen patients who need diagnostic tests and specialist follow up.
Community Health Kits
As a trainer working with a community clinic in Kabul, one of the highlights of the past season was the distribution of community health kits to our new Community Health Workers (CHWs).
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.
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.
Perseverance in Health
Two months later, Serah was improving from the malnutrition.
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,
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.”
Success Story
Soon Mohammed was back to a normal weight and Farzana was delighted to see her son playing again, standing and moving, and having an appetite.
Knowledge, Support, and Warmth
Our partners in Kyrgyzstan run Pregnancy Health and Childbirth Education classes adapted for both online and in-person instruction. The seminars are six weeks long, and women from all regions of the country,
The Miracle of Life
Maftuna knew about the book through one of Operation Mercy’s community health trainers. She herself went through Operation Mercy’s general health and pregnancy lessons, as the trainers do not only work with the local women in the village but also the wives of Operation Mercy staff.
Health is Everyone’s Responsibility
Health is everyone’s responsibility, and Bibi grew in her health knowledge and confidence through our training and put it into practice for the good of her community.
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.
I Am Stronger
Now we eat vegetables at every meal, I am stronger, I can do my housework and take care of my children and a sick member of our family.
You have healed me with your exercises!
“When I come here all my worries go away.” Exercises and social support are making a difference in women’s lives.
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.