Dear Friends, As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I’m reflecting upon the many blessings we’ve experienced over the past year at MATTER. We have so much to be thankful for – beginning with YOU, our faithful partners, donors and volunteers. Together, we impacted nearly three million lives this year with improved healthcare, nutrition, education, and […]
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It was the middle of the Zimbabwe wilderness, during the heat of the day, when a weary and desperate trio stumbled toward their destination. Two parents supported their adult son, trying to help him stand upright on a severely burned leg. Earlier that day, during an epileptic seizure, he had fallen into the family’s cook
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Young and old they came; most traveled on foot, those too weak to walk were carried in rickety handmade carts. For many, the journey had been long and treacherous. Leaving their homes before sunrise, they risked the dangers of the African bush and deadly encounters with its fiercest predators. Nothing was going to stop these
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There was quite a flurry of excitement earlier this month at the Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternal and Pediatric Hospital in remote Binga, Zimbabwe, when the First Lady, Dr. Auxillia Mnangagwa, flew in to tour the hospital and formally open the facility which has been operational since last summer. On hand to greet the First Lady
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“A few months ago, I was at a MATTER event where they were highlighting some of the projects in Zimbabwe, one of which was the Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternity and Pediatric Hospital in Binga. As someone who works in healthcare and a mother myself, this initiative really moved me. Hearing that the primary caregivers, the
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Writing this week’s blog is Dr. Mike Jeans, MATTER’s Director of Medical Projects in Zimbabwe. We asked him to share what it’s like being a doctor in a country with scarce resources and how he’s working to bring dignified medical care to remote communities in his beloved Zimbabwe. Here is his story… There are at
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Hospital & Clinic Update Launching life-saving healthcare projects in some of the most difficult places on earth come with many challenges. Our team is currently contending with a global shipping container shortage and other logistical issues. Despite these challenges, we recently sent a shipment of equipment and supplies to Cuba in response to an oil
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We’re launching the first of twelve 2022 episodes in a new series, You Matter Stories. Today is Episode 1: Bringing Healthcare to Remote Zimbabwe. —————————- “We often use the phrase, ‘The middle of nowhere.’ This is the closest to the middle of nowhere that I’ve ever seen.” Rebecca Newhouse, MATTER’s Chief of Staff and Development
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