The face of MED25’s Community Health Workers!

Mary  was born and raised in a small village in Mbita, Kenya. Her traditional home is just 2 kilometers away from the MED25 Clinic. Growing up in Kisui Village, Mary watched members of her community unable to make ends meet with their effort in subsistence  farming. Her exemplary small scale farming techniques put her in a position of admiration from a young age.

After graduating high school and starting her own family, a cholera outbreak in her community made her realize she wanted more for herself and her loved ones. In 1998, Mary completed her official training to become a Community Health Worker for her village. In 2010, Mary joined the MED25 team and for the first time was able to refer community members to a facility where she knew patients would get the treatment they needed. She has now become the face of MED25’s growing number of Community Health Workers.

Mary’s primary goal as a community health worker is to educate members of her community on ways to prevent diseases that plague her community: malaria and water-borne illnesses.

By sponsoring Mary, you have provided 422 households, more than 2,500 individuals, with a Community Health Worker. Thank you all for your support!

Photograph: Mary is on the far left, in blue t-shirt. The others in the photo are members of a family she visited in her routine role as a MED25 CHW in October 2011.