Community Health
“Before coming to fitness I was hopeless but after coming here I received great hope,” Rosa said.
Clean and Healthy Water
Our WaSH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project staff support volunteer community trainers to reach their families and neighbours with life-saving messages about hand washing, safe water and safe faecal disposal.
Warmth and Golden Hands
“This clinic is filled with positive energy because of your warm behaviour and your golden hands, which are achieving the impossible…”
Women’s Health Lessons Making an Impact
Shakhnoza was worried. Her 14-month old child was very thin and had become sick very quickly…
Cracks in the Darkness
Hope and Health is a place where psycho-social and physical recovery meet. Here is a haven where people can be listened to in confidence, and where their unresolved grief can see the light of day.
The Last One Born was the Luckiest One!
The people said, “Shirin Gul has four daughters; one of them was born after taking the BLiSS course.” Another lady laughed and said, “The last one born was the luckiest one!”
Wheelchair for Shukrullo
Shukrullo was delighted when our Operation Mercy mobility team in Tajikistan got him a wheelchair!
Improved Emotional and Physical Health
“I still struggle with my emotions. However, I have been able to lose about 10kg and I am working hard to continue to lose even more weight with your help and your effort on our behalf.”
A Helping Hand
Operation Mercy BLiSS projects continue to make a significant impact in Afghanistan. In 2017, over 2,800 women and 600 men participated and graduated in the 17-week BLiSS course in Afghanistan.
Shpresa – Hope
This encounter with our physiotherapist through our Operation Mercy Hope and Health project has made a big difference for one girl with a disability who now,
Women’s Health Classes in Villages
Access to schools and education is limited for village women…
Lives Changing
At that gathering every woman had a personal testimony of how the seminar is changing her family and personal life.
Hope Restored Through Fitness Classes
“Before coming to fitness I was hopeless but after coming here I received great hope,” Rosa said.
Children’s lives are improved through WaSH
In the areas where our WaSH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project is running, we find very high child mortality rates due to lack of basic sanitation facilities and the lack of knowledge about hygiene and disease prevention.
Emotionally Better
“Together with my relative, I joined the class and I have benefited from it a lot. I feel better emotionally and everyone at home is happier with me!
Men Learning to Care Well
Many men in the communities are learning how to better care for their pregnant women.
Saving Lives
“We all are thankful for these lessons and are so happy that we have my daughter-in-law and my grandchild with us.” – Birth Life Saving Skills participant
How insulin is made
We have distributed DVDs including this video about “How insulin is made” and many more resources for patients and doctors to more than twenty endocrinologists so that they can use them to increase their own knowledge and educate their patients.
Wheelchair Basketball Grows Hope
“When we were planning the Wheelchair Provision and Service Workshop, sport was not the first thing that came to mind. There are so many people here that need basic,
Change your life
She denied it and said it never happened, and that I must have dreamed it!
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.