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stories from the field

Stories from the Field: Chris & Katie in Zimbabwe

Several of our MATTER team are currently on the ground in Zimbabwe, meeting with our partners and visiting our many projects and initiatives. Among them are Chris Newhouse, Executive Director of Sustainability, and Katie Johnson, Director of Global Health Initiatives. Collaborating together in their respective roles, Chris and Katie work hard to ensure the success …

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Launching Life-Saving Healthcare Projects

Hospital and Clinic Update: Launching Life-Saving Healthcare Projects

Hospital and Clinic Project Update Our hospital and clinic team is launching life-saving healthcare projects in some of the hardest to reach corners of the world. Working with our partners, we repurpose donated medical equipment and supplies, shipping them to hospitals and clinics in communities that are often neglected and marginalized. It’s not always easy …

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Telemedicine Kenya

Telemedicine In Kenya: Big Idea Creating Access To Healthcare

One of the many ways COVID has changed our world since its recent arrival is how it’s altered our practice of healthcare. With the necessity to restrict in-person visits, clinics and hospitals turned to telemedicine, offering patients virtual medical visits with their doctors.  Though not a new technology, telemedicine is becoming more and more popular in the U.S. …

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Medical Equipment & Supplies Deliver Hope To Zimbabwe

Medical Equipment & Supplies Deliver Hope To Zimbabwe

On a beautiful summer day in 2018, a container load of medical equipment and supplies from MATTER was being unloaded at Victoria Falls Hospital in Zimbabwe. Winnie, one of the hospital’s nurses, stood watching from a distance hardly believing what she was seeing. “I feel like we go to war every day. We get people in accidents that need x-rays, pregnant …

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YOU MATTER

YOU MATTER…And Can Change The World!

YOU MATTER.  Two simple words that come together to form a powerful statement. At MATTER, this is not a mere tagline. It’s the guiding principle by which we work with and serve others. When people believe they matter and believe others matter too, amazing things happen!   There is no better example of this than that of our dear …

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Hope for Women Living in the Shadows

Restoring Health and Hope to Afghan Women Suffering from Obstetric Fistula The reality is heartbreaking and hard to fathom. Thousands of women in Afghanistan suffer from a debilitating injury received during childbirth that forces them to live in the shadows, ashamed, humiliated, ostracized by society and sometimes even by their own families. An event in …

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