Meet the Women Breaking Barriers to Health Care

Friend, we know that you, as part of the compassionate Project HOPE community, are committed to breaking barriers and expanding access to health care for everyone.

Today, the day before International Women’s Day, we’re inviting you to meet just a few of the incredible women at Project HOPE who are doing the work to make health equity a reality. These women are at the heart of building HOPE and transforming health care in their communities across the world.

You’ll hear the resilience, compassion and dedication that drives their work to save lives in the long-term. Your support plays a crucial role in helping these changemakers overcome inequity and barriers to health care. Keep reading below to learn more about them and our collective impact…

Photograph of a Project HOPE supported health worker who is sitting at a desk in a medical office at our primary health care clinic in Gaza. She is smiling at the camera as she wears a lab coat, stethoscope and hair covering.

Dr. Maram, pictured above, is one of the local health care workers working at Project HOPE’s primary health clinic in Deir al Balah. "The hardest part is that I’m displaced too,” Dr. Maram explained. “So I’m struggling to get a safe place, good food, and warm clothes while I’m counting on my job.”

A photograph of a Project HOPE supported midwife in Sierra Leone where she is sitting at the desk in her office and looking softly, but intently at the camera. The chair she sits in is patterned and her desk is covered in medical documents and medicines with a window directly behind them.

Yenoh is a midwife at a rural clinic in Sierra Leone. It’s not uncommon for midwives at the clinic to deliver 40 or more babies a month — a challenge compounded by severe shortages of medicines and medical equipment. “I like saving lives,” Yenoh says. “I like the job very, very much. Especially the deliveries. Everyday practice and everyday improvement are important. When you do things with your hands, you can remember fast.”

Photograph from Ukraine shows a Project HOPE supported ambulance driver in her gear and stethoscope looking at the camera with intensity. She is in a darkened room of a medical clinic with a fire extingusiher on the wall in the background.

Svitlana is a paramedic from Kharkiv, working near the front lines of the war in Ukraine, where over 1,200 health facilities have been attacked since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. "The calls are difficult, the roads are bumpy, the circumstances are dangerous,” she told us. “[But] I am very proud that I am not sitting at home and can help instead. I can be there quickly and in the right place and time.”

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