It’s not important how much you can give, but rather to know that even the smallest help can reduce suffering and bring hope. This is the value of your gift: a simple act of facing up to reality. The problems are huge, and something needs to be done now.

> What 11 Euros can do

One Caesarean birth
The death of a mother in childbirth isn’t just a mournful event in itself. The consequences affect the whole family, and often on the new-born child who, without its mother’s milk will have a difficult time surviving the first months of its life. Powdered milk is expensive and needs to be diluted even though there is often no fresh water supply available. It is not always possible to store it under the hygienic conditions necessary. This is why powdered milk is itself often considered a ‘baby killer’. Save the mother and you save a whole family.

> What 25 Euros can do

Treatment for 10 children
In Africa, chronic malnutrition affects up to 50% of children under five years of age. As a result the child’s general development is afflicted, and the child is further exposed to infections and other illnesses. But the family’s low level of income means they can’t afford even the low costs of treatment in the hospital’s outpatients ward.

> What 50 Euros can do

50 HIV tests
AIDS sufferers make up more than 70% of hospital patients. Even today, 25% of the blood used in transfusions in Africa is not tested for HIV. Access to swift and accurate diagnosis is vital.

> What 100 Euros can do

Healthcare supplies for a week
In the prevalently rural areas where Doctors with Africa CUAMM is present, hospitals are distant and both performing treatment and managing medical stocks is difficult and costly. Hence the need to equip the hospital with the most basic healthcare supplies, an absolute necessity if even the most basic healthcare treatment is to be provided.

> What 250 Euros can do

A study grant for an African nurse
There is a gift which doesn’t get used up, but remains and is reinforced over time: it is the gift of one’s own knowledge, of experience gained in the field, of the principles and basic knowledge needed in order to offer qualified help. This is a gift which allows Africa to take further steps towards development and towards regaining its dignity.