Right now I’m writing you from Mozambique – where I have the incredible fortune of traveling with fellow ONE colleagues to visit internationally-funded programs and meet the people they serve.
I have a few moments tonight – so I wanted to post a little about mt first day here and share a few photos.
We began the day at a health clinic funded by PEPFAR in Maputo city. Above to the right is a photo of Fatina, a heathcare worker who showed us around the clinic’s maternity ward. When I asked how she came to this field, she said that she was tracked as an exceptional student since the 6th grade and trained for the profession. She’ said that she’s now delivered thousands of babies.
Fatima also said that they don’t have enough medically-trained staff and, at least at the time of our visit, they were out of antiretroviral (HIV medications) for babies. Also note the holes in the facility’s roof. When it rains outside, it rains in rooms of the clinic. 
-Virginia Simmons
